Swiss brackets and schedules by player count

Swiss pairs players by score each round, with no eliminations and no repeat opponents. Pick your player count for the recommended number of rounds and a pairing sheet.

The table shows rounds and total games for each size.

When to use it

Swiss is for many players and little time. Nobody is eliminated, everyone plays every round, and each round pairs players with similar scores.

Use the recommended number of rounds: the base-2 logarithm of the player count rounded up, and never fewer than three. Sixteen players need four rounds and thirty-two need five.

Pairings after round 1 depend on the results, so the live view makes each round’s pairings when the previous round ends.

Swiss works with an odd number of players. One player gets a bye each round and is scored as a win, and the bye goes to the lowest-ranked player who has not had one yet. Players cannot be paired twice, so the last round is where a pairing can become impossible.

Each size page below shows the rounds, how the field splits by score and what round 2 looks like.

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