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Cup draw generator

Type the teams, press draw and the ties come out one at a time, like a cup draw. Seed the top half if you want them kept apart, then copy the draw to the group chat. Free, no sign-up.

Open or seeded

An open draw is pure luck: anyone can draw anyone. A seeded draw splits your list in two: the first half are the seeds, and each seed draws a team from the second half, so the strongest can't knock each other out straight away. List your strongest teams first and tick Seeded draw.

Byes

A knockout works in 4s, 8s, 16s and 32s. With any other number, some teams get a bye straight into the next round: 6 teams means 2 byes, 10 means 6, 12 means 4. In an open draw the byes are drawn at random too; in a seeded draw they go to the seeds first.

After the draw

To play it out with scores and a bracket, put the same teams in the tournament generator and choose a knockout, or groups first. Running the whole day? The guide to organising a 5-a-side tournament covers the schedule, rules and pitches.

And for the same group every week, Squadcard picks fair teams from everyone's ratings, no draw needed.

Start a squad

Questions

Is the cup draw random?

Yes. Each draw shuffles the teams with your browser's own random numbers, so nobody can predict it. Every new draw is random, so the same tie can come out again by chance.

Is it free?

Yes, with no sign-up. The last draw stays in your browser.

What's a seeded draw?

The first half of your list are seeds and can't draw each other in this round: each one meets a team from the second half.

What happens with an odd number of teams?

Some teams get a bye into the next round, enough to make the next round 4, 8, 16 or 32. The byes are drawn too, or go to the seeds first in a seeded draw.