Smash bracket generator with the lower bracket drawn
Paste your players for a double elimination bracket: upper bracket, lower bracket and grand final. Online, every set in a round can start together; at a venue the 8 setups on this page decide how many run at once.
Updated October 2026
16 teams · 30 matches · 11 rounds · every team has two lives
Winners bracket
Winners Round of 16
Winners Quarter-Finals
Winners Semi-Finals
Winners Final
Losers bracket · one more defeat and you are out
Losers Round 1
Losers Round 2
Losers Round 3
Losers Round 4
Losers Round 5
Losers Final
Grand final
Grand Final
Type scores and losers drop into the lower bracket automatically. Nothing here is saved. Tournamyx Scores runs the same double elimination bracket as a live event, with a schedule, courtside scoring and a public link.
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In brief
How do you make a Smash bracket?
The Tournamyx Smash bracket generator draws a double elimination bracket for Smash players: an upper bracket, a lower bracket and a grand final. A 16-player bracket runs 30 matches in 11 rounds, about 2.8 hours when every set is a best-of-three.
Every generator on Tournamyx is free and needs no account. Running the same event live, with scores, standings and a public link, happens at scores.tournamyx.com, free for up to 8 players.
Smash bracket generator at a glance
- Makes
- An upper bracket, a lower bracket and a grand final, with byes placed automatically and winners and losers that move as you enter results
- Best for
- A Smash open qualifier, campus cup or community event that wants every player to play at least two matches
- Price
- Free, with no usage limit, because the generator on this page is not metered
- Account needed
- Nothing to sign up for and nothing to install
- Data stored
- Nothing. The generator runs in your browser, and closing the tab discards the draw
- Largest field
- Up to 32 in the generator on this page
- Where it stops
- The generator draws brackets of up to 32 players in your browser and does not hold registrations, check-in, lobbies or match codes. Tournamyx Scores runs the same format live for 4, 8, 16, 32 or 64 players
- Live version
- Tournamyx Scores runs the same event live, free for up to 8 players, with a public link spectators open without an account
How it works
Draw a Smash bracket in three steps.
- 1~1 min
Enter your players
Paste the list or use the auto-fill. The first line is the top seed, and byes go to the top seeds if the field is not a power of two.
- 2~5 sec
The upper and lower brackets appear
Every player starts in the upper bracket. A loss drops a player to the lower bracket, and a second loss ends its run.
- 3done
Enter results and entries move
Type a score and the winner advances while the loser drops down. The champion appears after the grand final.
Field guide
How long a Smash double elimination bracket takes
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate rulesets commonly use three stocks, a seven-minute timer and best-of-three sets, with best-of-five later in the bracket. A best-of-three set takes about 15 minutes with character and stage picks and a best-of-five about 25, and this page budgets those. Online, every set in a round can start together; at a venue the 8 setups on this page decide how many run at once.
A 16-player bracket is 4 upper bracket rounds, 6 lower bracket rounds and the grand final, 11 rounds and 30 matches. On 8 setups that is 2.8 hours at best-of-three and 4.6 hours at best-of-five. Few events run best-of-five in every round: the usual plan is best-of-three early and best-of-five late, which lands between the two columns.
Smash double elimination, 8 setups
| Players | Matches | Rounds | Best-of-three (15 min) | Best-of-five (25 min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 h | 3.3 h |
| 16 | 30 | 11 | 2.8 h | 4.6 h |
| 32 | 62 | 14 | 3.8 h | 6.3 h |
How many setups a Smash bracket needs
Smash is run on setups, meaning one console, one screen and two controllers, so at a venue the number of setups caps how many sets run at once. Rulesets vary by event, so publish the stage list, the stock count and the timer before registration closes. The table shows 16 players on 2, 4 and 8 setups. Going from 2 setups to 4 saves 5 slots; going from 4 to 8 saves only 1 slot, because the later rounds are narrower than the setups you add.
16 players, best-of-three sets of 15 minutes, by number of setups
| Setups | Slots | Run time |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 17 | 4.3 h |
| 4 | 12 | 3 h |
| 8 | 11 | 2.8 h |
Upper bracket, lower bracket and the grand final
The upper bracket is an ordinary knockout. A player that loses there drops into the lower bracket instead of going home, and a player that loses in the lower bracket is out, so nobody is eliminated before their second defeat. The grand final is the upper bracket winner against the lower bracket winner. In Tournamyx Scores you choose at generation time whether it is one match or a bracket reset, and it is worth publishing that choice before registration closes. The format explainer is double elimination, and the double elimination bracket generator draws any field size, not just Smash.
More than 32 players
This generator draws up to 32 players. For a bigger open qualifier, Swiss is a better first stage, with the top eight or sixteen going into a double elimination playoff. Tournamyx Scores runs double elimination for 4, 8, 16, 32 or 64 players. For the whole event, see esports tournament software and how to run an esports tournament.
How many matches are in a 16-player Smash double elimination bracket?
30 matches over 11 rounds. Every player but the champion goes out after two defeats, and each match produces one defeat, so the bracket needs 2 times the number of players minus 2 matches.
How long does a Smash double elimination bracket take at best-of-five?
A 16-player bracket takes 4.6 hours at best-of-five, using about 25 minutes a round on 8 setups. At best-of-three it takes 2.8 hours.
Can I run a Smash bracket live with results?
Yes. Tournamyx Scores runs double elimination live for 4, 8, 16, 32 or 64 players with one public link. The free plan covers 8 participants, so a larger field needs Plus (64 participants) or a one-off event unlock.
Kickoff
Your bracket,
five minutes away.
Free up to 8 players · $12 unlocks one event up to 64 · No subscription