8 team bracket maker
An eight-entry knockout is the smallest bracket that still feels like a tournament: three rounds, one final, a picture you can read on a phone. Add eight names or pictures, pick a winner in every matchup, and export the tree. It does not run live scores or fixtures.
Also known as: 8 team bracket, 8 player bracket maker, eight entry knockout, small favorites bracket.
Free. No account needed. Export a PNG.
How to make a 8 team bracket
- Open it at eight. The button above loads the editor with eight slots already laid out. Type names, drop pictures, or mix the two. Three to eight entries still works: an odd count simply sends one entry through the first round unopposed.
- Choose how the quarter-finals pair. Seeded puts one against eight so the favourites meet late, in-order pairs them as you typed them, and a random draw shuffles the field. Pick before you start deciding.
- Tap a winner in every matchup. Three rounds. Tap the one that goes through and it moves up. Tap again to undo that pick and everything that followed from it.
- Export the picture. An eight-entry tree is small enough to stay sharp in a chat thumbnail. Download a PNG, or publish a link with a preview card.
What you can do
- Opens on eight slots, which is three rounds and a final.
- Pictures, names, or both on every slot.
- Seeded, in-order, or random pairing for the first round.
- Tap to advance, tap again to undo the cascade.
- Round names you can rewrite (quarters, semis, final, or a joke).
- Three entries is the floor, so a five or six way argument fits here too, drawn at the size it really is.
- The Slots button resizes the same tree if eight turns out to be wrong, anywhere from three to 512.
- Slot, border, line, winner and champion colours, plus four fonts.
- PNG, JPEG and PDF export, no account, nothing drawn across the tree.
Make your own 8 team bracket
A night in, eight options
Films, takeaways, albums. Eight is small enough that everyone in the room has seen or eaten all of them.
A friend group
Eight people, eight pictures, one champion. The tree is the souvenir.
A shortlist
You already cut the field down. This is the last three rounds, not the whole universe of options.
A phone-sized picture
Thirty two slots become a smear at thumbnail size. Eight stay readable.
Common questions
Is this tournament software?
No. There is no score entry, no fixture list, and no live advancement. It is a knockout picture of things you like.
Does it open with eight slots?
Yes. The button on this page loads the editor at eight. You can still change the count afterwards with the Slots button if you guessed wrong.
What if I only have six names?
That is fine. Six entries are three matchups and then the semis, with no empty slots drawn at all. Five would be two matchups plus one entry going through unopposed.
Can I use pictures?
Yes. One image per slot, or a mix of images and names.
Do I need an account?
Not to make or export. Publishing a public page needs an account.
What if eight turns out to be too few?
Press Slots, then pick a bigger size, or type any count up to 512. Nothing you have already typed or uploaded is lost; the extra slots join the first round empty and the tree redraws around them.
Can I recolour it?
Yes. The slots, their borders, the connecting lines, the winner and the champion each take a colour of their own, and there are four fonts to pick between.