How seeding and byes work in bracket formats
Seeding controls where teams start in the bracket. Byes fill empty slots when the field does not match the bracket size.
How auto-seeding works
By default, teams are seeded by DUPR rating. The highest-rated team becomes seed 1. If ratings are unavailable, the system places teams randomly.
How byes work
Bracket sizes are always powers of two: 4, 8, 16, or 32. If you have fewer teams than slots, the remaining spots become byes.
Example: 6 teams in an 8-team bracket creates 2 byes.
Byes are assigned to the top seeds first, so those teams advance to round 2 automatically.
Teams | Bracket size | Byes | Who gets them |
|---|---|---|---|
3 | 4 | 1 | Seed 1 |
5–6 | 8 | 2–3 | Top 2–3 seeds |
9–12 | 16 | 4–7 | Top seeds |
Adjust seeds after generation
You can correct seeding after the bracket is generated by swapping teams in the bracket view.
Tap a team name.
Select the replacement team for that slot.
Confirm the swap.
This is useful when you need to fix a seeding mistake or account for a late registration.
To create the bracket, see Generating a double elimination bracket. To understand how teams move after the bracket starts, see How double elimination brackets work.