How a championship works
- The draw. Spin the wheel: every spin draws the next team into a group. Seeded teams go one to each group first, and teams from one club or country can be kept apart.
- The group stage. Everybody plays everybody in their group. Type the scores and each table works itself out: three points for a win, one for a draw, then goal difference and goals scored.
- The knockout. When every group match has a score, the best of each group go through. The bracket is made from the tables: group winners play runners-up of another group, and a group’s winner and runner-up are put in opposite halves, so they can only meet again in the final.
- The final. Type the score of each knockout match, or click the name of whoever went through – on a draw, whoever won on penalties. A match for third place is there too.
Any size
- 4 groups, top two through – the eight-team knockout of a real World Cup: quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final.
- 8 groups, top two through – sixteen teams, from the round of 16.
- 3 groups – six go through, and the best two group winners get a bye to the semi-finals.
- One league with the top four through – a play-off after the regular season.
Change the number of groups, who goes through and the points for a win, a draw and a loss in Players and rules. The knockout can be switched off: then it is a league with groups.
For what
- A school or office football, table tennis or FIFA tournament.
- A World Cup or Euro sweepstake with the real teams.
- Board game and quiz nights with more players than one evening allows.
Take it with you
The tables, every match and the knockout comes out of the page in whatever shape you need: Excel (.xlsx), CSV for Google Sheets, Copy as text for a message, Copy as table to paste into a spreadsheet, and Print / PDF.
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