Free round robin schedule maker
Round Robin Generator
Type or paste your teams and the round robin schedule appears right here, round by round, with byes placed for an odd number. Print it for the courts, or keep scores live with a standings table that sorts itself.
- Schedule on the page as you type, no sign-up
- Byes for odd numbers, home and away in one switch
- Up to 24 teams free
Your league
Points for a win · draw · loss
Soccer, hockey. Change it any time in the editor.
Example schedule, 6 teams
Type two or more teams above and this becomes yours.
Round 1
- Team 1vTeam 6
- Team 2vTeam 5
- Team 3vTeam 4
Round 2
- Team 5vTeam 1
- Team 4vTeam 6
- Team 3vTeam 2
Round 3
- Team 1vTeam 4
- Team 5vTeam 3
- Team 6vTeam 2
Round 4
- Team 3vTeam 1
- Team 2vTeam 4
- Team 6vTeam 5
Round 5
- Team 1vTeam 2
- Team 3vTeam 6
- Team 4vTeam 5
Free, no account needed. Going live adds score entry and a league table that sorts itself, on a link anyone can follow.
The circle method
Round Robin Schedules for 4 to 8 Teams
Hold one team still and rotate the rest around it one place per round. Every team meets every other team exactly once, and nobody plays twice in a round, so a round is something you can put on a Thursday night. An odd number of teams gets a phantom opponent: whoever draws it has the bye.
These are the real schedules the generator builds, numbered in the order you type the teams. Turn on home and away and the same rounds repeat with the sides swapped.
4 team round robin
6 games · 3 rounds
- R11 v 42 v 3
- R23 v 12 v 4
- R31 v 23 v 4
5 team round robin
10 games · 5 rounds · one bye each round
- R12 v 53 v 41 bye
- R25 v 13 v 24 bye
- R31 v 45 v 32 bye
- R43 v 12 v 45 bye
- R51 v 24 v 53 bye
6 team round robin
15 games · 5 rounds
- R11 v 62 v 53 v 4
- R25 v 14 v 63 v 2
- R31 v 45 v 36 v 2
- R43 v 12 v 46 v 5
- R51 v 23 v 64 v 5
7 team round robin
21 games · 7 rounds · one bye each round
- R12 v 73 v 64 v 51 bye
- R27 v 15 v 24 v 36 bye
- R31 v 67 v 52 v 34 bye
- R45 v 14 v 63 v 72 bye
- R51 v 45 v 36 v 27 bye
- R63 v 12 v 47 v 65 bye
- R71 v 24 v 75 v 63 bye
8 team round robin
28 games · 7 rounds
- R11 v 82 v 73 v 64 v 5
- R27 v 16 v 85 v 24 v 3
- R31 v 67 v 58 v 42 v 3
- R45 v 14 v 63 v 72 v 8
- R51 v 45 v 36 v 27 v 8
- R63 v 12 v 48 v 57 v 6
- R71 v 23 v 84 v 75 v 6
More teams, or your own names?
Type them into the generator and the schedule appears as you go, up to 24 teams free.
Make my scheduleHow Many Games Is a Round Robin?
N teams play N × (N − 1) ÷ 2 games when everyone meets once. Home and away doubles it. Fixtures grow with the square of the roster, which is why a league stops being a round robin somewhere in the twenties and becomes groups plus a knockout.
| Teams | Games, once | Matchdays | Games, home & away | Matchdays |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 6 |
| 5one rests each day | 10 | 5 | 20 | 10 |
| 6 | 15 | 5 | 30 | 10 |
| 8 | 28 | 7 | 56 | 14 |
| 10 | 45 | 9 | 90 | 18 |
| 12 | 66 | 11 | 132 | 22 |
| 16 | 120 | 15 | 240 | 30 |
| 20 | 190 | 19 | 380 | 38 |
| 24 | 276 | 23 | 552 | 46 |
24 teams is the free plan’s roster, and 552 home-and-away games is the biggest full season that fits under the 600-fixture limit on any plan.
League table maker
How the Standings Are Worked Out
The table is never typed in. It is recalculated from the results every time anyone looks at it, which is the difference between a league table and a spreadsheet that was right last Tuesday.
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverton United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 13 |
| 2 | Ashgrove Rovers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 13 |
| 3 | Northside FC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Kingsway Athletic | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 0 |
Tie-break order: points, then goal difference, then goals scored, then name. Head-to-head is not applied; the fixture list shows every meeting if your rules need it.
Points that match your sport
Pick a system in the builder or set your own, from −10 to 10 for each result. Negative values are allowed because some ladders really do dock points.
- 3 · 1 · 0Soccer, hockey, most club leagues
The default.
- 2 · 1 · 0Basketball, volleyball, netball
Also how a chess club's 1 · ½ · 0 is written in whole numbers.
- 2 · 0 · 0Pool, darts and snooker ladders
No draws in the sport, so the middle value never fires.
- 1 · 0 · 0Games nights, office leagues
Points equal wins, which is what most people mean by 'the standings'.
Round Robin or Bracket?
Choose by how much time you have and how much the result has to mean. A round robin is the fairest shape there is: every team plays the same opponents the same number of times, an upset is one result among many, and the champion is the team that was best across the season. It is also, by a wide margin, the most games.
A knockout bracket decides the same eight teams in seven games, which is why it owns the one-day tournament. The cost is that the draw matters and one bad game ends your day. The usual compromise is both: a round robin group stage over a few weeks, then the top finishers seeded into a bracket for the final day.
When it is a bracket you want, the bracket maker builds single or double elimination for 2 to 16 entrants free, the 8-team page is the size a four-group round robin usually feeds, and single vs double elimination explains when the losers bracket is worth the extra games.
| Format | Games | Games per team | What decides it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round robin | 28 | 7 each | The table, over the whole season |
| Single elimination | 7 | 1 to 3 | One loss and you are out |
| Double elimination | 14 | 2 to 5 | Two losses; a losers bracket keeps you in |
Home and away doubles the round robin to 56. Double elimination is one more if the grand final is reset.
A Round Robin Scheduler for Any League
If everyone should play everyone, this is the shape that fits. Each of these starts in the builder at the top of the page.
Club & Rec Leagues
Soccer, softball, netball or five-a-side. A full home-and-away season with a table every player checks from their phone.
Build this leagueTournament Group Stages
Four teams to a group, everyone plays everyone, top two go through. Run each group here and seed the knockout from the final tables.
Build this leaguePickleball, Tennis & Cornhole
Enter each doubles pair as a team and everyone plays everyone. Print the rounds for the courts, or keep the standings live.
Build this leagueEsports Seasons
A double round robin regular season before playoffs. Drop the standings link in Discord and it updates as each series is decided.
Build this leagueYouth Sports
A season table parents follow from a link instead of a photo of a whiteboard, with fixtures they can check a week ahead.
Build this leaguePool, Darts & Chess Clubs
Everyone plays everyone across a season, scoring with no draws is one button, and the club always knows who still owes whom a game.
Build this leagueFrequently Asked Questions
Every entrant plays every other entrant, usually once, and there is no elimination: the standings decide the winner. Each result earns points (3 for a win and 1 for a draw by default), and the table ranks everyone by points, then goal difference, then goals scored. Because nobody is knocked out, every team plays the same number of games and a single bad day cannot end a season.
N teams play N × (N − 1) ÷ 2 games when everyone meets once: 4 teams play 6, 6 teams play 15, 8 teams play 28, 10 teams play 45 and 16 teams play 120. Playing home and away doubles it. The generator shows the count as you add names, so you can see what a season costs in games before you build it.
Five is an odd number, so one team rests each matchday. The generator adds a phantom sixth slot, schedules five matchdays of two games each, and the team drawn against the phantom has the bye. Everyone rests exactly once and plays exactly four games, ten in total. Type five names above and the five rounds appear under them, byes marked.
People say “round robin bracket”, but there is no bracket: nobody advances and nobody is eliminated, so what you actually get is a fixture list and a table. If you want a bracket after the group games, run the round robin here, then seed a knockout bracket from the final standings with the bracket maker.
Yes, for fixed teams: enter each doubles pair as one team and every pair plays every other pair, with the schedule, byes and standings handled the same way as any league. Two points a win and none for a loss is one button. Rotating-partner round robins, where you get a new partner every round, are a different format that this generator does not build.
Type the teams, then press Print schedule. You get every round on one sheet, byes marked, with a blank for each score. In the print dialog choose Save as PDF to keep a file or send it to the group. No account is needed.
From the results, every time the table loads. Each team's row counts games played, won, drawn and lost, scores for and against, the difference, and points at whatever values you set: 3/1/0 by default, 2/1/0 for basketball-style leagues, 2/0 for a ladder with no draws, or 1 a win for a games night. Nothing is stored as a running total, so correcting a typo in a result corrects the table with it.
Points first, then goal difference, then goals scored, then alphabetical order as a last resort. That is the chain most leagues use, and it is applied automatically. Head-to-head records are not used as a tie-break, so if your competition needs one, settle it from the fixture list, which shows every result between the two sides.
Yes. Tick 'Play home and away' before building and every pairing is scheduled twice, with the sides swapped for the return leg. Eight teams go from 28 fixtures over 7 matchdays to 56 over 14. Even in a single round the generator alternates which side each team is listed on, so nobody is 'home' all season.
Yes, with one honest caveat: the schedule is organised into matchdays, not calendar dates or venues. You decide that matchday 3 is the second Thursday of the month. What it does do is guarantee every pairing appears exactly once (or twice, home and away), grouped so that each team plays at most one game per matchday.
Up to 24 teams on the free plan, which is the largest even roster that fits a full home-and-away season inside the 600-fixture limit (24 teams twice is 552 games). Pro raises it to 32 and Premium to 35, the most that can play a single round under the same limit. Past that, fixtures grow so fast that a round robin is the wrong shape for the event and it wants groups feeding a knockout.
Yes. Building the fixtures, entering results and sharing the live link are free, with no account or credit card needed, for up to 24 teams. Pro ($24/mo) and Premium ($52/mo) raise the roster, add your own colours and logo, and remove the MakeTheBoard branding. If it is one league that needs to look official rather than a whole plan, a one-time $15 unlock does that for a single board and lifts its roster to 32.
Yes. Every league has a public link that shows the table and the full fixture list, and it updates the moment a result is entered. Nobody following it needs an account. Put the same link on a screen at the venue for a live standings board, or embed it on a club website.
Start From a Ready-Made Season
Soccer, group stage, pool ladder, esports, youth sports and games night, each with its scoring set and the fixtures generated the moment you open it.
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