Tournament Group Draw
Draw teams into balanced groups for a tournament, in the style of a World Cup group-stage draw — enter your teams and how many groups you need.
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How the Tournament Group Draw works
This reproduces the familiar mechanic of a major tournament's group-stage draw: shuffle the complete pool of entrants, then deal them round-robin into labelled groups so sizes differ by at most one team — the same balanced-dealing approach Xrandom's Team Shuffler uses for splitting people into teams.
It works for any tournament format, not just football — sports leagues, esports brackets, classroom competition groups, or trivia night teams all fit the same simple group-draw mechanic.
How to use it
Frequently asked questions
Does this account for seeding or avoiding same-country teams?
No — this is a pure random draw with no seeding constraints; real tournament draws often use pots and restrictions that this simple tool doesn't model.
Will group sizes always match exactly?
As close as possible — if teams don't divide evenly across groups, some groups get one extra team.
Can I redraw if I don't like the result?
Yes, press Generate again for a completely fresh, independent draw.