Planned round count
Choose how many Swiss rounds the tournament should run.
Swiss tournament generator
Free Swiss tournament generator for multi-round events
Run tournaments where everyone keeps playing without a full round-robin. Fixture.cc creates Swiss pairings round by round and keeps standings visible.
Included in Fixture.cc
Swiss pairings with standings after every round
Planned round count
Choose how many Swiss rounds the tournament should run.
Pairings by performance
Generate the next round after results are entered so similarly performing teams meet.
Standings included
Keep a live table as the tournament develops.
Chess-style eventsEsports tournamentsBoard game nightsClub competitions
Swiss works best with 8 to 16 participants and 4-5 planned rounds. Everyone keeps playing, the standings separate naturally, and you avoid the long schedule of a full round-robin at that participant count.
What you get
Swiss tournament tools without a heavy tournament platform
Pairings by performance
Generate the next round after results are entered so similarly performing teams meet.
Standings included
Keep a live table as the tournament develops.
Public schedule page
Share rounds, results, and standings with participants.
Flexible participants
Use teams, players, pairs, or gamertags for the same workflow.
Browser-based admin
Manage results and rounds with a private access code.
Built for
Good for events that need fair pairings and limited rounds
Chess-style eventsEsports tournamentsBoard game nightsClub competitionsSchool contestsTrading card eventsGaming leaguesMulti-round cups
Start a Swiss tournament
01
Select Swiss format
Choose Swiss tournament and set the total number of rounds.
02
Generate round one
Add participants and start with the first set of pairings.
03
Advance rounds
Enter results, then generate the next round when all matches are complete.
Frequently asked questions
A Swiss tournament pairs participants across several rounds without eliminating them. Players with similar records are paired as the event progresses.
Yes. Swiss events let participants continue through all planned rounds.
Yes. Enter results for the current round, then generate the next round from the admin page.
A common guideline is the ceiling of log2(N) rounds for N participants. For 16 players that is 4 rounds; for 32 it is 5. More rounds improve accuracy but take longer.
Yes. With an odd number of participants, one person receives a bye each round and is credited with a win for that round.
Create a Swiss tournament
Set the round count, add participants, and start with clean pairings.
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