Draws a tournament bracket based on an XML file.

The XML is composed of a <tournament>, which contains an optional <title>, and one <match>. Each <match> element contains either one or two participants. Matches with only one participant automatically get a bye. A participant is either a <match> or a <player>. <player> elements should contain the player's name. Both <player>s and <match>es can have an optional score attribute; if both participants in a match have a score then that determines the winner.

Here's a sample XML file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<tournament>
  <title>Who Is Best At Twitter?</title>
  <match>
    <match>
      <match>
        <player score="600">Burrito Justice</player>
      </match>
      <match>
        <player score="200">Jef</player>
        <player score="500">Miche</player>
      </match>
    </match>
    <match>
      <player score="300">Lisa</player>
      <player score="400">Addie</player>
    </match>
  </match>
</tournament>
      

To use Bracketr, make your own XML file similar to the above, put it on a web server somewhere, and copy the URL into this form.

XML file URL: