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create-playoffs

Generates a Playoffs Only bracket: a direct single-elimination tree with no pool phase.

bracket-creator create-playoffs [flags]

Flags

Flag Short Default Description
--file -f — CSV file with participants (required)
--output -o — Output .xlsx path (required)
--courts -c 2 Number of shiai-jo (courts) to split the tree across
--team-matches -t 0 Players per team (0 = individual tournament)
--with-zekken-name -z false Use second CSV column as zekken display name
--seeds — — CSV file with seed rankings
--determined -d false Do not shuffle input order
--single-tree — false Produce one tree sheet instead of one per court
--number-prefix -n "" Assign consecutive numbers with this letter prefix (e.g. K produces K1, K2, …)
--title-prefix — "" Prefix added to sheet titles

Examples

Simple two-court bracket:

bracket-creator create-playoffs -f participants.csv -o tournament.xlsx

Single court, seeded:

bracket-creator create-playoffs \
  -f participants.csv -o tournament.xlsx \
  -c 1 --seeds seeds.csv

Team tournament across two courts with zekken names:

bracket-creator create-playoffs \
  -f participants.csv -o tournament.xlsx \
  -t 3 -c 2 -z

Seeding

Works the same as create-pools — top seeds are placed on opposite sides of the bracket so they can only meet in the final. See the input format for the seeds CSV layout.

Output sheets

Sheet Contents
Data Raw participant list
Time Estimator Expected duration per phase
Elimination Matches Match schedule
Names to Print A3-ready name labels
Tree (one per court) Visual bracket tree