A class of 29
Choose 6 teams for 29 names. Five teams will have five people and one will have four.
Useful for spreading captains or experienced players across teams. Include at most one name per team.
Balanced teams
Generate teams to see each group here.
Your participant list and generated teams are processed locally in this browser tab. They are not added to the URL.
How to use the Team Randomizer
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Enter one unique participant name per line. Blank lines are ignored.
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Choose 2–50 teams. You need at least as many participants as teams.
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Optionally enter people who should each land on a different team, and add a seed to reproduce the draw.
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Select Make teams, then copy the groups or download the text file.
Examples
Spread three captains
For three teams, put Alex, Drew, and Kai on separate lines in the separate-participants field. Each captain goes to a different team; everyone else is randomly assigned.
Balanced sizes and separate participants
Every participant appears exactly once. People in the separate-participants field are assigned to distinct teams first. The remaining participants fill whichever teams currently have the fewest people, so final team sizes differ by no more than one. This balances head counts; it does not infer skills or experience.
Reproduce a draw with a seed
With the same participant order, team count, separate-participants list, and seed, the result repeats. Leave the seed empty for a new random draw. Seeded draws use a deterministic generator and are intended for reproducibility, not secret or audited selection.
What to know
- Maximum 1,000 participants and 50 teams.
- The separate-participants list must contain no more names than the number of teams.
Common questions
Can two participants have the same name?
Names must be unique so separate-participant rules are unambiguous. Use a last initial or a number, such as Taylor A and Taylor B.
Can I keep several groups together or balance skill ratings?
This version supports one set of people who must all be on separate teams. It does not support arbitrary pair rules, keeping friends together, or automatic skill balancing.
What if the numbers do not divide evenly?
Some teams receive one additional person. No two team sizes differ by more than one.