Round Robin Schedule Generator

In a round robin every team plays every other team, which makes it the fairest format for leagues, club ladders and group stages. This generator builds the fixture list with the classic circle method: every team plays once per round, an odd number of teams gets one bye per round, and home and away games are balanced. Choose a double round robin for home-and-away seasons, and add dates to get a ready calendar.

How to use this tool

1. List the teams or players, one per line.
2. Choose a single or double round robin, and shuffle if the order should not follow your list.
3. Optionally tick "Add dates" and set the first date and the gap between rounds.
4. Read the schedule table; the second table checks matches, home and away games per team.

Formula

Matches = n(n − 1)/2 (double: n(n − 1)) · rounds = n − 1 for even n, n for odd n (doubled for home and away)

The circle method fixes one team and rotates the others one position per round, pairing first with last, second with second-to-last and so on. With an odd number of teams a placeholder "bye" takes the fixed position, so the team drawn against it rests. Home and away alternate so that no team has more than one home game more than away games.

Example

Six teams play 15 matches over 5 rounds, three matches per round, and each team plays 5 games (3 at home and 2 away, or the reverse). Five teams need 10 matches over 5 rounds, with one team resting each round. With weekly rounds from Saturday 3 January 2026, the last round of the six-team league is on 31 January 2026.