How to Make Fair Random Teams for Sports, Class and Work
Letting captains pick teams wastes time and leaves someone picked last. Random teams are faster, fairer and mix people who wouldn’t normally work together.
Split a group in seconds
- Paste participants, one per line.
- Choose the number of teams.
- Generate — the list is shuffled and dealt like cards, so team sizes differ by at most one.
Balancing skill
Want balanced teams? Run the generator separately for your strongest players and the rest, then combine teams pairwise. Or generate a few times and pick the split that feels fairest.
Great for
- PE lessons and five-a-side football.
- Breakout rooms in workshops and online classes.
- Hackathons and quiz nights.
- Tournament brackets.
Pro tips
- Copy all teams and paste them into your chat or LMS.
- Download CSV to keep a record for recurring sessions.
- Use the Name Picker afterwards to choose team captains.