5-Team Softball Round robin Generator
A working round robin generator pre-set for 5 softball teams. Replace the placeholder names, enter scores as you go, print or export. Free, no account.
How a 5-team softball round robin works
Every team plays each of the other 4 teams once, which is 10 games in total. With an odd number of teams one team sits out each round, so the season needs 5 rounds and every team has exactly one bye. A double round robin (home and away) doubles that to 20 games over 10 rounds.
Round 1 pairings
The generator uses the circle method, which guarantees each pair meets exactly once. For 5 teams seeded 1–5, round 1 is: 5 v 2, 3 v 4 (bye: team 1). Home and away alternate so no team is stuck with all away games.
How long does it take?
Using 75-minute softball slots, 10 games need about 12.5 hours on one diamond, 6.3 hours on two, or 3.1 hours on four. A weekly league playing one round per week runs 5 weeks. Pro's scheduler turns those numbers into actual dates, start times and diamonds, honouring rest gaps and games-per-day limits.
Softball rules that affect the schedule
Slow-pitch softball is typically 7 innings or a 60–65 minute time limit with a mercy rule (e.g. 10 runs after 5 innings). Weeknight leagues stack 2–3 games per diamond.
Tie-breakers: Head-to-head, then runs allowed (not runs scored, to discourage running up scores), then coin flip.
Organizer tip: Double-headers are popular: set the per-team daily limit to 2 with 0 minutes rest if teams play back-to-back on the same diamond.