# Random Team Generator

> Split a group into random teams fairly. Perfect for sports, games, classroom activities, and team building events.

**Category:** Utility
**Keywords:** team, random, group, split, shuffle, fair, sports, classroom
**URL:** https://complete.tools/team-randomizer

## How to use

1. **Enter Names**: In the text area labeled "Names," type each person's name on a separate line. You can list as many people as needed—from 2 to hundreds. Examples: Alice, Bob, Charlie, Diana, Eve, Frank.

2. **Set Number of Teams**: In the "Number of Teams" field, enter how many teams you want to create. This must be at least 2 and no more than 20. You cannot have more teams than people.

3. **Generate Teams**: Click the "Generate Teams" button. The tool will instantly shuffle the names and distribute them evenly across your requested number of teams.

4. **View Results**: Your teams appear in a grid layout. Each team is displayed in its own card showing all member names and a count of team members. The teams are color-coded to make them easy to distinguish.

5. **Reshuffle if Needed**: If you don't like the team arrangement, click "Reshuffle" to create a new random arrangement without having to re-enter names. You can reshuffle as many times as you want.

6. **Copy and Share**: Click the "Copy" button to copy the team assignments to your clipboard in a clean, readable format. You can then paste this into chat, email, or a document to share with participants.

## Who should use this

- **Sports coaches and game organizers** who need to form balanced teams for practices, games, or tournaments
- **Teachers and educators** running classroom activities, group projects, or team-based learning exercises
- **Corporate event planners** organizing team-building activities, department challenges, or inter-team competitions
- **Party hosts** dividing guests into teams for party games, charades tournaments, or group activities
- **Online gaming communities** creating balanced squads for raid teams, competitive matches, or multiplayer sessions
- **Camp directors and youth leaders** organizing team activities and ensuring fair group assignments
- **Fitness instructors** forming partner or group workout teams during group exercise classes
- **Event organizers** managing brackets, team assignments, or group distributions for competitions

## Practical examples

**Example 1: Pickup Basketball Game**
You're at the gym and 12 people show up wanting to play. Instead of the strongest players picking teams (which creates lopsided games), you enter all 12 names into the Random Team Generator and ask for 2 teams. You get two teams of 6 players each with a random mix of skill levels. Games are more competitive and everyone plays with roughly equal strength on both sides.

**Example 2: Classroom Group Project**
A teacher has 28 students and wants to divide them into 7 groups of 4 for a semester-long project. Rather than letting students self-select (which creates friend groups that might not work well together), the teacher enters all student names and requests 7 teams. The tool creates balanced groups, which often results in students working with people they might not have chosen but end up collaborating well.

**Example 3: Corporate Scavenger Hunt Event**
A company is planning a team scavenger hunt for 45 employees. They want 5 balanced teams of 9 people each. By entering the employee names and selecting 5 teams, the Random Team Generator ensures that no single team gets all the tech-savvy employees or all the creative thinkers. The randomization creates diverse teams with mixed skill sets.

**Example 4: Online Gaming Tournament**
A gaming Discord server has 32 people who want to play Squad (a 4v4 game). Instead of voice chat chaos where the same good players always team up, the organizer enters all 32 players and requests 8 teams of 4. The tool creates balanced squads, and everyone knows the assignment is fair and unbiased.

**Example 5: Party Games Night**
A group of 18 friends is gathering for board games and party games. The host wants to rotate through different team-based activities. Instead of always playing with the same 2-3 people, they use the Random Team Generator to create different team combinations for each game: teams of 3, then teams of 2, then teams of 6. This ensures everyone plays with different people throughout the night.

**Example 6: Fitness Class Partner Workout**
A trainer has 20 clients in a group fitness class and wants them to do partner exercises. Rather than letting people naturally pair with friends, the trainer enters all 20 names and requests 10 teams (pairs) of 2. This ensures everyone works with different partners and creates a more inclusive class environment.

## FAQs

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**Q:** Can the tool handle a very large group?**


**A:** Yes. The Random Team Generator can handle groups from 2 people to several hundred if needed. However, for practical purposes, most use cases involve 10 to 100 people. The tool will automatically distribute people as evenly as possible across teams.

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**Q:** What happens if the group doesn't divide evenly?**


**A:** The tool distributes people as evenly as possible. For example, if you have 10 people and request 3 teams, you'll get teams with 4, 3, and 3 members respectively. The algorithm ensures no team is more than one person different from another team, keeping things as balanced as possible.

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**Q:** Can I use people's full names or should I use first names only?**


**A:** You can use either first names, full names, nicknames, or any identifier that works for your group. Just make sure each person has a unique identifier on a separate line so there's no confusion about who is who.

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**Q:** Is the team generation truly random?**


**A:** Yes. The tool uses cryptographically secure random number generation to shuffle the names and assign people to teams. Every possible team arrangement has an equal chance of being selected. There's no bias toward any person or any particular team arrangement.

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**Q:** Can I reshuffle to get a "better" arrangement?**


**A:** Technically yes, but that defeats the purpose of using a random tool! If you keep reshuffling until you get an arrangement you prefer, you've introduced human bias. The tool works best when you commit to the first arrangement it creates. However, if you genuinely want to explore different possibilities for planning purposes, you can reshuffle as many times as you want.

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**Q:** How do I share the team assignments with people?**


**A:** Click the "Copy" button and the team assignments are copied to your clipboard in a clean, easy-to-read format. You can then paste this into: chat messages, email, text messages, a document, a whiteboard photo, or any other communication method. Share it however works best for your group.

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**Q:** What if someone isn't happy with their team?**


**A:** Explain that the assignment was random and fair—everyone had an equal chance of being on any team. For low-stakes activities, people usually accept random assignments. For competitive situations where people are unhappy, you can explain that everyone had the same random chance, so the outcome is nobody's fault. If it's really important, you can offer one reshuffle, but explain that you'll accept the next arrangement no matter what.

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**Q:** Can I use this tool for picking one person out of a group?**


**A:** Not optimally. For that use case, you're better off using a dedicated random person picker tool. However, if you wanted to technically use this tool, you could request one team with one person, but that's inefficient. A simple random name picker tool would be faster for selecting a single person.

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