Captain Team Picker
Paste the list as it came from the group chat, name the captains and pick players in turns, passing one phone around or sending a link. When the last name goes, the group gets the teams as a message or an image.
- Free
- No sign-up
- Runs in your browser
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One player per line. Paste the WhatsApp list as it is: numbers, emojis and the title are cleaned up. Mark a goalkeeper with (G) or 🧤.
No players yet.
Is one of these a player? Tap to add:
2 to 8. Tap names below or type them, one per line. A captain who is on the list leaves the pool and starts their own team.
The list stays in your browser. Nothing is uploaded or saved: closing or reloading the page loses the draft, unless you keep the link.
Draft
Paste the list, name the captains and press "Start the draft".
Tap a name to pick
Teams
Message for the group
The message and the image appear when the last player is picked.
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- Copy the list from the group chat and paste it in the box. Numbers, emojis and the title line are cleaned up.
- Tap or type the captains. Choose snake or fixed, and whether the order comes from a draw with a seed or from the order you listed.
- Press "Start the draft". The bar shows whose turn it is: that captain taps a name and passes the phone on. Undo takes back the last pick.
- Not in the same place? Send the link to the next captain. It is a snapshot, so whoever has it picks and sends a new one.
- When the last name goes, copy the message or download the image for the group, and keep the link for next week's list.
Examples
Two captains, twelve players
With two captains on the list of twelve, ten are left to pick. In snake order the first captain takes one, the second takes two, and so on: five each.
Three captains and an odd list
Three captains and ten players: in snake order the last round has a single pick, so the captain who picks first in that round ends with four and the others with three.
Picking at a distance
The captains are at home the night before the game. Each one opens the link, picks, and sends the new link to the next one on the bar.
Add this tool to your site
Put this tool on your blog, store or club site. It runs inside your page, free, with no account, and a small "by VISU" credit line under it.
Questions
What is the difference between snake and fixed?
In fixed order the captains pick 1-2-3, 1-2-3 every round. In snake order the second round runs backwards, 1-2-3, 3-2-1, 1-2-3, so whoever picked last gets the next pick as well, which evens out the advantage of going first.
What happens when the players do not divide evenly?
The picks simply run out in the last round. The captains who pick in that round have one player more, and the page tells you before you start that the teams will differ by one.
How is the order drawn?
With "Draw with a seed", the order comes from a seed made by your browser's cryptographic generator. The seed and the time are shown on the page, in the message and in the image, and the link keeps them. With "As listed above" it follows your order.
Does the link update for everyone?
No. There is no live sync and no server: the link is a snapshot carried inside the link itself. Whoever opens it continues from that point on their own phone. If two people pick from the same link, you get two different drafts, so go one at a time and send a new link after each pick.
What do the links contain?
The link to continue has the title, the names, the goalkeeper marks, the mode, the order, the seed and the picks. The link for next week has the title, the names, the captains and the mode. Everything sits in the part after the #, which does not reach a server, but anyone with the link can read those names, so send it only to the group.
What if someone taps by mistake?
Undo takes back the last pick, and you can go on undoing all the way to the start. A double tap counts as one pick: the name stays in its place, already marked, so the second tap does nothing.