blind draw
Unseeded tournament matchup
A blind draw is a selection made randomly or without seeing what's being chosen.
In tournaments, it's a method of pairing competitors without seeding or strategic placement: Teams were assigned opponents by blind draw.
In card games, it means drawing from a face-down deck.
The term emphasizes fairness through chance—no one can game the selection.
- randomOccurring without pattern
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
- bracketSupport or category
- tournamentMulti-round competitive event
- matchupScheduled competitive pairing
luck · random selection · chance · pairing · selection · hat · names · unseen · fate · assigned · opponent · pick · shuffle · single elimination · double elimination · elimination · competition · window
- chancechance, luck, lottery, dice, randomness
- random selection methodslottery, raffle, coin flip, coin toss, dice roll
- lotterieslottery machine, ball machine, jackpot winner, lottery winner, lottery winners
- random samplingrandom selection, number generator, random assignment
- randomizationrandom, randomize, randomizer, RNG, random number generator
- randomizersdice, die, coin flip, spinner, roulette wheel