diff --git a/backend/bracket/routes/teams.py b/backend/bracket/routes/teams.py
index 41077aac..f0a4e410 100644
--- a/backend/bracket/routes/teams.py
+++ b/backend/bracket/routes/teams.py
@@ -214,7 +214,9 @@ async def create_multiple_teams(
 ) -> SuccessResponse:
     reader = list(csv.reader(team_body.names.split("\n"), delimiter=","))
     teams_and_players = [
-        (row[0], row[1:] if len(row) > 1 else []) for row in reader if len(row) > 0
+        (row[0], [p for p in row[1:] if len(p) > 0] if len(row) > 1 else [])
+        for row in reader
+        if len(row) > 0
     ]
     players = [player for row in teams_and_players for player in row[1]]
 
diff --git a/backend/tests/integration_tests/api/teams_test.py b/backend/tests/integration_tests/api/teams_test.py
index 52407f5e..a55a30da 100644
--- a/backend/tests/integration_tests/api/teams_test.py
+++ b/backend/tests/integration_tests/api/teams_test.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ async def test_create_team(
 async def test_create_teams(
     startup_and_shutdown_uvicorn_server: None, auth_context: AuthContext
 ) -> None:
-    body = {"names": "Team -1,Player 42,Player 43\nTeam -2", "active": True}
+    body = {"names": "Team -1,Player 42,Player 43\nTeam -2,", "active": True}
     response = await send_tournament_request(
         HTTPMethod.POST, "teams_multi", auth_context, None, body
     )