Format and Event Regulations

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General Principles:

  • Main Draw tournament of 32 teams per gender
  • Qualification tournament of maximum 24 teams per gender
  • Country Quota playoff matches and Continental Quota Playoff matches (if any)

 

Competition Format

  • Country Quota playoff matches and Continental Quota Playoff matches (if any): depending on the number of teams concerned, the single elimination format will be adopted to qualify teams to the Qualification tournament, as per Sports Regulations 2017.
  • Qualification tournament of maximum 24 teams per gender played in 24-teams bracket of single elimination format to qualify 8 teams to the Main Draw tournament.
  • Main Draw tournament of 32 teams per gender played in two (2) phases:
  • 1st phase: 32 teams playing in eight (8) pools of four (4) teams each in round robin system;
  • 2nd phase: the 1st, 2nd and 3rd ranked teams of each pool after the completion of the 1st phase advance to the 2nd phase of 24-teams bracket in single elimination format.