Format
open division 2024 – 32 teams
Open division has two top seeded pools with four teams (A-B), four middle seeded pools with three teams (C-F) and four lower pools with three teams (G-J).
After poolplay on Friday, the #1 from the lower pools and all teams from the middle pools will advance to a knock-out stage. Winners from the knock-out advance to pre-quarters (1-16) against a team from the top pools.
#2 and #3 from the lower pools play a re-seeding cross-over and then advance to a lower bracket of pre-quarters (17-32) against the losers from the knock-out stage.
After this, all teams play quarters, semis and finals.
All teams play 7 games in total.
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open division 2018 – 30 teams
Open division has 10 pools with 3 teams (A-J).
After poolplay, the #1 from all pools and #2 from pools (A-F) advance to pre-quarters (1-16) and then play quarters, semis and finals.
All other teams play pre-quarters (17-30) where the winners and one lucky loser (best score) advance to quarters, semis and finals (17-24).
The pre-quarter (17-30) losers move into 2 new pools with 3 teams (K and L) and play a placement game at the end.
Every team plays 6 games in total.
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women’s division 2024 – 20 teams
In women’s there are two top seeded pools (Q-R) and two lower seeded pools (S-T) with 5 teams each.
#3 and #4 from the top pools advance to pre-quarters against #1 and #2 from the lower pools.
The pre-quarter winners advance to quarters, semis and finals (places 1-8) against #1 and #2 from the top pools.
#5 from the top pools play #3 from the lower pools in a knock-out game, after which the winners join two pre-quarter losers in a bracket of semis and finals for places 9-12.
The knock-out losers and two pre-quarter losers join #4 and #5 from the lower pools in a bracket of quarters, semis and finals for places 13-20.
All teams play 7 or 8 games in total.
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women’s division 2018 – 20 teams
In women’s there are 4 pools (Q-T) with 3 teams each and 2 pools (U-V) with 4 teams.
After poolplay, #1 and #2 in pools Q-T advance to pre-quarters, quarters, semis and finals (1-16). #3 in pools Q-T play a knock-out game where the winners move on to quarters (9-16) and the losers join the #4 from pools (U-V) in a new pool (X) for places 17-20.
#1 and #2 from pools (U-V) advance to quarters, semis and finals (1-8). #3 from pools (U-V) move on to quarters, semis and finals (9-16).
Every team plays 6 games in total.
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