The tournament will be played according to the official international game rules and ITHF Tournament rules.
There will be eight basic groups. The groups will be drawn at the venue after registration.
The top 8 players from each basic group will qualify to two final groups A1 & A2 (32 players each). A1 will consist of players promoting from basic groups g1, g3, g5 and g7, while A2 will include players promoting from basic groups g2, g4, g6 and g8.
The results of mutual basic group matches will be counted into the A1 & A2 final groups (i.e. 7 results for every player). The placement groups B will have 24 participants. Group C, D, E etc. will have 16 participants (mutual basic group matches will not count there).
Placement in basic groups
1st–8th: Final groups A1/A2
9th–11th: Placement group B (for 65th place)
12th–13th: Placement group C (for 89th place)
14th–15th: Placement group D (for 105th place)
16th–17th: Placement group E (for 121st place)
18th–19th: Placement group F (for 136th place)
20th–21st: Placement group G (for 153rd place)
The number of players in placement groups can change after the registration of all players with respect to the number of participants!
The top 16 players from each final group will promote to playoffs with best-of-seven series. Please see the play-off bracket (pdf). There will be a best-of-five bronze medal series.
In the placement groups B, C, etc., there will be playoffs for the top 4 players in each group, played in the best-of-five format. Since no third place series will be held in placement groups, the third place will be decided according to the group table.