Tournament
Format:
The tournament is divided into three phases: Group stages and
knock outs and grand finals.
Group
Stages - Round Robin
At the start of the tournament, players are divided into groups
of four or more. Each group is run round robin, meaning every
player in the group plays every other player once. The two players
with the best records advance to the knock out stages of the tournament.
Knock
Out Stages
Once all the groups have been run, the top two players from each
group are placed in a single elimination bracket. The top eight
players from this bracket advance to the tournament finals.
Tournament
Finals
The top 8 players battle it out in a single elimination bracket
and eliminate each other until there is a champion.
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