Tournament Formats
Four Teams:
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One pool, round robin (three games)
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Round robin determines gold, silver, bronze
Five Teams:
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One pool, round robin (four games)
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Round robin determines gold, silver, bronze
Six Teams:
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Two pools of three teams, round robin (each team plays two games)
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Winner of Friday evening game plays third team Saturday afternoon
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Loser of Friday evening game plays third team Saturday morning
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Tie in Friday evening game treats Home team as Winner
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Winner of each pool plays for gold
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Second place in each pool plays for bronze
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YOUTH ONLY: Winner of each pool plays second place in other pool in a semi final
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YOUTH ONLY: Winners of semi-finals play for gold; losers play for bronze
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YOUTH ONLY: Third place teams in each pool play 5/6 game
Eight Teams:
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Two pools of four teams, round robin (each team plays three games)
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Winner of each pool plays for gold
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Second place teams in each pool play for bronze
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YOUTH ONLY: Third place teams in each pool play 5/6 game
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YOUTH ONLY: Fourth place teams in each pool play 7/8 game
Nine Teams:
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Three pools of three teams, round robin (each team plays two games)
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Winner of Friday evening game plays third team Saturday afternoon
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Loser of Friday evening game plays third team Saturday morning
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Tie in Friday evening game treats Home team as Winner
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Winner of each pool advances to semi-finals
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Top-ranked second place team (after tie-breaking rules applied) advances to semi finals
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NOTE: two teams from the same pool will not play each other again in the semi finals
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Winners of semi-finals play for gold; losers play for bronze
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YOUTH ONLY: Lowest ranked and second-lowest ranked third place teams play 8/9 game
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YOUTH ONLY: Highest ranked third place team plays winner of 8/9 game in 7/8 game
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YOUTH ONLY: Lowest ranked and second-lowest ranked second place teams play in 5/6 game
Ten Teams:
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Two pools of three teams, one pool of four
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From the pool of four:
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First and second place play in opposite semi finals
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Third place plays in 7/8 game
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Fourth place plays in 9/10 game
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From the pools of three:
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Top team in each will play in semi finals
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The two second place teams will play each other in 5/6 game
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The top third place finisher will play in 7/8 game
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The bottom third place finisher will play in 9/10 game
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Twelve Teams:
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Four pools of three teams, round robin (each team plays two games)
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Winner of each pool advances to semi-finals
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Winners of semi-finals play for gold; losers play for bronze
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YOUTH ONLY: Third place teams: two lowest ranked play in 11/12 game; two highest ranked play in 9/10 game
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YOUTH ONLY: Second place teams: two lowest ranked play in 7/8 game; two highest ranked play in 5/6 game
Sixteen Teams:
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Four pools of four teams, round robin (each team plays three games)
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Winner of each pool advances to semi-finals
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Winners of semi-finals play for gold; losers play for bronze
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YOUTH ONLY: Fourth place teams: two lowest ranked play in 15/16 game; two highest ranked play in 13/14 game
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YOUTH ONLY: Third place teams: two lowest ranked play in 11/12 game; two highest ranked play in 9/10 game
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YOUTH ONLY: Second place teams: two lowest ranked play in 7/8 game; two highest ranked play in 5/6 game