1, knockout:
Eight teams will be decided to enter the knockout stage in the group stage. At this stage, the BO5 competition system will be adopted. The knockout stages include 1/4 finals, semi-finals and finals.
2. knockout:
In the past few finals, we will arrange elimination matches according to the performance of each team in the group stage. But this year is different. The opponents the qualifying team will meet in the final of 1/4 are all uncertain. The purpose of this change is to encourage all teams to play their best in the group stage. The knockout stage will be confirmed immediately after the last day of the group stage and broadcast live. The opponent of the team that won the first place in the group must be the team that won the second place in the group; There will be no two teams in the same group in the same half. The first principle can be regarded as a reward for the team that performed well in the group stage, and the second principle is to avoid the same competition as the group stage before the final.
3. knockout group and competition mode:
On the basis of the above principles, we divided the teams that entered the 1/4 finals into two teams: the first qualifying group (A 1, B 1, C 1, D 1) and the second qualifying group (A2, B2, C2, D2).
4. The matching method will be determined according to the following process:
First, all teams in pool 1 will be randomly selected, and then the remaining space in the game diagram will be filled from top to bottom.
For example, B 1 is the first team to be drawn, and it will be arranged at the top left of the game chart. The next draw is A 1, so it will be placed on the left side of the next game in order. And so on.
When the first group draws lots, it will be the second group's turn. When the second group draws lots, because they are in the same half zone, there will not be two teams in the same group, so one team may not be able to participate in a game, and then the team will be assigned to the next feasible game.
5, group lottery process
The lottery will group each team in the order of A-B- Washington, D.C.-Washington, D.C. -A-B- Washington, D.C. ... When all teams in one team pool are grouped, they will enter the next team pool. However, due to the above principles, a team may not be able to join the current team, so it will be assigned to the next available team.