Elimination stage (quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals).
Get ready after the group match, and the top two in each group will be drawn into a group of eight teams. The seed order of each team will be determined by the ranking of each team in their respective groups in the group stage.
The team that gets the 1 seed in the group stage will face the No.2 seed in another group. These teams will be selected at random by drawing lots.
The lottery process needs to ensure that the winner of the first game of the quarter-finals faces the winner of the second game in the semi-final, and the winner of the third game faces the winner of the fourth game in the semi-final. When drawing lots, the possibility of two teams in the same group meeting again before the final should be ruled out.
Rules for quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals:
1, quarter-finals.
All four quarterfinals will adopt the best of five games system. The quarter-finals winners from the same half will meet in the semi-finals.
Select an edge. Three wins out of five games, and the right to choose sides in the first game belongs to the team with higher seed ranking. In all the games after the first game, the loser of the previous game will choose which side. For the avoidance of doubt, if the higher ranked seeds lose in the second game, they will choose the side in the third game.
2. Semifinals.
The semi-final will consist of two best-of-five games between the winning teams in the quarter-finals. The winning teams in the semi-finals will meet in the final.
Select an edge. The right to choose the side in the first game of each semi-final is decided by flipping a coin. The winner of the coin toss needs to submit their side selection decision to the officials of the global finals immediately after winning. In all the games after the first game, the loser of the previous game will choose which side.
For the avoidance of doubt, the team with the right to choose the side in the first game lost in the second game and chose the side in the third game.
3. finals.
The final round of the tournament will be played by the winner of the semi-final, which is a best-of-five game. The winner of the final will become the champion of the 2020 global finals.
Select an edge. The right to choose the side in the first game of the final was decided by flipping a coin. The winner of the coin toss needs to submit their side selection decision to the officials of the global finals immediately after winning. In all the games after the first game, the loser of the previous game will choose which side.
For the avoidance of doubt, the team with the right to choose the side in the first game lost in the second game and chose the side in the third game.