TOURNAMENT FORMAT

GROUP PHASE

20 teams
4 groups of 5 teams

Groups will be drawn live in front of all participants at 3pm

Teams will enter a round-robin format, which will see each team face off against all teams in their group

SCORING

All “punte” won in a “boem” will contribute to the team’s group points.

Teams will earn an extra 3 victory points if they win a “boem” and 4 victory points if they hand their opponents a “varkie” (i.e. don’t conceded any “punte” during their victory).

For example:

Team A beats Team B 5-3
Team C beats Team D 6-0

Team A 8 points (5 punte + 3 victory points)
Team B 3 points (3 punte)
Team C 10 points (6 punte + 4 victory points)
Team D 0 points

The two teams with the most points in each group will advance to the knockouts.

If there are teams equal on group points, they will be differentiated by the following criteria:

1 Most “boem” wins
2 If still tied, the least amount of “punte” conceded in all group matches
3 If still tied, the two teams will face-off in a knockout “boem”

KNOCKOUTS

Each knockout fixture will be a best out of 3 “boems”. I.e. First team to win 2 games.

Each knockout fixture will be tiered as Group Winner vs Runner-up.

Quarter-Finals (Best out of 3)
Quarter-final 1: Group 1 Winner vs Group 2 Runners-Up
Quarter-final 2: Group 2 Winner vs Group 1 Runners-Up
Quarter-final 3: Group 3 Winner v Group 4 Runners-Up
Quarter-final 4: Group 4 Winner vs Group 3 Runners-Up

Semi-finals (Best out of 3)
Semi-final 1: Winner of Quarter-Final 1 vs Winner of Quarter-Final 2
Semi-final 2: Winner of Quarter-Final 3 vs Winner of Quarter-Final 4

Final (Best of 3)