EQC26 D1 Gameplay

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Teams & Seeds

Group Draw

There will be 8 groups. Each group will have 4 teams.

  • Each group will have one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2 and two teams from Pot 3.
  • Pots are based on the rankings of EQC2025 and the current national seeds.
  • No two teams from the same NGB will be in the same group. From Germany multiple teams may be in the same group as Germany traded spots and agreed to have any number of teams in each group.

Tournament Format

Group Stage

The first phase is a regular group round-robin, in which teams play against the other teams in their group. There will be a total of 8 groups/pools (A-H) with 4 teams each, meaning every team plays a total of 3 games in this phase.

Rankings

Teams will be ranked within their own groups based on the following tiebreakers:

  1. Number of the matches won
  2. Head-to-Head
  3. Number of games won ‘out of range’
    • = Games won with a total point difference (including catches) strictly larger than 30
  4. Total point difference (including catches)
    • Capped at 90 per game
  5. Highest total seeker floor point difference
    • Uncapped
    • = Point difference at the end of seeker floor (20 minutes game time)
  6. Least amount of Total Game Time
  7. Coin Toss

# = Position / Rank
W = Wins
orW = ‘out of range’ Wins
cPD = capped Point Differential
PDsf = Point Difference at the end of seeker floor
∑GT = Total Game Time played

Rank 1 and 2 will continue to the Upper/Middle Bracket Play-In.
Rank 3 and 4 will continue to the Middle/Lower Bracket Play-In.

Play-In Phase

This phase determines which team ends up in which bracket and consists of 1 round. In this phase each team plays 1 game no matter where they ranked in the first phase.

Upper/Middle Bracket Play-In

The winner of the UM Play-In, will advance to the Upper Bracket.
The loser of the UM Play-In, will advance to the Middle Bracket.

Middle/Lower Bracket Play-In

The winner of the ML Play-In, will advance to the Middle Bracket.
The loser of the ML Play-In, will advance to the Lower Bracket.

Brackets

Each bracket (Upper, Middle, Lower) will play a classic compass draw format. All teams will play three games (e.g. quarter final, half final, final).