TOURNAMENT FORMAT

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ROUND ROBIN (5 AND 4 TEAMS IN A POOL)

1. EACH TEAM PLAYS EVERY OTHER TEAM IN ITS POOL ONE MATCH.

2. EACH MATCH IS 2 SETS STRAIGHT (5 TEAM POOL – 35 MINUTES) AND 3 SETS STRAIGHT (4 TEAM POOL – 50 MINUTES).  THESE TIMES ARE GUIDELINES ONLY.

3. EACH SET:  STARTS AT 4 – 4 AND ENDS AT 25 (25 PT CAP – A TEAM MAY WIN 25 – 24)  TEAMS ARE PERMITTED 1 – 30 SECOND TIMEOUT PER SET.

PLAYOFF ELIGIBILITY

TEAMS WILL BE RANKED IN POOL:

• WIN/LOSSES

• HEAD TO HEAD (2 TEAMS ONLY)

• POINT RATIO

PLEASE NOTE:  POINT RATIO WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE USED IF 3 OR MORE TEAMS ARE TIED IN WINS/LOSSES

IF FORMAT ALLOWS TEAMS WILL BE RANKED OVERALL:

1. WINS/LOSSES

2. POINT RATIO

NOTE:  FOR OVERALL RANKING, TEAMS MUST HAVE PLAYED THE SAME AMOUNT OF GAMES.  IF NOT, THAN WINS/LOSSES ARE VOID AND POINT RATIO WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY USED.

PLAYOFFS (SINGLE ELIMINATION)

QUARTERS / SEMIS / FINALS

• 2 OUT OF 3

• FIRST 2 GAMES:  SCORE STARTS AT 4 – 4 TO 25

• RUBBER MATCH:  0 – 0 TO 15

• ALL 3 GAMES ARE WIN BY 2 WITH NO CAP

• TEAMS ARE PERMITTED 1 – 30 SECOND TIMEOUT PER SET.

PLEASE NOTE:

1   THE CONVENOR MAY CHANGE THE FORMAT IF ANY UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES OCCUR.

2   ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK THE CONVENOR.