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Competition Format M60 & 65<\/strong>
The tournament includes:
2 teams in the 60+ age group
7 teams in the 65+ age group
Total: 9 teams<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First 3 Game Days \u2014 Group Stage
All teams are divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each:
Group A (one M60+ team \u2013 Team A)
Group B (one M60+ team \u2013 Team B)
Group C
Each team plays:
2 group-stage games during the first 3 days.
Additionally:
The two M60+ teams (Team A and Team B) play the first game of their final series.
The result of this game does not affect the 65+ ranking calculations.
After the group stage:
Only the 65+ teams are ranked from 1st to 7th place.
The 60+ teams are not included in the official 65+ rankings.
However, games played against 60+ teams do count toward the 65+ rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game Day 4
65+ Division \u2014 Qualification Round 1st ranked team vs 2nd ranked team. Winner becomes D1
Loser becomes D2
3rd ranked team vs 6th ranked team. Winner becomes D3 Loser advances to an additional qualification game on Game Day 5
4th ranked team vs 5th ranked team. Winner becomes D4 Loser becomes D5
60+ Division
Team A (60+) plays against the 7th ranked 65+ team. \u201cCup\u201d game<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game Day 5
65+ Division \u2014 Semi-finals
D1 vs D4
D2 vs D3
Qualification for 5th Place. Game Loser of the 3rd vs 6th ranked game vs 7th ranked 65+ team
Winner becomes D6
60+ Division
Team B (60+) plays against D5 \u201cCup\u201d game<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game Day 6
65+ Division
Final
Winner of D1 vs D4 vs Winner of D2 vs D3
Bronze Medal Game
Loser of D1 vs D4 vs Loser of D2 vs D3
5th Place Game
D5 vs D6
60+ Division Final
The second final game is played between A and B teams B (60+).
The aggregate winner of the two-game series becomes the 60+ champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Competition Format W45\/50\/60<\/strong>
The competition includes 5 teams.
All five teams play in one group (Group A) in a round-robin format.
Each team plays once against every other team.
A total of 10 games (G1\u2013G10) will be played.
Finals
The two best W60+ teams play the final.
W45+ vs W50+ \u2014 \u201cCup\u201d game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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