MD1: Seeding Round
8 Pools of 3 teams each will play 2 round robin games within their division. Games may end in a tie. After all games have been played, teams will be ranked from 1 to 24 where the first 8 ranked teams will be those who finished first in their division, the next 8 will be those who finished second in their division, and the final 8 will be those who finished third in their division.
MD1: Round Robin Pool Play
Using the rankings from the seeding round, teams will be placed into 6 pools of 4 teams and will play 3 round robin games within their division. Games may end in a tie. Pool A is seeds 1, 3, 5, 7; Pool B is seeds 2, 4, 6, 8; Pool C is seeds 9, 11, 13, 15; Pool D is seeds 10, 12, 14, 16; Pool E is seeds 17, 19, 21, 23; Pool F is seeds 18, 20, 22, 24.
MD1: Final Games
Upon completion of the round robin pool play, teams will be ranked 1 to 4 within their own pool. A final game will then be played where Pool A teams will play Pool B teams; Pool C teams will play Pool D teams; and Pool E teams will play Pool F teams. In all cases, the teams will be playing the same ranked team from the other division. For example, the 1st Pool C will play 1st Pool D, the 2nd Pool C will play 2nd Pool D, and so on. For the GOLD game only, which is the 1st of Pool A vs 1st of Pool B, an outright winner must be decided and there will be a presentation of the champions and finalists medals. All other final games may end in a tie.
MD2: Seeding Round
12 Pools of 3 teams each will play 2 round robin games within their division. Games may end in a tie. After all games have been played, teams will be ranked from 1 to 36 where the first 12 ranked teams will be those who finished first in their division, the next 12 will be those who finished second in their division, and the final 12 will be those who finished third in their division.
MD2: Round Robin Pool Play
Using the rankings from the seeding round, teams will be placed into 9 pools of 4 teams and will play 3 round robin games within their division. Games may end in a tie. Pool A is seeds 1, 3, 5, 7; Pool B is seeds 2, 4, 6, 8; Pool C is seeds 9, 10, 11, 12; Pool D is seeds 13, 15, 17, 19; Pool E is seeds 14, 16, 18, 20; Pool F is seeds 21, 23, 25, 27; Pool G is seeds 22, 24, 26, 28; Pool H is seeds 29, 31, 33, 35; Pool I is seeds 30, 32, 34, 36.
MD2: Final Games
Upon completion of the round robin pool play, teams will be ranked 1 to 4 within their own pool. A final game will then be played where Pool A teams will play Pool B teams; Pool C teams will play each other; Pool D teams will play Pool E teams; Pool F teams will play Pool G teams; and Pool H teams will play Pool I teams. In all cases, except in Pool C, the teams will be playing the same ranked team from the other division. For example, the 1st Pool D will play 1st Pool E, the 2nd Pool D will play 2nd Pool E, and so on. For Pool C only, the final game will be a rematch within the same pool where the 1st Pool C will play the 2nd Pool C, and the 3rd Pool C will play the 4th Pool C. For the GOLD game only, which is the 1st of Pool A vs 1st of Pool B, an outright winner must be decided and there will be a presentation of the champions and finalists medals. All other final games may end in a tie.
MD3 / HL Select: Round Robin Pool Play
2 Pools of 5 teams each will play 5 round robin games against teams in the other division. Games may end in a tie.
MD3 / HL Select: Final Games
Upon completion of the round robin pool play, teams will be ranked 1 to 5 within their own pool. A final game will then be played where Pool A teams will play Pool B teams. In all cases, the teams will be playing the same ranked team from the other division. For example, the 2nd Pool A will play 2nd Pool B, the 3rd Pool A will play 3rd Pool B, and so on. For the GOLD game only, which is the 1st of Pool A vs 1st of Pool B, an outright winner must be decided and there will be a presentation of the champions and finalists medals. All other final games may end in a tie.