Preliminary round In this round, the sixteen teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three will advance to the Qualifying Round. The last team of each group will play for the 13th–16th place in the Classification Games. :
Times given below are in CEST (UTC+2). Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
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Qualifying round The twelve teams remaining will be allocated in two groups of six teams each. The four top teams advance to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group play for the 9th–12th place.
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Classification round The last teams of each group in the preliminary round will compete in this Classification Round. The four teams will play in one group. The last two teams will be relegated to Division B for the next season.
Group G ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ==Knockout round==