; Preliminary round • The preliminary round was a single
round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams for a total of five matches. • The top four teams advanced to the semifinals while the bottom two were eliminated. ; Semifinals • The semifinals featured the
twice-to-beat advantage. The higher-seeded team in a match-up only needed to win one out of two matches to advance while the lower-seeded team needed to win two matches back-to-back to do so. • The match-ups were as follows: • SF1: #1 vs. #4 • SF2: #2 vs. #3 • The winners advanced to the championship while the losers would play in the third-place series. ; Finals • The championship and third-place series were
best-of-three series. • The match-ups were as follows: • Championship: Semifinal round winners • Third-place series: Semifinal round losers • If the championship ends after two matches, which can only occur if either team wins 2–0, the third-place series will immediately end even if it is tied. Tiebreakers would be used to determine the winner of the third-place series in this scenario. ==Pool standing procedure==