The competition consists of the following: • A preliminary stage (one group of three and four groups of four teams) in centralised venues; • A main tournament with 12 teams (three groups of four teams) in centralised venues; • Quarter-finals hosted by the group winners and the best second-placed team; • Semi-finals and final in a centralised venue.
Tiebreakers Teams in the preliminary stage and the group stage are ranked according to
points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: • Drawing of lots. ==Schedule==