- 60 teams (15 pools of 4)
- Each team will play 3 pool play games in the first round
- After the first round, all teams will be seeded into either gold pools or silver pools
- The top 2 teams in each pool as well as 2 wildcards will advance to the gold pools and be seeded #1-32
- The bottom 2 teams in each pool (minus the 2 wildcards) will advance to the silver pools and be seeded #33-60
- For example pool AA will consist of seeds #1, 16, 17, 32. Pool BB will consist of seeds #2, 15, 18, 31
- After the second round of pool play, the top 2 teams in the gold pools will advance to a single elimination gold bracket. In the silver pools, the 7 pool winners and 1 wildcard will advance to a single elimination silver bracket.
- Both rounds of pool play will determine playoff seeding but a second place team in the second round of pool play will not be seeded higher than the pool winners in the second round.
- There will be org protection in the second round of pool play and bracket play but no pool protection
- There will be no consolation games