FINAL 16 PLAYERS

Left to right (back row)

Quoc Vo, Hugo Patino, Young Gul Lee, Raymon Groot, Carlos Mario Villegas, Victor Cuzzi, Frank Torres, Pedro Piedrabuena, Miguel Torres, Tyler Nguyen

Left to right (front row kneeling)

Kang Lee, Tae Kyu Lee, John Park, Joes de la Torre, Ho Ahn, Chang Pyun

Tournament Format – Qualifications – 45 Players-7 Groups of 6 or 7 Players (4 Groups of 6 Players + 3 Groups of 7 Players) Round Robin – 25 Point Matches

In the Groups of 6 Players, each player receives a BYE The BYE = a Win

Top 2 from each group advance to the next round
Plus the 2 best 3rd place finishers advance to the next round

Ranking in the Qualification Groups is based on:
W/L, Average; then if needed (Total Points, Head to Head, Points Against)

(If needed, Percentage of Points/Percentage of Points Against will be used to break tiebreaks between players who have played a different number of matches because of the unbalanced Groups) – Finals – 16 Players – Single Elimination (Knockout) 40 point matches

Playoff Matches for 3rd/4th (40 points) and 5th thru 8th (30 point matches)