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Match format by Campbell Morrison
Format
The four Teams play a Test against each other Team. Each Test consists of six Matches, with each singles Match being best-of-three and each doubles Match best-of-one Games. For each Test, each player plays a single Match against their opposite number (1v1, 2v2 etc.), and each doubles pair plays a single Match against their opposite number (1v1 and 2v2).
Each singles match counts for 1 match point and each doubles match 0.5 match points. So in a Test of 4 singles and 2 doubles matches there are 5 points at stake.
The order of Tests is selected by public random draw at the start of the event.
Determining the Winner
The winner of the Championship is the Team which, in descending order of precedence:
1. wins the most Tests
2. wins the most Games
3. wins the most net Games
4. If still tied, the criteria are re-applied, this time considering only results from Tests between the countries tied. This may be performed iteratively if necessary.
Other finishing positions are found using the same method, having first determined the higher positions.
If any games are not started or are incomplete, then if it can be determined that the incomplete games could not affect the final result, then that result is the finishing order. Otherwise:
• Any incomplete Games or Matches are ignored for the purpose of determining a finishing order.
• Any incomplete Tests in which four or more Matches have been completed are declared to be a result (as a draw in the case of a 2-2, 2.5-2.5 or 3-3 scoreline, counting as 0.5 wins in step 1 above).
• Any incomplete Tests in which three or fewer Matches have been completed are ignored for the purposes of determining a finishing order.
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