Each team will play eight games.
The tournament structure is as follows:
Teams will start in two divisions (A and B). After four games, top 3 teams from each group will form Group C and bottom four Group D. In group C, teams will play three games (a's against b's) after which two with highest points (points will start from zero) will continue to play positions 1 and 2. Two next will continue to play for 3 and 4 and so on.
In Group D, all the teams will play against each other (3 games) and after which two with highest points will play positions 7 and 8, two last ones battle for positions 9 and 10.
The games will be played as follows:
Teams will have 1 minute break between the periods. Timeout is allowed.
1. IIHF hockey rules apply, if not changed by tournament rules.
2. Playing time 2 x 20 minutes with stopping time (max. game time limited to 50 mins).
3. Player who gets 3 minor (2 minutes) penalties is out of current game.
4. 1 major penalty (5+20 min or 25 minutes) player penalized must skip next game.
5. 2 major penalties (10 minutes) - penalized player must skip next game.
6. Tornament standings:
a) points
b) mutual game points
c) points in mutual games, if more than 2 teams are with equal points
d) goal differnce in mutual games
e) goal amount in mutual games
f) goal difference in all games
g) goal amount in all games
h) draw
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