1. Following round-robin pool play, teams will first be ranked within their pools using the tie-breaking measures from the World Lacrosse Event Hosting and Competition Manual (included below)
   • Due to Ghana’s withdrawal from the event, all pool play games against them for tams in Pool B will result in a 1-0 win for the competitor. This result will be dropped in the overall combined ranking (see below).
2. Following the completion of pool rankings, a combined ranking will be calculated for all 19 teams, with A-pool occupying the first four positions, and the remaining 15 teams ranked
   5-19 based on the following:
   • Placement within pool (#1-4)
     • #1s will be compared against each other to be ranked #5-8
     • #2s will be compared against each other to be ranked #9-12
     • #3s will be compared against each other to be ranked #13-16
     • #4s will be compared against each other to be ranked #17-19
     • Comparison will utilize the following
     • For teams ranked #1-3 in your pool after pool play, the following measures will be used considering only pool play games against teams seeded #1-3 in your pool:
       • Wins
       • Goal differential (goals for minus goals against), capped at 12 per game
       • Goals conceded (fewest)
       • Coin flip
     • For teams ranked #4 in your pool after pool play, the following measures will be used considering all pool play games:
       • Wins (highest to lowest)
       • Goal differential, goals for minus goals against (highest to lowest), capped at 12 per game
       • Goals conceded (lowest to highest)
       • Goals scored (highest to lowest)
       • Coin flip
3. Teams ranked #1 – #4 advance to the quarterfinals
4. Teams ranked #5-12 (all #1s and #2s in pools B-E) advance to the first round of the playoffs
5. Teams ranked #13-16 move on to a placement bracket playing 2-3 games to final placement
   • #13 will receive a bye
   • #14 v #19
   • #15 v #18
   • #16 v #17

Winners play two more placement games.
Losers move to a round-robin format and play two more games.

Playoffs – First Round

• 5 vs 12
• 6 vs 11
• 7 vs 10
• 8 vs 9

1. Winning teams move to quarterfinals.
2. Losing teams move to placement bracket towards ninth place

Playoffs – Quarterfinals

• QF1 // 1 vs [winner 8 vs 9]
• QF2 // 2 vs [winner 7 v 10]
• QF3 // 3 vs [winner 6 vs 11]
• QF4 // 4 vs [winner 5 vs 12]

1. Winning teams move to semifinals.
2. Losing teams move to placement bracket towards fifth place

Playoffs – Semifinals & Medal Games

• SF 1 // [winner QF1] v [winner QF4]
• SF2 // [winner QF2] v [winner QF3]

3. Winning teams move to gold medal game.
4. Losing teams move to bronze medal game.

Excerpt from Appendix 10, Event Hosting and Competition Manual

The winner of each game will be awarded one (1) point and the loser no points (0). Games must be played
to a conclusive result. There shall be no tied games.

In the event of two or more teams finishing with equal points in pool play, positions will be determined
by the following procedure:

1. The win record considering those games in which the teams on equal points have competed against each other (i.e., head-to-head)
   if not conclusive then:
2. By the *Goal Difference considering those games in which the teams on equal points have competed against each other, capped at 12 per game.
   if not conclusive then:
3. The decider will be the “fewest goals conceded” considering the games between the tied teams.
   if not conclusive then:
4. The decider, between the tied teams, will be the *Goal Difference considering all the games in the Pool rounds, capped at 12 per game.
   if not conclusive then:
5. The decider, between the tied teams will be the “fewest goals conceded” considering all the games in the Pool rounds.
   if not conclusive then:
6. The tie will be broken by a coin flip.

*Goal Difference is defined as: Goals For – Goals Against, capped at 12 per game