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Will consist of 30 teams in 6 pools of 5 teams each (16 auto-qualifiers
from previous Olympics/World Championships and the next 14 highest rated
nations, including the most recent qualifying championship winner regardless of
that nations ranking)
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Top two in each pool after round-robin as well as 4 wild-cards advance
to medal round (single game, knock out bracket)
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The 16 teams which make the medal round automatically qualify for the
next Olympics or World Championships
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Pool winners will be seeded 1-6, runners-up 7-12 and wild cards 13-16
for the medal round
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Points toward CSHIHF rankings are earned as follows:
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Make the tourney 15 points
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Win Pool 7 points
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2nd in Pool 5 points
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Wild-card 3 points
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Win 1st medal round game 3 points
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Win 2nd medal round game 5 points
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Win 3rd medal round game 8 points
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Lose Bronze game 9 points
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Win Bronze medal 11 points
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Win Sliver medal 13 points
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Win Gold medal 15 points
Qualifying
Tourneys
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Will consist of the 32 teams not automatically qualified for upcoming
Olympics/World Championship
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4 pools of 8 teams each
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Top 3 in each pool plus 4 wild cards advance to championship round
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Pool winners seeded 1-4, 2nd places seeded 5-8, etc
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Points toward CSHIHF rankings earned as follows:
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Teams auto-qualified for upcoming tourney get 35 points
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Teams in qualifier receive 1 point for each point earned in pool play
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Pool winners receive 7 points
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2nd in pool = 5 points
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3rd in pool = 3 points
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Wild-card = 1 point
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Win first round game = 2 points
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Win second round game = 4 points
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Win third round game = 6 points
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Lose consolation game = 8 points
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Win consolation game = 10 points
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Lose championship game = 12 points
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Win championship game = 15 points
Tie-breaker
process for seeding in any tourney:
Head-to-Head (if applicable), Wins, Goal Differential, Goals Scored,
Coin Toss.
Tie-breaker
process for making an Olympics/World Championship if CSHIHF ranking points are
the same: Head-to-Head if applicable,
Final place in previous qualifying tourney, Goal differential in all game of
previous qualifying tourney, coin toss.