INTERNATIONAL CROWN FORMAT

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TEAMS –

The 8 countries are divided into two pools – Pool A and Pool B

Pool A = USA, Thailand, Spain, Chinese Taipei
Pool B = Republic of Korea, Japan, Sweden, Australia

Countries were seeded #1-8 based on the cumulative rankings of their top 4 players on the Rolex Rankings as of March 31, 2014; (same date the top 4 players were determined)

#1 USA; #2 Korea; #3 Japan; #4 Thailand, #5 Spain; #6 Sweden; #7 Australia; #8 Chinese Taipei

There are four players per country

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FORMAT –

The four-day competition will be conducted as follows –

For the first three days,

Countries stay within their respective pool - i.e. they only play matches against the countries within their own pool
Each country plays two fourball (best ball) matches against every other country in its pool.
Each team plays a different country (within its pool) each day
Points accumulate over the first three days
Points are the same for all matches – Win = 2 points; Halve (tie) = 1 points, Loss = no points

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At the end of Saturday,

The two countries with the most points in each pool automatically advance to Sunday.

If there is a tie for first or second within a pool, the following tie-breaker will be used –

Total points accumulated in head-to-head matchups between the tied teams
Total number of matches won in all six four-ball matches
Highest seeded team entering competition

The country with the third most points in each pool will compete in a wildcard playoff on Saturday night to determine the fifth and final country to advance to Sunday.

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Saturday evening wildcard playoff

Each country in the playoff must choose two players to represent them (within 5 minutes of the conclusion of regular play)
The format for the playoff will be hole-by-hole (sudden death) fourball (best ball)
The tie-breaker will be the second ball from each country

EXAMPLE

Chinese Taipei and Australia finish third in their respective pools and they are in the playoff.
Chinese Taipei chooses Yani Tseng and Candie Kung
Australia chooses Karrie Webb and Katherine Kirk
After the first playoff hole the players make the following scores.

Tseng = 4
Kung = 4
Webb = 4
Kirk = 5

Chinese Taipei wins the playoff since Kung made 4 and Kirk made 5

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Sunday
Countries will be seeded based on their total points from the first three days
If countries are tied, the following tie-breaker will be used –
Total points earned in head to head matchup (if they were in the same pool)
Total number of matches won in all six four-ball matches
Highest seeded team entering competition
Format will be singles with a total of 10 matches played on Sunday
Each country will play one singles match against every other country
Points carry over to Sunday. Win = 2 points; Halve (tie) = 1 points, Loss = no points
Team with most points over the four days wins

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Sunday Playoff

Each country in the playoff must choose one player to represent them (within 5 minutes of the conclusion of play)
Format will be hole-by-hole (sudden death) singles

International Crown Format

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