VAS SG OPEN 2014

The 2014 edition of SG OPEN Volleyball Championship will be held from 05-Jul-2014 to 17-Aug-2014. This year the SG OPEN will feature 27 teams for Men and 20 teams for Women. Each team will play 6 games in the Preliminary Rounds.

MEN

In Round 1, there will be 9 pools of 3 teams. The teams will play a round robin system; based on the VAS Team Ranking, team will be automatically distribute into each pool. If there's any ranked team not participating, the next ranked team will supersede. If there's two or more teams with the same ranking, the teams that participated in more VAS indoor tournaments will be ranked higher. For any new team that is not ranked in VAS Team Ranking system, the team will only able to participate is there's a empty lot available upon the closing date.

In Round 2, there will be 9 pools of 3 teams. The teams will play a round robin system; based on the VAS SG OPEN 2013 results, team will be automatically distribute into each pool. The rest of the teams will be re-distribute into the pools by drawing lot. Teams already meet in Round 1 will not be distribute into the same pool again.

In Round 3, there will be 9 pools of 3 teams. The team will play a round robin system; based on the results of Round 1 and 2, team will be automatically distributed into each pool. Team may meet the same opponent they played before in Round 1 and 2.

WOMEN

In Round 1, there will be 5 pools of 4 teams. The teams will play a round robin system; based on the VAS Team Ranking, team will be automatically distribute into each pool. If there's any ranked team not participating, the next ranked team will supersede. If there's two or more teams with the same ranking, the teams that participated in more VAS indoor tournaments will be ranked higher. For any new team that is not ranked in VAS Team Ranking system, the team will only able to participate is there's a empty lot available upon the closing date.

In Round 2, there will be 5 pools of 4 teams. The teams will play a round robin system; based on VAS SG OPEN 2013 results. The rest of the teams will be re-distribute into the pools by drawing lot. Teams already meet in Round 1 will not be distribute into the same pool again.

Following the 3 Rounds (Men) / 2 Rounds (Women), the Top 12/10 respective teams will qualify for the Final Round.

The results will be determined as follow:

RANKING BY POINTS OBTAINED

The ranking of teams is determined by the number of points obtained, in accordance with the following paragraphs.

POINTS AWARDED PER MATCH TO EACH TEAM

The following points will be awarded per match to each team:

• 3 point = Match won 3-0 or 3-1
• 2 point = Match won 3-2
• 1 point = Match lost 2-3
• 0 point = Match lost 0-3 or 1-3

Match forfieted i.e. walkover will be consider losing the match 0-25, 0-25, 0-25.

IN THE CASE OF EQUAL POINTS

1. Number of Victories = In case of equality of ranking points gained by two or more teams, they will be classified in descending order by the number of matches won.
2. Set quotient = In the case of equality in the number of matches won by two or several teams, they will be classified in descending order by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all sets won by the number of all sets lost.
3. Points quotient = If the tie persists as per the set quotient (ii) the teams will be classified in descending order by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
4. If the tie continues as per the point quotient (iii) between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of (i), (ii) and (iii) will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

The Final round will be played in a single knock out system. Team being knock out depending on the stage will play 5th to 8th placing accordingly.