Summer Tournament Format
Pool Play → Summer Bracket
Pool play first: 2 games vs. in-pool opponents, 1 game vs. every other pool. Bottom 2 teams in each pool are eliminated. Top 6 per pool (24 teams total) advance to an NHL-style best-of-7 Summer Bracket.
Summer Bracket
Projected Qualifiers
Bracket matchups will appear here once playoff series are seeded. Below are the current projected qualifiers from pool standings.
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Bracket series are stored in playoff_series and linked to completed games via series_id with tournament_phase = summer_bracket. Until series are seeded, projected qualifiers come from current pool standings.