14th BLOCK SYSTEM TOURNAMENT

- 28 teams
- 5 rounds
- tiebreakers: higher point values
- group stage seeding table is introduced and implemented

Block A - North

Rank Country 1 2 3 4 Pts

1 Belgium 1 1 3 17

2 Great Britain 2 2 1 12

3 Norway 2 1 1 1 11

4 Ireland 1 3 1 10

Block B – Balto-Scandi

Rank Country 1 2 3 4 Pts

1 Sweden 1 1 3 16

2 Lithuania 1 2 2 16

3 Latvia 3 2 12

4 Estonia 4 1 6

Block C – East

Rank Country 1 2 3 4 Pts

1 Ukraine 1 4 19

2 Kazakhstan 4 1 16

3 Russia 1 4 9

4 Romania 4 1 6
Block D – South

Rank Country 1 2 3 4 Pts

1 Turkey 1 1 3 15

2 Egypt 3 1 1 13

3 Bulgaria 1 1 3 12

4 Greece 3 1 1 10

Block E – Visegrád

Rank Country 1 2 3 4 Pts

1 Slovakia 1 4 17

2 Czech Republic 4 1 16

3 Hungary 2 2 1 9

4 Poland 2 3 8

Block F – Alps

Rank Country 1 2 3 4 Pts

1 Switzerland 2 3 18

2 Austria 2 2 1 14

3 Slovenia 1 3 1 10

4 Italy 4 1 8

Block H – West
 Rank Country 1 2 3 4 Pts

1 Germany 2 3 18

2 Portugal 1 2 2 16

3 France 1 3 1 10

4 Spain 4 1 6

Seeding Table

Rank Country Pts

1 Ukraine (A) 19

2 Germany (B) 18*

3 Switzerland (B) 18*

4 Slovakia (A) 17*

5 Belgium (A) 17*

6 Sweden (B) 16*

7 Portugal (B) 16*

8 Lithuania (A) 16*

Czech Republic
9 16*
(A)

10 Kazakhstan (B) 16*

11 Turkey (B) 15

12 Austria (A) 14

13 Egypt (A) 13

Great Britain
14 12
(B)
Tiebreakers:
 *Germany 2nd and Switzerland 3rd – Germany is higher in overall ranking than Switzerland
*Slovakia 4th and Belgium 5th – Slovakia has got four 4-s, Belgium has got three 4-s
*Sweden 6th, Portugal 7th, Lithuania 8th, Czech Republic 9th and Kazakhstan 10th – Sweden has got
three 4-s, Portugal has got two 4-s, Portugal is higher in overall ranking than Lithuania, Lithuania has
got two 4-s, Czech Republic has got one 4, Czech Republic is higher in overall ranking than
Kazakhstan

Group A

Rank Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts

1 Slovakia 1 2 1 1 27

2 Belgium 1 1 1 2 23

3 Czech Republic 1 1 1 1 1 21

4 Ukraine 2 3 20

5 Austria 1 1 1 1 1 17

6 Lithuania 1 2 1 1 17

7 Egypt 1 2 1 1 15

Group B

Rank Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts

1 Germany 2 2 1 29

2 Sweden 1 1 1 2 22

3 Switzerland 1 1 1 2 21

4 Turkey 1 1 2 1 18

5 Portugal 1 3 1 18

6 Great Britain 1 2 1 1 16

7 Kazakhstan 1 1 2 1 16
 Final

Rank Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts

1 Slovakia 1 2 2 31

2 Belgium 1 1 1 2 30

3 Ukraine 1 1 1 1 1 24

4 Czech Republic 1 1 1 1 1 24

5 Germany 2 1 1 1 21

6 Turkey 1 1 1 1 1 19

7 Switzerland 2 1 1 1 18

8 Sweden 1 1 2 1 13

Final standings (overall tournament ranking points)

Rank Country Pts

1 Slovakia 2000

2 Belgium 1800

3 Ukraine 1600

4 Czech Republic 1500

5 Germany 1400

6 Turkey 1300

7 Switzerland 1200

8 Sweden 1100

9 Portugal 1000

10 Austria 900

11 Lithuania 800
Rank Country Pts

12 Great Britain 700

13 Kazakhstan 600

14 Egypt 500

15 Bulgaria 450

16 Latvia 400

17 Norway 350

18 Greece 300

19 France 250

19 Ireland 250

19 Slovenia 250

22 Hungary 100

23 Russia 80

24 Italy 60

25 Poland 50

26 Estonia 40

26 Romania 40

26 Spain 40