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Teams and Format
A record 188 teams have entered 13 categories for Nottingham 2024.
Australia and England are the only nations to have entered every category, but there is also strong representation from Fiji, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, the USA and Wales.
The Federation of International Touch has announced the draft schedule for the week. CLICK HERE to see it!
Opens
| MO | WO | XO | |
| Australia | X | X | X |
| Belgium | X | X | |
| Canada | X | X | |
| Cayman Islands | X | ||
| Chile | X | ||
| China | X | ||
| Chinese Taipei | X | ||
| Cook Islands | X | X | |
| England | X | X | X |
| Fiji | X | X | |
| France | X | X | X |
| Germany | X | ||
| Guernsey | X | ||
| Hong Kong China | X | X | |
| Ireland | X | X | X |
| Italy | X | ||
| Japan | X | X | X |
| Jersey | X | ||
| Lebanon | X | X | X |
| Malaysia | X | ||
| Netherlands | X | ||
| New Zealand | X | X | X |
| Oman | X | ||
| Papua New Guinea | X | X | X |
| Phillippines | X | X | X |
| Portugal | X | ||
| Samoa | X | X | X |
| Scotland | X | X | |
| Singapore | X | X | |
| South Africa | X | X | X |
| Spain | X | ||
| Switzerland | X | ||
| Thailand | X | ||
| Tonga | X | ||
| USA | X | X | X |
| Wales | X | X | X |
| 20 teams | 21 teams | 28 teams |
Seniors
| W27 | M30 | X30 | |
| Australia | X | X | X |
| Belgium | X | ||
| Canada | X | ||
| Cayman Islands | X | ||
| Chile | X | ||
| China | X | ||
| Cook Islands | X | X | |
| England | X | X | X |
| Fiji | X | ||
| France | X | X | X |
| Germany | X | ||
| Hong Kong China | X | X | X |
| Ireland | X | X | |
| Italy | X | ||
| Japan | X | ||
| Luxembourg | X | ||
| Netherlands | X | ||
| New Zealand | X | X | |
| Papua New Guinea | X | ||
| Samoa | X | ||
| Scotland | X | X | |
| Singapore | X | X | |
| South Africa | X | X | |
| Spain | X | X | |
| Sweden | X | X | |
| Switzerland | X | X | |
| USA | X | X | X |
| Wales | X | X | |
| 10 teams | 20 teams | 18 teams |
Masters
| W35 | M35 | W40 | M40 | M45 | M50 | M55 | |
| Australia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Chile | X | X | |||||
| China | X | ||||||
| Cook Islands | X | ||||||
| England | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Fiji | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| France | X | X | X | X | |||
| Hong Kong China | X | ||||||
| Ireland | X | X | |||||
| Italy | X | ||||||
| Japan | X | X | |||||
| Jersey | X | ||||||
| Malaysia | X | X | |||||
| New Zealand | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Papua New Guinea | X | X | X | ||||
| Portugal | X | X | X | ||||
| Scotland | X | X | X | ||||
| Singapore | X | X | X | ||||
| South Africa | X | X | |||||
| Spain | X | X | |||||
| Sweden | X | ||||||
| Switzerland | X | ||||||
| USA | X | X | X | X | |||
| Wales | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| 8 teams | 8 teams | 5 teams | 17 teams | 13 teams | 14 teams | 6 teams |
Pools and Format
Pool matches >> Quarter Finals >> Semi-Finals >> Gold and Bronze medal matches
Play-off matches will be played for those teams who do not make the quarter finals and who lose their quarter final
Pool A: Australia, England, Lebanon, France, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, USA, Hong Kong China, Oman
Pool B: New Zealand, Japan, Cook Islands, Ireland, South Africa, Philippines, Wales, Fiji, Singapore, Tonga
Pool matches >> Quarter Finals >> Semi-Finals >> Gold and Bronze medal matches
Play-off matches will be played for those teams who do not make the quarter finals and who lose their quarter final
Pool A: Australia, Japan, Cook Islands, France, Papua New Guinea, Wales, Canada, Lebanon, Singapore, Belgium, Thailand
Pool B: New Zealand, England, Samoa, South Africa, Philippines, Ireland, USA, Hong Kong China, Fiji, Netherlands
Pool matches >> Round of 16 >> Quarter Finals >> Semi-Finals >> Gold and Bronze medal matches
5th in each pool will go into a play-off pool for positions 17-20
6th in each pool will go into a play-off pool for positions 21-24
7th in each pool and 8th in Pool D will go into a play-off pool for positions 25-29
Play-off matches will be played for those teams that lose their Round of 16 matches and their quarter final match
Pool A: Australia, Ireland, Philippines, USA, China, Italy, Spain
Pool B: New Zealand, South Africa, Scotland, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Germany, Cayman Islands
Pool C: Wales, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Guernsey, Portugal
Pool D: France, England, Chile, Switzerland, Canada, Belgium, Jersey, Middle East
Pool matches >> Semi-Finals >> Gold and Bronze medal matches
Play-off matches will be played for those teams who do not make the semi-finals
Teams: Australia, England, France, Hong Kong China, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, USA
Pool matches >> Quarter Finals >> Semi-Finals >> Gold and Bronze medal matches
Play-off matches will be played for those teams who do not make the quarter finals and who lose their quarter final
Pool A: Australia, Cook Islands, England, Ireland, USA, Switzerland, Spain, Canada, Luxembourg, Sweden
Pool B: New Zealand, South Africa, France, Japan, Singapore, Wales, Hong Kong China, Belgium, Netherlands
Pool matches >> Quarter Finals >> Semi-Finals >> Gold and Bronze medal matches
Play-off matches will be played for those teams who do not make the quarter finals and who lose their quarter final
Pool A: Australia, England, Samoa, France, Wales, USA, Hong Kong China, Cayman Islands, Germany
Pool B: Cook Islands, New Zealand, Fiji, Scotland, Ireland, Chile, China, Italy
Pool matches >> Semi-Finals >> Gold and Bronze medal matches
Play-off matches will be played for those teams who do not make the semi-finals
Teams: Australia, England, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, USA, Wales
Pool matches >> Semi-Finals >> Gold and Bronze medal matches
Play-off matches will be played for those teams who do not make the semi-finals
Teams: Australia, England, Fiji, France, Ireland, Singapore, South Africa, Wales
Pool matches >> Quarter Finals >> Semi-Finals >> Gold and Bronze medal matches
Play-off matches will be played for those teams who do not make the quarter finals and who lose their quarter final
Pool A: New Zealand, Cook Islands, USA, Wales, Japan, Spain, Hong Kong China, France, Malaysia
Pool B: Australia, England, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Singapore, Sweden, China, Portugal
Pool matches >> Semi-Finals >> Gold and Bronze medal matches
Each team will play each other twice in the pool stage
Teams: Australia, England, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Scotland
Pool matches >> Quarter Finals >> Semi-Finals >> Gold and Bronze medal matches
Play-off matches will be played for those teams who do not make the quarter finals and who lose their quarter final
Pool A: Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Wales, Chile, Spain, Jersey
Pool B: New Zealand, England, France, Ireland, Switzerland, Portugal, Middle East
Pool matches >> Quarter Finals >> Semi-Finals >> Gold and Bronze medal matches
Play-off matches will be played for those teams who do not make the quarter finals and who lose their quarter final
Pool A: Australia, England, Fiji, France, Singapore, Chile, Malaysia, South Africa
Pool B: New Zealand, Wales, Japan, Scotland, USA, Italy, Portugal
Pool matches >> Qualifying matches >> Semi-Finals >> Gold and Bronze medal matches
Teams: Australia, England, New Zealand, USA, Wales
Competition Points
All preliminary stages teams will earn competition points.
- 3 points for a win, win by forfeiture, or due to a bye
- 2 points for a draw
- 1 point for a loss
- 0 points for a loss by forfeiture
No competition points are awarded or ladders kept during knockout stages.
The competition ladder will be sorted with the following precedence:
- Competition points
- Differences (tries scored - tries conceded)
- Percentages (tries scored ÷ tries conceded)
Progression
In the event that two or more teams are tied on the ladder and a clear choice is required for progression, the following will apply in order.
- the results of matches between the tied teams will be isolated and sorted as above
- if still equal, the team that scored more tries scored will progress
- if still equal, the Drop-Off system will be used to determine the order for progression
In the event that two or more teams are tied on the ladder and all will progress, but there is an advantage to be had by placing higher, the following will apply in order.
- the results of matches between the tied teams will be isolated and sorted as above
- if still equal, a coin toss will be used to determine the order for progression