Favorites in battle! - 4 The Battle of Favorites! - 4

Since the tournament has already begun, we need to finalize the rules. The tournament playoffs will be held using a Double Elimination system. Players who finish in 1st place in their groups will form the upper bracket of the tournament, and players who finish in 2nd place in their groups will form the lower bracket. If a player loses in the upper bracket, they move to the lower bracket; if a player loses in the lower bracket, they are eliminated from the tournament. Therefore, finishing in 1st place in a group is much more advantageous. The playoff draw will be random. The main criterion for advancing from the group stage is the number of points earned (1 point is awarded for a win, 0.5 for a draw, and 0 for a loss). If several players have the same number of points, additional criteria will be used (in order of priority): 1. Berger ratio 2. Head-to-head record 3. Additional game on the balance map (M, 200%, 4 minutes per turn) 4. Random selection. A small comment. There are always problems with the group stage when several people are competing for the qualifying spots, and it is not possible to determine the winner based on the first one or two additional criteria. We thought about it for a long time and decided to make the additional games in a blitz format this time. Let's see what happens. If the series of additional games does not determine a winner, the places will be distributed randomly during an online stream (similar to the draw). If anyone has any major disagreements with this system, please contact me on ICQ. Good luck to everyone!!!