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The four teams that qualify through the play-in stage will also compete in the groups.<\/p>

In the group stage, each team will be split into four groups of four. From Group A to Group D, teams will compete in a double-round robin. The top two teams from each group will advance to the knockout stage. If there\u2019s a tie, teams will play a tiebreaker to decide the outcome of the group.<\/p>