There are 14 Men's teams who will play in 4 pools. Two pools of 3 and two pools of 4.
The top two teams in each pool - 8 teams - will then go into two championship pools with previous results caries through. The remaining 6 teams will be in two pools of 3 and contest the Plate.
The Championship teams will play crossovers - top 2 in each pool for semi finals with the winners going through to the gold medal games and the losers to the Bronze medal game. The bottom two in each pool will crossover for placings.
The Plate contestants will crossover for placings as well.
The top two teams in each pool - 8 teams - will then go into two championship pools with previous results caries through. The remaining 6 teams will be in two pools of 3 and contest the Plate.
The Championship teams will play crossovers - top 2 in each pool for semi finals with the winners going through to the gold medal games and the losers to the Bronze medal game. The bottom two in each pool will crossover for placings.
The Plate contestants will crossover for placings as well.
The Initial Pools are:
Pool A
Tamaki Lightning Hamilton Hawks Hutt Valley Spartans |
Pool B
Hawkes Bay Heat Wellington Wolves South Auckland Raiders A |
Pool C
Nelson Honey Badgers North Harbour Pride Papatoetoe Wildcats Red Papakura |
Pool D
AFC Spitfires Metro Lions South Auckland Raiders B Papatoetoe Wildcats Black |