Tie Breaking Procedures
Standings will be determined by match record first, then points for the first tiebreaker.
For example, if Team "A" is 17-7 with 49 points and Team "B" is 16-8 with 53 points, Team "A" with 17 wins would be placed higher.
Points follow the international scoring system:
- Match won 3-0 or 3-1: 3 points
- Match won 3-2: 2 points
- Match lost 2-3: 1 point
- Match lost 0-3 or 1-3: 0 points
- Match forfeited: 0 points (25-0, 25-0, 25-0)
If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then Canada West will examine results to break the tie in the following order:
a) Set ratio. If two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the ratio resulting from the division of the number of all sets won by the number of all sets lost.
b) Points ratio. If the tie persists based on set ratio, the teams will be ranked by the ratio resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
Further tiebreaking procedures are available to view here.
PLAYOFF FORMAT
The top eight (8) teams qualify for the playoffs. Playoff seeding will be determined by match record first, then points for the first tiebreaker.
Week 1 – Quarter-Finals (Best-of-three series):
Series A: 5 @ 4
Series B: 6 @ 3
Series C: 7 @ 2
Series D: 8 @ 1
Week 2 – Semi-Finals, hosted at highest remaining seed (Best-of-three series):
Winner of Series A vs. Winner of Series D
Winner of Series B vs. Winner of Series C
Week 3 – Final (Single elimination game at highest remaining seed):
CW Gold Medal – Semi-Final winners
CW Bronze Medal - Semi-Final losers
