The tournament brackets are based on three things:  A preliminary round, an elimination round, and championship quizzes.

A. The teams will all receive team points as follows:

1. First place in a quiz:  10 points, plus 1 point for every 10 points over 100
2. Second place in a quiz:  5 points, plus 1 point for every 10 points over 60
3. Third place in a quiz:  1 point, plus 1 point for every 10 points over 30
4. In case of a tie, points are awarded according to the team score at the end of question 20.

B.  Preliminary Round Brackets follow.

II.  ELIMINATION ROUND

A. When more than nine teams are involved, the following should be done:  If there are 10 to

14 teams, the top 9 should be placed into a final nine championship bracket after the opening round, for the elimination round, and the remaining teams dropped.  If there are 15 to 20 teams, after the opening round the top 6 teams should be placed in the championship bracket, the next 9 places (7 through 15) should quiz in the intermediate quizzes given below (XYZ) and the remaining teams should be dropped.  If there are more than 24 teams, the top 6 should be placed in the championship bracket, teams 7-15 should quiz in the XYZ quizzes to determine places 7-15. Teams 16-24 will quiz in XXYYZZ intermediate quizzes given below to determine their placement.  A Consolation final 9 bracket will be used for positions 10-15 (determined by XYZ quizzes) and places 16-18 determined by XXYYZZ quizzes.  If you are in the XYZ quizzes, you cannot move below position 15, regardless of how low their XYZ quiz score was.  Likewise, those in the XXYYZZ quizzes cannot move above position 16, regardless of how high their intermediate quiz scores were.

1. QUIZ X:    Team Number7, Number12, Number15

2. QUIZ Y:    Team Number8, Number11, Number14

3. QUIZ Z:     Team Number9, Number10, Number13

4. QUIZ XX:   Teams 16, 21,24

5. QUIZ YY:    Teams 17, 20, 23

6. QUIZ ZZ:     Teams 18, 19, 22

B. There will be a tie-breaker quiz for positions 6, 15, and 24. Ties for positions 7 through 14 will be broken in accordance with the following priorities:

1. Head-to-head competition in previous quizzes.

2. Total points scored in preliminaries.

3. Least number of errors.

Points earned in these quizzes should be added to the points earned in the opening round by each team. The highest three teams, based on the point system above, are then placed in the above bracket. The next six teams are placed in the lower bracket.

C. Elimination Round Brackets:
Teams will be placed in the elimination round brackets according to their placement after the preliminary round.  Several options for elimination round brackets follow.

III.    CHAMPIONSHIP QUIZZES

A. A team must win twice to become the champion team.  All three teams will continue to quiz until one team wins twice

B. If the same team wins the first two championship quizzes,

a. And each of the other teams takes a second and a third, the final placement for second and third place will be determined by Clarification III. E. (below)
b. And another team takes two thirds, then the team with the two firsts takes first place, the team with the two seconds takes second place, and the team with the two thirds takes third place.

C. If no team takes two firsts in the first two championship quizzes, then all three teams advance to the third championship quiz.

a. If the winner of either the first or second quiz wins the third quiz, that team is the champion team.  Second and third places will be determined by Clarification III. E.
b. If the winner of either of the first two quizzes does not win the third quiz, then all three teams advance to a fourth quiz.

D. If a fourth quiz is necessary, the winner of that quiz is the champion team.  Second place will be given to the remaining team that has the most seconds in the four Championship Quizzes.  If this is a tie then Clarification III. E. (below) will be applied.

E. Clarification for second and third place:

Second place will be determined as follows:

a. The team that scored the most points in the Championship Quizzes; or if there is a tie.
b. The winner if the two teams quizzed earlier; or
c. The team with the highest average points in the final nine; or if there is a tie,
d. The highest standing in the preliminary round.

II. SPECIFIC RULES PERTAINING TO INTERNATIONALS

A. Questions:
No question shall be used more than twice in the International Finals.
B. Brackets:

1. The preliminary round will consist of 9 preliminary quizzes.
2. Elimination round bracket C will be used.

a. A team must be beaten twice to be eliminated.
b. A team must win twice to become the champion team.  

C. Officials:

1. A statistician will be responsible for keeping individual quizzers’ scores.  This ndividual shall not be a regular scorekeeper.
2. Team coaches whose teams are not involved in the quiz shall serve as material and answer judges and scorekeepers if needed. 

D. Equipment:

1. Electronic jump-seat equipment must be used for all competitions.  A back-up set must be on hand at all times.
2. An unofficial scoreboard must be maintained in full view of the  audience at all times.
3. A tape recorder must be used in all rooms.

E. Dates, material for the next quiz year, and location (if known) for the next Finals, will be announced at the International Finals.