Finalist Rules for the 2022 Global Finals
10 teams are divided into two groups by lottery, with 5 teams in each group. BO 1 group stage ranking, the teams ranked first in the two groups directly advanced to the group stage automatically. Then the two teams ranked third and fourth will play a game of BO5, and the winner will challenge the other team ranked second, and finally the winner will advance to the group stage.
group match
16 teams were divided into four groups by lottery, with 4 teams in each group. Each team in the group needs to play two games with other teams in the same group, and finally the top two in each group will advance to the knockout stage.
elimination game
The eight teams adopted the single elimination system of best of five games (BO5), followed by the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, and finally decided the champion.
Fist Company, the organizer of the World Cup, announced the final venue of S 12. The finals, group matches and semi-finals were held in Mexico, new york and Toronto respectively. The final finals will be held at Chase Center Gymnasium in San Francisco, which is also the home of NBA Warriors.