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Section: PART B – TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS
World Championships Those teams that are not automatically seeded (1st to 3rd at previous Paralympic Games) will be drawn from a hat in three separate draws. The first draw will only contain the first four highest ranking teams allocated from the four Regional tournaments. The second draw will only contain the second four highest ranking teams allocated from the four Regional tournaments. The third draw will contain the teams that qualified via the Ratio Formula as well as the host country. Teams that qualified through the same Regional tournament cannot be placed in the same pool. ? Pool A: o 1st at last Paralympic Games o 1st drawn Regional Champion (first draw) o 3rd drawn Regional Champion (first draw) o 2nd drawn Regional Runner Up (second draw) (Men only) o 4th drawn Regional Runner Up (second draw) (Men only) o 1st drawn Ratio Formula or Host Country (third draw) o 3rd drawn Ratio Formula or Host Country (third draw) o 5th drawn Ratio Formula or Host Country (third draw) ? Pool B: o 2nd at last Paralympic Games o 3rd at last Paralympic Games o 2nd drawn Regional Champion (first draw) o 4th drawn Regional Champion (first draw) o 1st drawn Regional Runner Up (second draw) (Men only) o 3rd drawn Regional Runner Up (second draw) (Men only) o 2nd drawn Ratio Formula or Host Country (third draw) o 4th drawn Ratio Formula or Host Country (third draw) 48.1.3 Dual Qualification Should a country qualify for Paralympic Games or World Championships as both the Host Country or through one of the qualification spots from the previous Paralympic Games or World Championships, that country’s Host Nation spot will be allocated to either the Paralympic Ranking Tournament for Paralympic Games or to the ratio formula for World Championships.