For the optionally required game four and five, the athletes from games one, two, and three can be re-nominated. During this double-elimination bracket, each matchup will be played in a Best-of-5 format, meaning that teams must win at least three games out of the maximum five games played to advance.īoth teams in the matchup will nominate a different individual athlete for each of the first three games. Three teams from each participating country – China, Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam – each consisting of three to four players, will battle it out in a two-sided double-elimination styled bracket.