 The draw was conducted using four pots of four teams each.The four highest-ranked teams, China, Germany, Norway, and the United States, were seeded into Pot A.The remaining pots were organized based on geographic location, with four European teams in Pot B, South America, Asia, and Oceania represented in Pot C, and North America and Africa in Pot D. The United States was placed in slot A1, separated from Canada and Mexico; similarly, China was separated from Japan and North Korea in the draw.