ed ▁to ▁the ▁next ▁round . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁, ▁the ▁ 1 2 ▁teams ▁were ▁divided ▁in ▁two ▁groups ▁of ▁six ▁teams . ▁A ▁single ▁round - ro bin ▁format ▁was ▁played ▁within ▁each ▁group ▁to ▁determine ▁the ▁teams ▁group ▁position , ▁matches ▁already ▁played ▁between ▁teams ▁in ▁the ▁ ▁were ▁counted ▁in ▁this ▁round . ▁The ▁four ▁best ▁teams ▁of ▁each ▁group ▁( total ▁of ▁ 8 ▁teams ) ▁progress ed ▁to ▁the ▁next ▁round ▁( group ▁w inners ▁and ▁run ners - up ▁to ▁ 1 st - 4 th ▁place ▁semif inals ▁and ▁group ▁third s ▁and ▁fourth s ▁to ▁ 5 th - 8 th ▁place ▁semif inals ). ▁ ▁The ▁ ▁was ▁played ▁in ▁a ▁single ▁elim ination ▁format ▁and ▁consisted ▁of ▁two ▁sets ▁of ▁semif inals ▁and ▁final s ▁( one ▁to ▁determine ▁ 1 st - 4 th ▁places ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁for ▁ 5 th - 8 th ▁places ). ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁tournament ' s ▁final ▁stand ings , ▁teams ▁which ▁did ▁not ▁reach ▁pla cement ▁matches ▁were ▁allocated ▁as : ▁ ▁The ▁four ▁teams ▁finishing ▁ 4 th ▁in ▁each ▁ ▁pool ▁were ▁ranked ▁ 1 3 th . ▁ ▁The ▁two ▁teams ▁finishing ▁ 6 th ▁in ▁each ▁ ▁pool ▁were ▁ranked ▁ 1 1 th . ▁ ▁The ▁two ▁teams ▁finishing ▁ 5 th ▁in ▁each ▁ ▁pool ▁were ▁ranked ▁ 9 th . ▁ ▁P ools ▁composition ▁The ▁drawing ▁of ▁lots ▁took ▁place ▁on ▁ 2 0 ▁April ▁