The teams are divided into two groups of six and in each group a complete round-robin of 20-board matches will be played. Following the round-robin, the first two ranked teams will play a KO match of 48 boards (4 sessions of 12: 1st A vs 2nd B - 1st B vs 2nd A) in semifinal A, the third and fourth in semifinal B (3rd A vs 4th B - 3rd B vs 4th A) and the fifth and sixth in semifinal C (5th A vs 6th B - 5th B vs 6th A). If together with the defending champion or the Host Federation another team of the same country participates in the event, the teams have to play together the semifinal (if achieved). The winners of semifinal A will play a KO match of 48 boards (4 sessions of 12) for the title; the losers will play a KO match of 36 boards (3 sessions of 12) for the third place. The winners of the semifinals B and C will play a KO match of 36 boards (3 sessions of 12), respectively, for fifth and ninth places; the losers of these semifinals will not play.