How does it work?
Normally would be 2 "1st" seeds - take FNC & TL for example in this event for example - both got top 8 with the FNC win at LOCK//IN
If something like that happens again, I imagine it would be pools of:
A - EMEA, Am, Pac/Cn, EMEA -- that 3rd spot would be based on who out of PRX/EDG finish higher, and they might play each other in a couple days.
B/C/D - one from each region
Assuming they keep the format from last year, different regions are put into 4 pools based on previous events primarily with the 4th pool being the LCQ teams. I imagine the 1st pool will also house 2 teams from the region of the Tokyo winner.
Each group then gets 1 team from each pool, I believe trying best to avoid regional matchups early (one region will have 5 teams unless EDG win Tokyo, so that's rough)
I'd much prefer a 16 team swiss though, I just like that format more. It's just a lot of games early, even if you take top 8 for single elim playoffs, which they should. Total 41 games I think