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== Groups ==
All 37 participants arewere randomly drawn into four Preliminary Groups. The Placementswinners fromof thethese Preliminaryfour racesgroups willproceed placedirectly to the Tsuyo cup, while the remaining 33 are sorted into three Group Stage groups based on their placements from the preliminary groups. The preliminaries will be played inon Day 1. Group Stage and the final Zako and Tsuyo Cups will be played inon Day 2.
The intialinitial draw placed members via the web roulette spinning wheel. One by one, they were randomly grouped. Towa and Okayu serve as hosts, and they could not be placed in the same Preliminary group. Likewise, if Fuwawa and Mococo ended up in the same group, one would have to be randomly placed in a different group. Towa intends for the two to race separately. Due to work schedule, Lui is directly placed into Group A.
=== Initial Preliminary Group Draw ===
=== Group Stage Placements ===
Based on the results from Roundthe 1preliminary round, racers will be placed into their groups by snake position. Two of the groups will have 11 racers and one will have 10. In the event where Fuwawa and Mococo place in the same group, one will be traded to a different group with a racer of the same rank.
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| ''Rearrangement pending due to redraw''<!--From Group A: 2nd, 5th, 8th<br>From Group B: 4th, 7th11th<br>From Group CB: 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th<br>From Group DC: 2nd4th, 5th7th, 8th10th-->
| <!--From Group A: 3rd4th, 6th7th, 9th10th<br>From Group B: 2nd, 5th, 8th<br>From Group C: 4th, 7th11th<br>From Group DC: 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th-->
| <!--From Group A: 4th3rd, 6th, 7th9th, 12th<br>From Group B: 3rd4th, 6th7th, 9th10th<br>From Group C: 2nd, 5th, 8th<br>From Group D: 4th, 7th, 10th11th-->
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=== Final Races ===
The final cups will consist of the Zako and Tsuyo Cups. For the championship, the Tsuyo Cup will consist of all Group winners from A through GF. After the Group Stage, the non-winning racers will be ranked from 1 through 3029 based on their combined points from the preliminary and group stage races. The top 56 from this ranking will also join the group winners in the Tsuyo Cup, while the bottom 12 will consistgo ofto the Zako Cup racers. The Zako Cup will be used to determine the last place overall tournament finisher.
== Preliminary Results ==
The preliminary races will take place on Day 1. For the preliminary rounds, first place from each group qualify directly into the Tsuyo Cup races. The remaining 32 will be grouped into three groups: ED, FE, and GF. They will be placed into those groups in accordance with their placements from the preliminary rounds.
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=== Group ED ===
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=== Group GF ===
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