The tournament is played in two stages. In the first stage, the participants are divided in two groups. A single round-robin format is played within each group to determine the teams' group position (as per procedure below). The top four teams in each group advance to the second stage, only the fifth placed team does not and finish the tournament in last place.
In the second stage, the two best teams of each group progress to the semifinals, while the third and fourth placed teams from each group progress to the classification matches (for 5th to 8th place). The second stage of the tournament consists of a single-elimination.
Pool standing procedure
Match points (win = 2 points, loss = 1 point)
Number of matches won
Sets ratio
Points ratio
Pool composition
The drawing of lots was held in Nairobi, Kenya on 16 August.[3]