The tournament format will be the same as it was in 2010, with 12 teams split into three pools of four.
The 2010 edition saw several significant changes to the tournament format.
This tournament format was dropped for the next season (1998), but came back, since 2002, until now.
In seasons three and four, the tournament format was changed.
A change in the tournament format could impact the finish.
The second half of the season has 60 new competitors competing in the same tournament format.
The tournament format was abandoned, with some reluctance, in 1981.
In most tournament formats, teams play a set of games against various opponents.
In addition, the 1957 season employed a new tournament format.
For the second time since the current tournament format was established in 1983, the teams each split their first two games.
