ight countries will be seeded into two pools; seeds 1, 4, 5, and 8 in Pool A and seeds 2, 3, 6 and 7 in Pool B. Fourball matches will take place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The top two countries from each pool will move on to the two semifinal matches Sunday morning. The first-place countries from each pool will play the runners-up in the opposing pool in two singles matches and one foursome. All four teams will play on Sunday afternoon, in the same manner, with the semifinal losers playing for third place and the winners competing for the Crown.