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A question was asked about how ties with respect to matches won in the group stage are settled. Indeed, this was not specified in the rules.

To answer the question: after looking at matches won, the qualifiers are determined by 1 - head-to-head score 2 - games won (not counting tiebreak games or armageddon) 3 - highest seed.
This means that every two-way tie is resolved by head-to-head score, since every match is decisive.
A three-way tie is extremely unlikely, but if one occurs, it can't be settled by head-to-head score, so the number of games won and then seed will be the deciding factors.

The rules have been updated with this information in section 6.

That's all for now, take care everyone!

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