Due to the increasingly large number of official member teams, Division 1 was not open to all comers and was limited to 60 teams who earned their spot in the World Cup by competing in regional tournaments.[13] Division 2 consisted of other official teams who did not earn their spot at regionals but still wanted to compete.
The format of the Cup was pool play, followed by a 36-team bracket. The 60 teams were divided into 12 pools of 5 teams each. Each team played the 4 other teams in their pool, and the top 3 teams from each pool advanced to the 36-team bracket.
The 36 teams advancing from pool play were seeded 1 through 36. Seeds 29-36 played in four games to arrive at the final 32 teams, from which a standard elimination bracket ensued.
35 Seed RIT defeated 36 Seed USF to face UCLA in the first round.
The format of the D2 division was pool play, followed by a 12-team bracket. The 17 teams were divided into 4 pools - 3 with 4 teams each, and 1 pool with 5 teams. Each team played the 3 or 4 other teams in their pool, and the top 3 teams from each pool moved on to the 12-team bracket. Within the bracket, the top 4 seeds got a vie into the second round, and seeds 5-12 played the opening round games.