The event followed a round-robin format, with the lowest ranked team being eliminated and the others advancing to the bracket phase.

[3] In 2014, the tournament was renamed "Global Games" and took place under an updated IQA which became an international sports federation.

The event was contested over a round-robin, with positions in a series of playoffs determined by each team's result in the first round.

Ahead of the tournament, exhibition matches were held between Canada and the United Kingdom, Turkey and Mexico and Australia and Germany.

The catch was therefore called good and Australia won the match and the United States suffered their first defeat.

Both the final and bronze playoff were therefore re-runs of the same games from the previous World Cup, both with the reverse result.

[12][13] There has been much online controversy about the unexpected hike in tournament fees, which has forced some smaller nations to drop out, namely Denmark and Sweden, both of whom would have been attending for the first time.