When a mixed-NOCs team won a medal, the Olympic flag was raised rather than a national flag; if a mixed-NOCs team won gold, the Olympic anthem would be played instead of national anthems.

The concept of mixed-NOCs was introduced in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, in which athletes from different nations would compete in the same team, often representing their continent.

This is in contrast to the Mixed team (IOC code: ZZX) found at early senior Olympic Games.

Athletes were paired off based on their performance during the ranking round of their respective individual events.

[2] NOCs who qualified only two men or women lots were drawn to form combined teams.

[8] Athletes from nations that were unable to create a doubles team by themselves were first paired off by region, then zone and then intercontinental.