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The 2019 Oktopus Tournament will be held in Eindhoven, Netherlands between 25-26 May, 2019. The matches will be played at the Student Sport Center of Eindhoven University of Technology

Men's tournament
24 teams will take part in the men's tournament divided into 4 groups of 6 teams. No prior seeding will be used, all the teams are placed in the same pot and allocated into one of the four groups. The top 3 teams of each group progress to the Main Round, carrying with them the results obtained against the other two teams which progress from the group. The top 2 teams from each Main Round group progress to the semifinals and compete for positions 1-4.

Women's tournament
17 teams will take part in the women's tournament divided into 3 groups of 4 teams and one group of 5 teams. No prior seeding will be used, all the teams are placed in the same pot and allocated into one of the four groups. The top 2 teams from each group progress to the Main Round, carrying with them the results obtained against the other teams which progresses from the group. The top two teams from each Main Round group progress to the semifinals and compete for positions 1-4.

Group phase
12 teams will take part in the beach tournament divided into 2 groups of 6 teams. No prior seeding will be used, all the teams are placed in the same pot and allocated into one of the two groups. At the end of the group phase, the 2nd placed teams will compete for the 3rd place, and the 1st placed teams will compete for the 1st place in the tournament.