Manca 28 Card game Tournament:

The Card Game Rules for the tournament as follows,

1. 32 cards from a standard 52-deck of cards are used for playing this game. There are eight cards from each suits: hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades. 2. Cards ranked J=3, 9=2, A & 10 = 1, K, Q, 8, 7 = 0 add to a total 28 points with 4 suits. (4). 3. A fulfilled bid of 14-19 gets 1 Score point, 20 to 23 scores 2, 24-27 scores 3, and 28 scores 4. 4. The game is played counterclockwise, the dealer rotating by game. Dealer shuffles the deck of cards, which is cut by the player to the left, and deals 4 cards to each player (half the deck). 5. A minimum bid of 14 is compulsory for player to the right of the dealer, entering in the Call Count. The bidder tables the trump face down. 6. The player to the right can bid higher or Pass. If he/ she passes, the bid now turns to partner (dealer). If a bid is made by the partner, the player to his left can bid over it. If he ( dealer in this case) passed, the player to the left can only bid 20 or higher over his partner standing bid. 7. Now the Dealer deals the remaining 4 cards each. Now players can raise the bid to 24 or higher. Then other players can bid over it 8. Play for the 1st trick is initiated by the player to the right of the dealer. 9. A player cannot open with a card he/ she has made the final bid upon, until it is opened by a player for trumping a void suit played or he/she holds no other suit. 10. Playing with all trumps in 1 hand or within the same team nullifies the game. 11. Playing with all Jacks (J) in 1 hand also nullifies the game. 12. The other players must follow suit. You can either trump or discard another card, if you void in the suit led. You click on the face-down trump card to open it, to trump the suit. 13. Its not necessary to use the face-down trump at first time for the bidder. 14. The highest card in the suit wins the trick, unless it is trumped. The highest trump wins the trick. 15. The Values of the cards are as follows. The team should write the points of both teams after each set.

Cards Points J 3 9 2 A 1 10 1 K 0 Q 0 8 0 7 0

Point counting: A fulfilled bid of 14-19 gets 1 Score point, 20 to 23 scores 2, 24-27 scores 3, and 28 scores 4. If the bidding team lose, they will receive an extra point. So the point will be Bid of 14-19 gets 2 Score point, 20 to 23 scores 3, 24-27 scores 4, and 28 scores 5

The team who scores 10 point first will win the game

Rounds: • Round Robin: Teams divided into 2 groups. Each group plays a round-robin tournament, in which each team is scheduled for four matches against other teams in the same group. 4 teams from each group will qualify for the next level.

4 teams will be qualified from each group for quarterfinals. Round Robin scores will be used for the Seeding of quarterfinals.

Round1 Round2 Round3 Round4 Round5 1 Vs 4 3 Vs 1 5 Vs 3 2 Vs 5 4 Vs 2 2 Vs 3 4 Vs 5 1 Vs 2 3 Vs 4 5 Vs 1 5 - Bye 2 - Bye 4 Bye 1 - Bye 3 - Bye

• Quarter Finals - Knockout: 8 teams (4 games in this round) 2 teams will play each other and the team who gets 10 or higher points first will qualify for the Semi final round

• Semi Finals - Knockout: 4 teams (2 games in this round) 2 teams will play each other and the team who gets 10 or higher points first will qualify for the Semi final round

• Final 2 teams will play each other and the team who gets 10 or higher points first will be the winner of the tournament