Soon, the male host, Wang Ji, and Yu Ming took turns announcing the tournament format.
Luo Yu only cared about the parts that concerned him.
So he only half listened to the explanation.
Basically, over a hundred universities across the nation were taking part in the National Campus Tournament.
They would have to go through round after round of matches to narrow down the field.
The process was lengthy, but strong, prestigious universities received different seeded berths based on their rankings.
They advanced automatically without having to compete in the early rounds.
In the later matches, they could wait, fresh and rested, for the teams that had fought their way up.
The higher a university ranked, the fewer matches it needed to play.
A prestigious university in the top four, like Imperial Capital University, even received a direct berth in the quarterfinals.
In the quarterfinal elimination round, they would await challenges from the other quarterfinalists as the established powerhouses.
Of course, all four of the top-ranked universities received such a berth.
After the quarterfinal elimination round, only four teams would remain to advance to the next round.
Once he understood, Luo Yu nodded slightly.
He had read about the National Campus Tournament from two years ago online.
The format had been much the same these past few years, without any major changes.
Soon, the opening ceremony moved on to some entertainment programs.
Most were refined artistic performances, such as singing and dancing.
Afterward, the cameras gave some screen time to the foreign exchange delegation representatives who had traveled a long way to sit in the audience.
They came from the Land of the Sea and Lotus Court.
They were all searching for Luo Yu.
Normally, they would only have been sent over for the Individual Tournament.
But Luo Yu's unexpected