Group Stage
The six winners from the preliminary round join the other twenty-six teams in the group stage. The top 2 teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage.
Tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order:
- Cumulative goal difference.
- Total goals scored.
- Away goals scored.
- Sorting
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