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91 days total of World Cup.

32 days to review all 128 episodes. One review is one day, four episodes per day. After that day is over, those four episode review pages get closed and the next four get opened for the next day.
 * Review stage (April 17 — May 18)

Takes 24 days. Within the groups of four episodes each, there are two matches per day. It takes three days for one group to have finished round robin. For one episode to have played all the other three, using the one match per day for one episode, two matches per group in one day.
 * Group stage (May 18—June 11)


 * GROUP A DOING ROUND ROBBIN : May 18—21
 * GROUP B DOING ROUND ROBBIN : May 21—24
 * GROUP C DOING ROUND ROBBIN : May 24—27
 * GROUP D DOING ROUND ROBBIN : May 27—30
 * GROUP E DOING ROUND ROBBIN : May 30—June 2
 * GROUP F DOING ROUND ROBBIN : June 2—5
 * GROUP G DOING ROUND ROBBIN : June 5—June 8
 * GROUP H DOING ROUND ROBBIN : June 8—11

15 matches take place in total (round 16 + quarter finals + semi finals + finals)
 * Elimination round


 * Round 16 (June 11 — June 23) [8 matches in total] matches last three days each.
 * Two matches opened at first and last three days per set. After three days over, next two opened for three days, etc.
 * Quarter finals (June 23—July 5) [4 matches in total] matches last three days each.
 * Semi-finals (July 5—July 10) [2 matches in total] matches last four days each.
 * Both matches open at same time. Lasts five days, both.
 * Finals (July 10—July 17) [1 match in total] match lasts seven (7) days / one (1) week.
 * Sponge Cup closes on July 17, 2019.