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15 ITF Beach Tennis Tour Rules and Regulations 2015 and so on. The draw shall be seeded and the selection of seeds shall be consistent with the criteria detailed above in section 3b – Selection of Seeds. ii. Placing of Seeds The first shall be placed at the top of the first section, the second seed shall be placed at the top of the second section and so on until one (1) seed appears on the top line of each section. The remaining seeds shall be drawn as one group. The first drawn shall be placed on the bottom line of the first section, the second drawn shall be placed on the bottom line of the second section and so on until one (1) seed appears on the bottom line of each section. iii. Byes In the event that there are not enough competitors to fill the draw then, after the seeds are placed in the draw, the required number of byes shall be awarded to the highest seeds as a first priority and any remaining byes shall be drawn by lot in a manner so as to distribute them as evenly as possible throughout the sections of the draw. iv. Vacancies/Substitutions Vacancies in the qualifying shall be filled by doubles teams who signed in. These players will be selected using the System of Merit. ii. Main Draw i) Acceptance of Qualifiers into Main Draw Once the qualifying event has begun, only Qualifiers and Lucky Losers may be accepted into the main draw. The qualifying event commences when the first ball of the first qualifying match is struck. ii) Placing of Seeds Taking into account the provisions of Tournament Regulation 3. b 'Seeds', seeds shall be placed or drawn as follows: 1. Place Seed 1 on line 1 and Seed 2 on line 16 (8/16 draw), 32 (24/32 draw), 64 (48/64 draw). 2. To determine the placement of the remaining seeds, draw in pairs of two (seeds 3 and 4) and groups of four (Seeds 5-8, 9-12 and 13-16) from top to bottom as follows: 16 draw (4 seeds) 24/32 draw (8 seeds) 48/64 draw (16 seeds) Seeds 3,4 5 12 9 24 17 48 Seeds 5,6,7,8 8 16 17 25 16 32 33 49 Seeds 9,10,11,12 9 25 40 56 Seeds 13,14,15,16 8 24 41 57 iii) Byes