实用体育英语：抽签

How many countries and regions will compete in the competition?
有多少个国家和地区参加比赛?

16 countries and regions.
16个国家和地区。

How do we make the groupings?
如何分组?

We'll use a draw to do so.
我们将用抽签的办法分组。

How about the seeded players?
种子选手怎么办?

The seeded players will not be a part of the draw. We'll put the seeds into different groups according to their rankings.
种子选手不参加抽签。我们将按他们的名次把他们放进不同的组。

Shall we use the round-robin system or the knock-out system?
我们将采用循环制，还是淘汰制?

We'll use the knock-out system at the first stage and then the single round-robin system at the second stage to decide the placing.
我们在第一阶段采用淘汰制，然后在第二阶段采用单循环制决定名次。

What kind of method shall we use for each match?
每场比赛我们采用什么(比赛)方法?

We'll use the best of five sets method.
我们将采用五局三胜制。