Final.
... This puts us through to the quarters, but in the bottom half of the bracket, as Sweden has six points and second place in one bracket. If no one from the five team bracket knocks Sweden into the bottom half with us, then the bottom half will include us, Canada, and two teams from the five-team group.
Neither of the teams from the five-team group can be paired with Isreal in the quarters, so in this scenario only Canada or the US could draw Israel; i.e., it is 50-50 that we get them in the quarters.
Right now it appears that three teams have six points in the Israel group, but two of those three (Mexico and South Africa) got three of their points from 0-3 Holland and will likely have to give those points back. South Africa has a game remaining against Israel, while Mexico plays France(1-2). France's win does not count either, sit it is against Holland, so if it wins or ties against Mexico, then there will likely be no six point team in that group. All bets are off, of course, in the event SA beats Israel.
Phil Anderson (departing for Tel Aviv with Laurie Kauffman tomorrow)
This puts us through to the quarters, but in the bottom half of the bracket, as Sweden has six points and second place in one bracket. If no one from the five team bracket knocks Sweden into the bottom half with us, then the bottom half will include us, Canada, and two teams from the five-team group.
ReplyDeleteNeither of the teams from the five-team group can be paired with Isreal in the quarters, so in this scenario only Canada or the US could draw Israel; i.e., it is 50-50 that we get them in the quarters.
Right now it appears that three teams have six points in the Israel group, but two of those three (Mexico and South Africa) got three of their points from 0-3 Holland and will likely have to give those points back. South Africa has a game remaining against Israel, while Mexico plays France(1-2). France's win does not count either, sit it is against Holland, so if it wins or ties against Mexico, then there will likely be no six point team in that group. All bets are off, of course, in the event SA beats Israel.
Phil Anderson (departing for Tel Aviv with Laurie Kauffman tomorrow)
Weird. On my machine, at least, it looks as though I edited Michael's note reporting the 1-1 tie.
ReplyDeletePhil Anderson