Tamsach:
What is that Carlo? The rules, in the first post, say that the teams qualified should be 8, with participant teams less than 16. We are 14, so...? Tks, ciao
Good point Tamsach, here is how we will do:
We decided to change slightly the number of teams that will qualify to the second stage, to allow for more participation.
The first 12 teams will be admitted in the Round Robin stage, and there will be 3 groups of 4 teams, distributed as follow, based on the qualification ranking:
Group A: 1st, 6th, 7th, 12th
Group B: 2nd, 5th, 8th, 11th
Group C: 3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th
At the end of the Round Robin Stage, the first 2 teams in every group, plus the two "best third places" will be admitted to the final Stage, for a total of 8 teams.
Again, the seeding for the direct elimination bracket will be based on the rank obtained during the Round Robin Stage.
I hope this clarify things for you all.
-abq-