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Originally Posted by Hirvi

"Page playoff system"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_playoff_system

The winner and runner up of the round robin play against. Winner of that match go to final and loser go to "bronze medal match".
Third and fourth of the round robin play against. Winner go to "bronze medal match".
Loser of that "bronze medal match" get bronze medals and winner go to final.
In my opinion this system is bizarre.

Beijing´s schedule is here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softbal...ummer_Olympics

Don't see anything bizarre. Eight teams play round-robin qualifier to four.

The format they are using has a give and take for the top seed which prevails in the first playoff game. The plus is if you win, you only have one more game to play. The minus is if you win, a loss takes the gold away.