Semi final/final system of Beijing

[Dutch Alex]

Okee, especially for Mikka:
If you find this system odd, what do you think about Euro2008?
There are 4 groups, numbers 1 and 2 go to quarter final:
A1 vs B2 (Q1), B1 vs A2 (Q2), C1 vs D2 (Q3) and D1 vs C2 (Q4). Just as normal as ever... Semi-finals: winner Q1 vs winner Q2 (S1) and winner Q3 vs winner Q4 (S2). Now this is odd, 'cause you'll face a team from pool C or D, as a team from A or B-pool only in the final!

The Irishmobster wrote it, it's the way of the IOC. I don't agree with him completely: In my opinion it's the way of ISF...
But that can be considdered as the same!

Mikka, if you want to see some more softball: the European Championships Men FP will be held in Copenhagen (28Jul. - 2 Aug).
For more European tournaments see:
http://www.europeansoftball.org/node/103

[NYBLUE]

According to the wikipedia site, each of the 8 teams will play each of the other 7 teams once in the qualifying round.

What jumped out at me was the fact the each team will be playing 7 games in 7 days. The following day is a day off for all teams with the 2 semifinal games will be played one day later.
I guess that's not a huge deal although I assumed there would be more than 1 day off somewhere.

[Hirvi]

Hey Olex!

I think uefa wants that final teams wouldn´t have played each other before like four years ago.

And yes international softball federation has decided that format not IOC. It´s also an interesting thing that one finalist has played one play off match before final but another finalist has played two play off matches before final. Good part of this format is that the bronze medal match won´t be a match between two disappointed teams.

And thanks Alex for that link. I don´t have time travel to Copenhagen but I hope that I could watch some Olympic matches again.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by NYBLUE

According to the wikipedia site, each of the 8 teams will play each of the other 7 teams once in the qualifying round.

What jumped out at me was the fact the each team will be playing 7 games in 7 days. The following day is a day off for all teams with the 2 semifinal games will be played one day later.
I guess that's not a huge deal although I assumed there would be more than 1 day off somewhere.

Huh? One game a day and you expect them to have more than a day's rest? Hell, for these ladies, that will be a piece of cake. The lack of activity may actually bother some players.

[bkbjones]

It's also the way for television. This way they know exactly how many games there will be, and when they will be played.