Originally posted by MrMoose
Yay! If Samoa advances we...
...get to be raped by West Scranton.
We can hope for a major upset, at least!Coming out of the group phase, the top two teams from each group will be split up and sent to opposite sides of the single-elim bracket.
The bracket will begin with 1 v 2 and 2 v 1 match-ups from the groups as they are listed (in your case 1a v 16b on one side of the bracket and 1b v 16a on the other.)
So, you win your group and WS wins theirs and you'll avoid facing them ... until the championship game of course
However, if they win their group and you place second in yours, it'll be WS v Samoa in round 1.
The full bracket will likely be posted today.
edit:
a=1st in group
b=2nd in group
Left side of bracket ----------------------------------------
1a vs. 16b
8b vs. 9a
4b vs. 13a
5a vs. 12b
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3a vs. 14b
6b vs. 11a
7a vs. 10b
2b vs. 15a
Right side of bracket --------------------------------------
2a vs. 15b
7b vs. 10a
6a vs. 11b
3b vs. 14a
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5b vs. 12a
4a vs. 13b
8a vs. 9b
1b vs. 16a
bracket:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=308711