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From: raonne
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32030.1
Date: 5/19/2008 10:06:52 PM
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The National Team tournaments have a different format now in some continents and I couldn't find anything on the news, rules or forums explaining it (please refer me to the post if it exists).

I (and many other people) would like to know how exactly this new format will work, and why do teams have "bye" weeks?

Because I guess we could have had the 6-teams group games like this:
1st round: A x B, C x D, E x F
2nd round: A x C, B x E, D x F
3rd round: A x D, B x F, C x E
4th round: A x E, B x D, C x F
5th round: A x F, B x C, D x E

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From: jimrtex

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32030.3 in reply to 32030.1
Date: 5/22/2008 4:37:25 AM
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Europe has 6 groups of 7, with 2 teams advancing from each group, for 12 teams in the second stage. Groups of 7 take 7 weeks, with one bye week for each round.

The Americas and Asia-Oceania have 3 groups of 6, with 4 advancing from each group, for 12 teams in the second stage. So it looks like the 2nd and 3rd stages will be the same format for both Europe and Asia and Americas. It appears that the extra bye weeks are added so that the continents are in sync for the 2nd and 3rd stages.

Note that the format for the Americas and Asia-Oceania can be expanded to 3 groups of 8 (18 to 24 teams) without changing the basic format.

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32030.5 in reply to 32030.4
Date: 5/22/2008 10:13:56 PM
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By the time I posted this the Rules (in US English) were not yet updated, but I see that they are now. Thanks!