something i don't really understand in this tournament, teams divided into three groups, right ? US, China and Greece came up as group winners and said that US will play China for championship so, what about Greece ? as the group leader technicaly Greece has the same right as US and China to be in the championship match.
I think, if I remember right, it was agreed upon that the last would not compete for the top spots. or something like that.
maybe teams grouped based on quality (seeded), its like the lowest quality teams only competing between each other.
The top two teams of Group C will play the respective fourth place teams from Group A and B. The bottom two teams of Group C will play each other again.
exactly. and being that group c is the "weakest" of the three groups, they cannot finish higher than 7th place according to the tournament structure etc. elaine
how these teams ended up in the group c ? its kinda like discrimination or something i still don't get it but, by the way this is a great women tournament only there's something still missing, the crowd !.
They were probably asked to play in Group C and then they agreed. Last year Canada played in Group C because they were asked to switch groups.
The teams at Algarve have been "seeded" in recent years. Just because they are called Groups A, B, and C does not mean they are all on equal footing. This year, for example, Group B is considered weaker than Group A: The 4th place team in A (Canada) plays off for 7th place with the Group C winner, whereas the 4th place team in B (Denmark) plays off for 9th place.