Jocus Registered User Dec 23, 2004 78 0 Dec 31, 2004 #1 Is there a system behind Pool A and Pool B? It seems that it's not evenly divided, and one pool is not necessarly better then the other. Click to read more...
Is there a system behind Pool A and Pool B? It seems that it's not evenly divided, and one pool is not necessarly better then the other. Click to read more...
ES Registered User Feb 14, 2004 4,151 821 Finland Dec 31, 2004 #2 It is by previous year's standings A USA (1st) Czech (4th) Russia (5th) Switzerland (8th) Belarus (better than Germany in Div I) B Canada (2nd) Finland (3rd) Slovakia (6th) Sweden (7th) Germany (worse than Belarus in Div I) Belarus won all five games, Germany had 3 wins and two ties.
It is by previous year's standings A USA (1st) Czech (4th) Russia (5th) Switzerland (8th) Belarus (better than Germany in Div I) B Canada (2nd) Finland (3rd) Slovakia (6th) Sweden (7th) Germany (worse than Belarus in Div I) Belarus won all five games, Germany had 3 wins and two ties.
Vincent_TheGreat Registered User Feb 27, 2002 6,128 1 Ontario Visit site Jan 1, 2005 #3 actually a good way of doing it, no way to compensate for drop offs or changes in teams.