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<blockquote data-quote="miccloarch" data-source="post: 1099739" data-attributes="member: 78309"><p>That does put more jeopardy on making it out of the pools for tier1 but doesn't help tier 2/3 that much. They need to be part of the main tournament and have a more decent chance of making the knockout rounds themselves.</p><p></p><p>eg.</p><p>Pool A: Australia; Scotland; Samoa; Portugal</p><p>Pool B: South Africa; Fiji; Italy; Russia</p><p>Pool C: England; Georgia; Tonga; Canada</p><p>Pool D: France; Japan; Uruguay; Namibia</p><p>Pool E: Ireland; Wales; USA; Romania</p><p>Pool F: New Zealand; Argentina; Spain; Chile</p><p></p><p>Six pools of four, top 2 per pool plus four best 3rd place finishers qualify for the KOs. That doesn't increase the current length of the tournament (you'll still have to play 7 games to win it) and guarantees tier 1 v tier 2/3 KO games.</p><p></p><p>eg. Last 16:</p><p>France v Chile</p><p>Fiji v Scotland</p><p>Australia v Argentina</p><p>South Africa v Samoa</p><p>Ireland v Italy</p><p>Japan v Georgia</p><p>New Zealand v Uruguay</p><p>England v Wales</p><p></p><p>Some of those will still be walkovers but as you can see, the chances for meaningful upsets and tier 2 teams in the QFs increases. Something tells me this is the biggest reason tier 1 doesn't want a 24 team tournament with this kind of format.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="miccloarch, post: 1099739, member: 78309"] That does put more jeopardy on making it out of the pools for tier1 but doesn't help tier 2/3 that much. They need to be part of the main tournament and have a more decent chance of making the knockout rounds themselves. eg. Pool A: Australia; Scotland; Samoa; Portugal Pool B: South Africa; Fiji; Italy; Russia Pool C: England; Georgia; Tonga; Canada Pool D: France; Japan; Uruguay; Namibia Pool E: Ireland; Wales; USA; Romania Pool F: New Zealand; Argentina; Spain; Chile Six pools of four, top 2 per pool plus four best 3rd place finishers qualify for the KOs. That doesn't increase the current length of the tournament (you'll still have to play 7 games to win it) and guarantees tier 1 v tier 2/3 KO games. eg. Last 16: France v Chile Fiji v Scotland Australia v Argentina South Africa v Samoa Ireland v Italy Japan v Georgia New Zealand v Uruguay England v Wales Some of those will still be walkovers but as you can see, the chances for meaningful upsets and tier 2 teams in the QFs increases. Something tells me this is the biggest reason tier 1 doesn't want a 24 team tournament with this kind of format. [/QUOTE]
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