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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Don't think so but I didn't watch any of the round-robin. I just remember Japan losing 1-0 to Australia in the semis.
I also remember thinking.. this Canada-Cuba game is huge! because the winner will win gold and the loser will be 4th since Australia would lose the final Japan win the Bronze for sure.
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Actually I think Japan tanked their last game against Australia to avoid the Canada in the semi finals now that I remember. By losing that game that they shouldn't have they set up a three way tie for 2nd between Canada, Japan, and Australia and Canada finished 4th due to run differential or something like that. I remember because Australia and Canada should have met up the Bronze medal game and Japan and Cuba should have been the Gold if you went by who really had the best teams. I think karma came back to bite Japan in the arse for trying to set up a backdoor route to the semi's. Like you said, Australia got that one great game from their pitcher to get to the gold medal game. After that happened, I knew Canada was in tough to medal.