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Originally Posted by ricoFlame
they were by region, though SA was in our pool:
China, taiwan, japan, korea
canada, mexico, south africa, usa
cuba, neth, panama, puerto rico
aus, dominican, italy, venezuela.
all things considered, the pools were pretty even, or as even as they could be.
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Pools were even but the problem was there was no crossover. Which guaranteed that of all the latin american powerhouses, the US would have only had to face one of the them in the final. Korea beat Japan twice and still had to play them again in the semifinals! You should never have to play a team 3 times in the same tournament.
There were many problems with that tournament, mostly to ensure that the US won it
