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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
That's how I read it too. Logically, such a protest would have been the right action. But the odd thing here is that the point of losing was to get an easier match-up. So the governing body set up a goofy situation where losing was preferable to winning. In this scenario, winning properly and winning via disqualification carries worse results than losing does.
Reminds me of this: http://www.snopes.com/sports/soccer/barbados.asp |
So if they did protest, what was the likelihood that the governing body would have
1) placed the chinese team at the top of their group?
2) DQ just the chinese team?