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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
The 3rd place teams in this Euro were Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Netherlands, Slovakia, Georgia
4 of them you'd be shocked if they won a knockout round game. Its less balanced now that they started to give some sports to lower level teams.
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And one of the best 3rd place teams from that list (Croatia) didn't get the playoff spot because they were in probably the toughest group of the tournament and were punished for it.
Which is the problem with the 3rd place seeding and how it works...it rewards teams in easier groups and punishes teams in harder groups.