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Originally Posted by Nandos  Jols,
Has there not been a B-Pool in the past Worlds? |
Yep, there has.
I am not sure of the exact ruling, since I often assume the rules don't apply to me I try not to read them, but I believe that the limit of teams for a single round robin is 11 in the official rules. Maybe Carol or Graham or someone with a rules book can confirm that?
ie:
- 11 or less (maybe 10 ir less) 1 poule consisting of all competing teams
- 12 or more, top 8 in A-poule, rest in B-poule with some cross poule 'friendlies'.
Total number of games for A-poule countries should not change under both systems since there are usually 2-3 cross-poule friendlies between A and B poule.
Ahhh, off the top of my head the B-poule concept was introduced around '98 since the number of teams before '96 was usually 8 or 9. In '96 there were 11 I think, and in San Jose in '98 suddenly around 15.
Since then I think there has been a b-poule at every worlds except 2004 in Christchurch where there were 9 (?) teams.