Day 4: Good day to be an Aussie

Day 4 results...

Barramundis d Germany 17-14
Thunder d Canada 15-12
Firetails d New Zealand 17-13
Terra lost to Colombia 8-17
Taipans d Italy 17-5
Dingos d Colombia 17-10
Thunder d Japan 16-11
Barramundis d Colombia 17-5
Taipans d Germany 17-4
Terra d Finland 17-8
Dingos d Great Britain 17-11
Firetails d Finland 17-5


Nearly a clean sweep! Still can't be disappointed with Terra - Colombia beat everyone except for Japan in that division. Instead of trying to interpret something meaningful out of the score reporter, I'll simply fill you all in on what's happening next, now that pool play is run and won in the Open, Mixed and Junior Women divisions.


Dingos
The Dingos finished top of Pool C, which puts them in Division 1 for the next phase. There are four pools in Division 1 of three teams each. Pools D & E are for the top 2 from each of Pool A, B & C so this is where you want to be. Pools F & G are for the next 2 from each division. Pool H is for the rest. We can ignore pools F, G and H for now. Any questions?

Pool D - Canada, Great Britain, Japan
Pool E - USA, Australia, Sweden

These teams play each other once. The top two go straight through to the quarter finals. Third place enters a play-off against the bottom place in Pools F & G for a spot in the quarters. So, if the Dingos finish 1st or 2nd, they are in the quarters. If they finish 3rd, they play the 3rd team in Pool F (Switzerland, Venezuela, New Zealand) for a place in the quarters.

Wednesday August 6th
5:30am - Dingos v Sweden
10:15am - Dingos v USA



Firetails
The Firetails are currently sitting 2nd in Pool B, behind USA. They have one more pool game tomorrow against Mexico (bottom place). New Zealand and Finland (3rd and 4th) can't go above Australia regardless of the outcome of tomorrow morning's round, and the US can't be dislodged from top spot, so they've finished 2nd. They then play 2nd in Pool A in a crossover round. While there's still games to go, Canada are in a similar spot - can't go up to 1st or down to 3rd, so it will be Australia v Canada at 7:30am tomorrow. This game determines who they play in the quarter finals (winner/loser of A3/B3 - Great Britain, and the winner of Finland-NZ).

Wednesday August 6th
3:30am - Firetails v Mexico
7:30am - Firetails v Canada



Barramundis
The Mundis finished 2nd in Pool A so they are through to Pool C - The Power Pool, The Super Pool, Super Six...whatever you want to call it. Their results against US and Germany carry through so they are sitting on a 1-1 record. They play Canada, Japan and Great Britain over the next two days. Top 4 in this pool play semi finals, so the Mundis want to score at least 1 win.

Wednesday August 6th
3:30am - Barramundis v Great Britain
7:30am - Barramundis v Canada

Thursday August 7th
5:30am - Barramundis v Japan



Taipans
The masters still have two days of pool play to go. Currently they are sitting on top of the table with a 5-0 record, ahead of US (also 5-0) on goal difference. Australia plays US tomorrow morning for top spot. Canada (4-1) and New Zealand (3-2) round out the top four. Japan, Great Britain and Italy (all 2-3) remain in contention for semis places.

Wednesday August 6th
3:30am - Taipans v United States
7:30am - Taipans v Venezuela

Thursday August 7th
1:30am - Taipans v Canada
5:30am - Taipans v New Zealand



Thunder
The boys have two more pool games to play - versus Great Britain and Germany, who will both be desperate to stay out of the bottom two. A win against either of these teams will give Thunder a spot in the semi final play-ins. US and Colombia should finish top 2, going straight through to the semis. Canada should be safe, and the Japan-GB game tomorrow will be worth watching.

Wednesday August 6th
4:00am - Thunder v Great Britain
8:30am - Thunder v Germany



Terra
The girls finished 3rd, and are through to Pool B - The Power Pool, The Super Pool, Super Six...whatever you want to call it. The results from the pools don't carry over - they will play Japan and Colombia again. This will determine who they play in the semi - 2nd and 3rd will play in one, and 1st will play top of Pool C (US, Canada, Finland, GB) in the other.

Wednesday August 6th
1:30am - Terra v Colombia
5:30am - Terra v Japan


Still looking good for gold in all divisions! Yeah Aussies!