Monday, May 27, 2019

Not so easy bracket

Apparently, this was the old version but is still live on FOX's site
Well, the Women's World Cup is 11 days away and if you thought you could just find the Knockout Stage brackets easily, you'd be wrong.  The FIFA one uses this inverted vertical version of a bracket.  Other sites just have an empty bracket.  And Fox Sports has, after several hours of trying to verify, an incorrect one.  But in trying to verify, apparently I came across an old FIFA regulations guide that also had conflicting matchups and likely is the one FOX used to map the teams.  But the latest FIFA regulations guide now has the "correct" matchups that align with their website and pdf schedule.  Yet if you go the Fox Sports Fan Guide now, it's still incorrect, which is curious considering FOX is the TV broadcaster of all matches.  But this could also be why hardly anyone else wants to put out a bracket until they are sure those are the correct Round of 16 matchups. 

Well, our pool will go with the FIFA matchups and bracket.  I do have bottom bracket inverted (e.g., IV v III instead of III v IV) since it makes more sense to me the next numerical match number (38) should go first.  But it won't affect any of your picks as the matchups are still the same. 

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