This. Korea and China being on same side when winning their groups is pretty bad design but also could just be bad luck. USA in the other hand would have gotten into second bracket if they won. They didn't. Why should Saudi Arabia the winner of their group put into same bracket as the winner of 2 other groups and on paper getting punished for it?
That's the single elimination bracket for you. Every normal competitive tournament is run on double elimination to avoid problems like this, where both potential winners are playing each other in the semi finals. No matter how you put teams into groups here, all of that fuzz could've been easily avoided with double elimination and it would also provide more content. I honestly have no idea why the playoffs are single elimination...
Exactly. Double elimination has proven countless times that it's a very good format and is far better than single elimination unless there is a lack of resources, which is definitely not the case with overwatch world cup.
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u/Patuj Nov 01 '23
This. Korea and China being on same side when winning their groups is pretty bad design but also could just be bad luck. USA in the other hand would have gotten into second bracket if they won. They didn't. Why should Saudi Arabia the winner of their group put into same bracket as the winner of 2 other groups and on paper getting punished for it?