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[QUOTE="Zarathustra, post: 5066239, member: 11285"]
Four games in Pool/Group play (five teams in each of four pools = 20 teams)
Then Quarterfinals (8 teams) with a reseeding based on games won and total
points in those games if a tiebreaker is required in the seeding.  Then Semis
(4 teams, obviously), and then the FINALs.  That would be a total of 7 games.
My guess the big competition will be Germany or France who played each other in
Game #1 with Germany winning in O.T.   20 - 18.  Undefeated teams as I write this are:
Japan,  China,  USA,  Poland ( USA plays them on Thursday at 10:35 AM ?), Ukraine,
Spain  1-0, one game pending, and Germany (as mentioned above).  Teams " mature " during
these tournaments as each team takes some time to find their timing
and "chemistry".   Often a team will begin to "click" later in the tournament and upsets can
happen (but are they upsets??).  Streaky two-point shooting (three-point land), can really
turn a game around... not to mention the 3X3 rules on team fouling... THE USA  3X3 team
in the Olympics lost one game (IMHO) because they hit the limit on team fouls and 
disaster was just around the corner = i.e.: Penalty Free Throws and loss of possession (it
gets complex).
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