Semi-finals under way

[dorbel]

Tomorrow Sunday, Souptree of the USA takes on jelly and PlasticMillion of the Czech Rep. in the matches that will decide Group B. These are scheduled for 1900 UTC. If the USA win one of these, they qualify, while Czech Rep. need to win both. The winners meet Great Britain in the semi-final. Meanwhile the other semi is already under way and Finland v. Europe stands at 1-1.  

[dorbel]

Group B finally resolved itself today when USA2 completed a 6-3 victory over the Czech Republic to go through to the semi-finals where they now play Great Britain. We have to thank the Czech Republic for their friendly and sporting play and a great showing in a very strong group. Better luck next time!
Final Group B scores and table.
Austria 6 Rest of the World 3
Czech Rep. 6 Austria 3
USA2 8 Rest of the World 1
Czech Rep 7 Rest of the World 2
USA2 6 Czech Rep. 3
Austria 4 USA2 4
Table
USA2 won 2 lost 0 for 18 agst 8
Czech Rep. won 2 lost 1 for 16 agst 11
Austria won 1 lost 1 for 13 agst 13
Rest of World won 0 lost 3 for 6 agst 21

[dorbel]

Latest Score Finland 2 Europe 1

[dorbel]

The reporting and, to an extent, the progress of the semi-finals has been a little held up as dorbel moves back to the UK, but I can report that Finland lead Europe 3-2 and USA lead GB 1-0.

[dorbel]

Latest Scores today.
Finland 3 Europe 2
Great Britain 2 USA 1

Would those players with outstanding matches please e-mail their opponents now and arrange to play this week please. Captains, stir up those players who appear to have gone into winter hibernation.

[dorbel]

Latest Scores as of today

Finland 3 Europe 2
Great Britain 4 USA 1

Players with outstanding matches MUST e-mail their opponents NOW to arrange a date to play. Matches not played by 2359UTC on 10th December may be awarded to the player who has made the most effort to arrange the match!

[dorbel]

Latest Scores
Finland 4 Europe 2
GB 4 USA 1

[dorbel]

Great Britain have defeated USA2 to reach the final. Congratulations to them of course and commiserations to USA2, for whom nothing went right in this match. We thank them however for their sporting and friendly participation and wish them better luck next time. GB now meet either Finland or Europe in the final. Finland lead 4-2 in their semi-final match. As soon as this result is known, we will set a date for the final and hopefully all the matches can be played simultaneously.