>>>>That was the same as any other tournament, only a certain number of teams are allowed to access the final run...
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>>>Ok, it's an olympic system. I used to play draughts (checkers) professionally, so I know all these kinds of systems...
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>>>BTW, team must be by country of birth or it could be by country of residence?
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>>Both are allowed, you can be on a US team (where you are now) or on your country of birth team.
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>>GO CANADA GO! :-)
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>Are all former USSR repiblics (and now countries) considered as different countries? E.g. Ukraine, Litva, Moldova, Russia, Georgia, etc.?


I dont know, I will let Michel reply to this one...