| TEAM RACING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
The final order was:
1. Argentina
2. Croatia
3. China
4. Great Britain
The IODA team-racing programme uses direct elimination with repechage, familiar in other sports. While looking complicated on paper, it depends on the simple principle of elimination after two defeats until a final round robin of four teams. Match results were as follows:
ROUND 1:
ITA defeated USA
ESP defeated THA
GBR defeated MAS
JPN defeated PER
NED defeated NZL
CHN defeated ARG
BRA defeated SIN
CRO defeated SLO
FIRST REPECHAGE
USA defeated THA - eliminated
PER defeated MAS - eliminated
ARG defeated NZL - eliminated
SIN defeated SLO - eliminated
ROUND 2
ESP defeated ITA
GBR defeated JPN
CHN defeated NED
CRO defeated BRA
SECOND REPECHAGE
JPN defeated USA - eliminated
PER defeated ITA - eliminated
ARG defeated BRA - eliminated
NED defeated SIN - eliminated
ROUND 3
GBR defeated ESP
CHN defeated CRO
THIRD REPECHAGE
JPN defeated PER - eliminated
ARG defeated NED - eliminated
CRO defeated JPN - eliminated
ARG defeated ESP - eliminated
ROUND ROBIN:
ARGENTINA: 3 WINS
CROATIA: 2 WINS
CHINA: 1 WIN
GREAT BRITAIN: 0 WINS |