Here is the complete Playoff Format/Schedule
Playoffs
** Remember that New Zealand is almost a day ahead of us in North American, so “Friday’s schedule” means Thursday here in North America. “Saturday” = Friday, and “Sunday” = Saturday ** Convert to your timezone
New Zealand time:
Friday 8 March
C1 12.00pm A3 Vs B4
C2 2.30pm B3 Vs A4
C3 5.30pm A1 Vs B2
C4 8.00pm B1 Vs A2
12.00pm A3 Vs B4
Samoa vs. Japan
2.30pm B3 Vs A4
Argentina vs. USA
5.30pm A1 Vs B2
Australia vs. New Zealand
8.00pm B1 Vs A2
Canada vs. Venezuela
Saturday 9 March
C5 11.30am Winner C1 Vs Loser C3
C6 2.00pm Winner C2 Vs Loser C4
C7 5.00pm Winner C3 Vs Winner C4
C8 7.30pm Winner C5 Vs Winner C6
Sunday 10 March
Bronze Medal Game
C9 10.00am Winner C8 Vs Loser C7
Gold Medal Game:
C10 1.00pm Winner C9 Vs Winner C7
Editor’s note on the “double life” playoff format:
The ISF uses a “double life” playoff format. The top four teams from the pool play round get a “double life”, i.e. New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Venezuela.
Many of us in the USA are accustomed to “double-elimination” format, where the top teams play the lowest seeded teams first, and don’t play each other til the end. The # 1 seed would play the #8 seed, #2 would play #7 and so forth.
In the ISF/double life format, the top teams face each other in the first round (Canada vs. Venezuela and Australia v. New Zealand), but those four get “two lives”, meaning they are still alive even after one loss. On the other hand, the other four (lower seeded teams, USA, Argentina, Japan and Samoa) get only one life. Lose one, go home.
The 2013 ISF World Championships started with 16 teams, two pools of 8. The top four in each pool advance to the playoff round, the other 8 go home.
Of the top 8 teams that make the playoffs, the top two in each pool earn a “double life”
Recap:
Teams with “Double Life”
Canada
Venezuela
Australia
New ZealandTeams with “Single life”
USA
Argentina
Japan
Samoa