I'm managing Team Italia in this tournament, as eventually I intend to take over a team in the Italian league and this way I can get familiar with some of the players.
Anyway, I thought I'd share how this went to hopefully entice some people to add an international tournament to their worlds. It's fun! Next time I'll likely change to a 6-game round robin in pool play because all the toughest teams got swept right out of the first round...
Also, I thought people unfamiliar with double-elimination tourneys might want to see what the bracket looks like.
Interesting results in a few ways... none of the strongest teams got out of pool play (arguably Italia). And both semifinals are rematches of the prior round; Panama was pretty weak so I'm not sure if we can win 2 from the Dominicans this time out. And either way Mexico or Canada will be nasty if we survive. No more weak sisters, even if the toughest teams were broomed out in the first round!