Tuesday, June 16, 1998	                     http://www.HWCI.com/wc98
Issue # 11.1.7 "Brazil advances..."

		1998 HWCI WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT POOL '98
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    SCOTLAND STAYS ALIVE WHILE BRAZIL CLINCHES SPOT IN ROUND OF 16
	MLSBob extends unbeaten streak to 18 matches (12-0-6)

	EL SEGUNDO, CA (smt)- Craig Burley scored in the 67th 
minute to help Scotland (0-1-1) stay alive in Group A by tying
Norway (0-0-2), 1-1.  The tie was the sixth of the tournament and
the first since Saturday.  Brazil (2-0-0) easily took care of
Morocco (0-1-1), 3-0, to win Group A with one match to play.  Brazil
will play the 2nd place team from Group B on 6/27.  Norway is in 2nd 
with 2 points but has to play Brazil next.  Scotland and Morocco 
each have one point and the winner could very well advance to 
the Round of 16.

	MLSBOB remained perfect and maintained his one point
lead over seven players tied for 2nd place.  Although we know
Brazil advances, I will not be calculating the points for those
making the Round of 16 until after the first round is complete
(June 26).  But I will note which teams made the Round of 16
so you can keep track yourself.

	FYI, although it's in the original pool package, I've 
been asked this question once which means it'll be asked again; 
the way you earn points in the later rounds is whether or not your
team makes it to the next round.  It does not matter where in
the bracket the team is placed.  For example, BRA gets the 1A
spot but the important thing is that BRA made it to the Round of 16.  
Therefore, regardless of whether or not you had BRA in your bracket 
as 1A (1st in Group A) or 2A (2nd in Group A), you still get the 
3 points.  The bracket was used as a guide so that you wouldn't 
inadvertantly pick two teams to make the semifinals who you picked 
would play in the quarterfinals.

	Both matches in Group B will be played tomorrow with
unlucky Chile (0-0-1) vs Austria (0-0-1) and lucky Italy (0-0-1)
taking on Cameroon (0-0-1).

Gotta love this December weather in June...
Scott HW
                                            
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