tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525941472055852858.post1464316903497192878..comments2023-11-17T08:51:06.601+00:00Comments on EBU Internationals Blog: Pau - The Open Final beginsEBUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05012492040340807726noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525941472055852858.post-20361597799681496002008-06-22T13:42:00.000+01:002008-06-22T13:42:00.000+01:00Indeed. If you do a ranking list of the matches be...Indeed. If you do a ranking list of the matches between the teams that qualified, it looks quite different:-<BR/>1. Iceland 131 2= Italy & Latvia 127 4. Netherlands 125 5. England 123 6. Turkey 119 7. Israel 116 8. Denmark 111 9. Czech Republic 99<BR/>Average for 8 matches is 120, so England is above average for the matches involving the qualifers, and only 8 below than the best score. They may well come good when the weaker team drop out.<BR/>DavidDavid Mullerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04155529369028695532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525941472055852858.post-26205744521990468812008-06-22T08:00:00.000+01:002008-06-22T08:00:00.000+01:00Congratulations to the Open team on qualifying for...Congratulations to the Open team on qualifying for the Second Week final. Several people have commented that the teams that struggled to qualify will inevitably suffer in the second half of the competition. Well undoubtedly the opposition will be tough, but the pattern of England's results suggest that this may even help the team. Looking at the first week's scores shows a noticeable feature. Where England struggle is against the weaker teams. The Italians and the Netherlands for example inflict heavy defeats on the second tier of teams but England have not done this. The Czechs who finished in 8th place one ahead of England scored 33 more vps against the non-qualifiers than did England. I think this suggests that a top ten position is within the team's grasp.<BR/>Mike AmosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com