01 August 2007, Manila, Philippines. Here’s an overview of the roadmap towards the championship in Group B. There are 19 teams playing in this group. As with the Dana Cup, play is based on cup format meaning it’s a knockout match for all teams. One loss and that team is out of the running. The top two teams which will reach the finals will be playing 5 games in all, including the championship match. For awards, Norway Cup is better than Dana Cup as teams which will place 1st to 4th will all receive trophies.
RIFA Philippines is favored to win its 1st round assignment against Storm BK, if we are to base it on performance stats with the superior aggregate for RIFA Philippines of +1 (+9,-8) vs. -6 for Storm BK (+3,-9). Our team just needs to tighten its defense while continuing to be a scoring machine.
If RIFA Philippines wins, it will go up against Hjelset-Kleive which drew a bye in the 1st round. That game will be played 6:10 pm also on August 1, 2007 (12:10 am, Aug 2 Manila). Of interest is the performance of Hjelset as it finished with 4 pts. (as compared to our team’s 3 pts.) with a 1-1-1 win-draw-loss slate. Hjelset is -2 on aggregate (+6,-8). With this performance, Hjelset tied for 3rd in goals scored (+6) vs. RIFA’s +9 (making our team no. 1 for groups with 4 participants). Hjelset is tied with RIFA in goals allowed (-8). What can be drawn here is that Hjelset also does relatively well offensively but, as with RIFA, is not quite as good in defense.
I will provide the stats and other information as soon as they’re available.
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