I'm not particularly a soccer fan. Okay, I'm not really one at all, but I have a question.
In the World Cup, does one loss eliminate the team from competition, or is there a losers' bracket where you can possibly recover and continue?
It's a group of four teams. The top two teams progress to the next round.
first stage (group stage) = 4 teams per group in a mini-league format. top 2 teams in each group advance.
second stage = single elimination (knockout)
Ok, there are 32 teams, in 8 groups of 4. They all play the other 3 teams in their group. The top two teams in each of the 8 groups after playing the 3 games advance.
You then have the final 16 and it becomes single elimination games from that point until the winner is declared.
Your team will play 3 games minimum, 7 games maximum.