The experts, who would be training the final eight, are all leaders in their field.
Germany has two teams in the final eight for the first time in 11 years.
To add insult to injury, the Italians were reduced to 14 men as their try-scorer Bacchetti was sin-binned for the final eight minutes.
Knicks coach Mike Woodson sat Stoudemire for the final eight minutes on Sunday, prompting some serious second-guessing by New York's fans and media.
It was the second of two caution flags precipitated by crashes in the final eight laps of the 200-lap, 500-mile race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
But Huddersfield upped the pace, replacement Brad Drew scoring unopposed by the posts before Hodgson twice crossed in the corner in the final eight minutes.
Meanwhile, Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti had no complaints about the result that meant the Blues failed to reach the final eight for the first time since 2006.
The away side looked to be cruising to their 16th win on the trot, when giant Bradford prop Paul Anderson crossed twice in the final eight minutes of the half.
The Dutch were still in the hunt after Zuiderent and Peter Borren put on 73 for the sixth wicket but the task of scoring 57 off the final eight overs proved beyond them after Borren was caught at long-on by Blain off Nel for 29.
Summer visitors see grazing reindeer and Sami camps, and in winter a special bus follows a snow plow up the final eight miles to reach the 1, 000-foot high plateau where, bracing against the winds, you get to stand beside the iconic North Cape globe for photographic proof positive that you have literally stood at the top of the world.
The British duo made it into the final of the eight-team tournament in 2010 where they were beaten 2-1 by Spain.
Mirwais Ashraf claimed three quick wickets and Hamid claimed Richie Berrington to take his haul for the final to eight wickets.
Westwood, who had nothing better than a 17th-place finish in 15 starts in America last year, started the final day eight adrift of Sabbatini.
He started the final round eight shots behind, and whatever hopes he had of a rally ended on the sixth hole when he hit his drive so far to the right that the ball was never found.
Ohio State, Michigan State or both have made the Final Four in eight of the past 13 seasons.
Forced to field a youthful side because of a boycott by 15 white players, they lost the final game by eight wickets.
Nadal has lost just twice all season, won six titles and reached the final of all eight events he's played impressive stats, to be sure.
In The Seven Samurai, the final battle scene used eight cameras and was shot at the expense of the director's toes, frostbitten from days stood in freezing mud.
While it has been seven-and-half decades since a British man has made the Wimbledon final, Federer now has reached the final a total of eight times in his career.
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For example, nine of the 20 football clubs in the English Premier League last season were owned by foreigners. (The final count was eight: no amount of American cash could have saved Derby County from relegation.) One or two may be rich men's playthings, but most have been bought for the media rights, ticket sales and merchandising.
In the third set he won eight of the final nine points to close out the victory and then gave Gulbis a pat on the chest as both smiled.
In the semifinal, Jones ran a 12.68 to qualify seventh for the eight-runner final.
When Rikki Clarke hit two boundaries from the penultimate over, that left the visitors needing just eight to win from the final over.
Officially, under two seconds ticked off the game clock as the Charlotte guard hit eight free throws in the final moments of a wild start to the Atlantic 10 tournament in its new home at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.
After an unimpressive 5-3 start, the Patriots won their final eight games to finish 13-3.
Swann helped England regain the Ashes last year, claiming eight wickets in the decisive final Test victory at Oval and averaging 35 with the bat, which has also helped him to fourth place in the world all-rounder rankings.
Southee beat the batsmen for pace to claim wickets eight and nine from the final two balls of the 23rd over but was denied the chance of a hat-trick as Oram had last man Elijah Otieno caught at short mid-wicket.
Still they could face the Irish, who have eliminated them in the past two Final Fours and won seven of the past eight meetings between the teams, including all three this season.
The 12 group winners and the best eight runners-up advance to the final qualifying phase where they will be split into five groups with the winners joining hosts South Africa at the first World Cup to be staged by Africa.
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