The tournament format sees the eight teams split into two groups of four for a round-robin stage, before the top two teams from each group progress to knock-out semi-finals and then the final on June 28.
The indifference that Mancini displayed for the Europa League is a perfect example of why UEFA is looking to alter the tournament format, and last week UEFA President Michel Platini admitted that there is a proposal to scrap the tournament altogether, and extend the Champions League to 64 teams.
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He starred in VH1's "The Ultimate Catch, " a 2010 reality dating show in which he considered potential female mates in a tournament-style format.
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In that context, the tournament's format becomes even more important, since reaching the knockout round can make the difference between a good year and a loss-making one.
Australian coach Lasse Bundgaard said the group format of the tournament was to blame.
This is the 6th AWC in its current format with a finals tournament.
Most of the golf he plays is in a club tournament setting, which means a match play format, the mano a mano of golf.
While denying they want to form a breakaway rival tournament, Europe's biggest clubs do want the format of the Champions League changed to increase the number of games.
The U.S., which had been 12-3-3 against Honduras, lost its final-round opener for the first time in five games since the "hexagonal" format was adopted in qualifying for the 1998 tournament.
Two single game wild card matches were held to trim the bottom four seeded teams down to two and the rest of the playoff tournament of the eight remaining teams was staged identically to the format used since 2003.
Nielsen could have a difficult job getting his team up for the tournament and must learn quickly the tactics needed for success in this shorter format.
Gayle's side have now beaten Australia twice in the Twenty20 format and will fancy their chances of going far in this tournament, provided they improve their fielding.
And by calling it off for a year but keeping the same format they have also ensured that there are no great losses for those involved in organising the tournament.
With a fresh bracket for each round, the random format means that a no-name team with some good fortune can advance deep into the tournament before having to face one of the game's behemoths.
Charleston Southern came in the tournament's top seed and would have hosted this final under the Big South's old home-court format.
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