In other words, the gap in performance between national teams is small, with most games ending with one goal separating the two sides, in ties, or overtime tie-breakers in the knock-out stage.

换句话说，国家队之间的差距变得很小，很多比赛仅是一球之差决定了两队的输赢，平局，或者是平局进入点球决杀阶段。

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It just would have presented another beacon of hope that maybe it would send the Rangers on a slide, one long enough that New Jersey could knock out New York next Saturday when the teams meet again at Madison Square Garden on the final day of the lockout-shortened, 48-game NHL season.

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After all, surely the basic definition for a group of death is that a reasonable case can be made for any of the four teams to go through to the knock out stage.

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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.

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