September 13, 2006

Today's game recaps included the tournament's first upsets, with the #8 seeded Japanese falling in quadruple overtime to the last-ranked Swiss team by a score of 30-29.  The second bottom rated team from the Netherlands beat the #7 ranked Swedish team by two goals, which has got to be hard for the Swedes to take, having consistently beaten the Dutch in major tournaments over the past dozen years.

Game 7   USA vs. GER   47 - 30
Game 8   CAN vs. BEL   34 - 29
Game 9   AUS vs. SWE   52 - 38
Game 10   DEN vs. SUI   27 - 26
Game 11   NZL vs. JAP   34 - 32
Game 12   GBR vs. NED   42 - 22
Game 13   CAN vs. AUS   39 - 35
Game 14   USA vs. DEN   53 - 17
Game 15   NZL vs. GER   38 - 30
Game 16   GBR vs. BEL   45 - 38
Game 17   SWE vs. NED   29 - 31
Game 18   JAP vs. SUI   29 - 30 (in 4x OT!!!!)

Our next game is going to be very interesting... the name on everyone's lips from every team at the world's is 'Fosbrook'.  Various protests and appeals follow this player everywhere he goes, as he is able to do things on the court that no other player on the planet can do.  He isn't a quad, which makes it more difficult for the classifiers, but they are professionals, and they'll classify him in or out for good at these world championships.  I'm sure they've been looking at him closely in game situations over these past three games where he's been the #1 dominant player on the court, and we'll soon see how the latest rounds of protests and appeals went in this controversial case.  Even without Fosbrook, GB has an experienced team that always makes their opponents work their hardest.  They are our first opponent of the day, but we'll be ready for whatever they've got to throw at us.

Meanwhile, check out the grid and the scoreboard.  Game results will be as real time as possible tonight.

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