Middle-Earth Football Tournament

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Sleepy

The tournament is divided into two halves. A left half and a right half, each follow their own pattern from QF, SF, F and then the actual Finals with the two second placed teams in each half playing off for third place. So this is indeed the Quarter-Finals.

Not according to this list of World Cup formats. Look at the format for the 1998, 2002 and 2006 tournaments, which give it as follows:

Eight groups of four teams (top two in each group qualify for the knock-out stage in the second
round)
- Second round (knock-out stage, winners proceed to quarter-finals - in a case of a draw after extra
time penalty shoot-outs will used to decide)
- Quarter-finals (knock-out stage)
- Semi-finals
- Third-place play-off
- Final

According to this, we are in the Second Round, in which the winners proceed to the Quarter-Finals.