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At the conclusion of the Pool stage, the top two teams from Pool A will proceed to the semi-finals. Meanwhile, the bottom two teams from Pool A will play the top two teams from Pool B in the qualifying finals with the remaining two Pool B teams will be eliminated. The winner of the qualifying finals will then advance to the semi-final. This should mean more meaningful games...but the Australian's and Kiwi's in the men are a step up on everyone else.
It's a two-team tournament, really, so essentially everything prior to the gold medal game is utterly pointless. Might as well group the stronger teams together and have slightly less embarrassing pool games.