Wipeout World Cup 2009

[OBH]

Alright, hows this for a familiar setup -

* 4 groups consist of 4 teams. ( 16 teams total )
* Each team plays one another in a 4 vs 4, 8 race torny, forward tracks, with weapons.
* Once you play all 3 teams, you do the same again with backwards tracks.
* You recieve points for your country depending on your final position ( 1st 8 points, 2nd 6 etc....) a single pilots points are irrelivent ( making not shooting friendly pilots more important )
* Tally up your score, and the top 2 teams qualify for the knockout stage. ( the winner of one group, is pitted against the runner up of another ).

The problem was always how to include pilots from largely represented teams. I imagine splitting them up would probably be best OR letting no pilot compete in more than 3 consecutive races.

Reading back through this, people may see this as a longwinded tournament, but hey-ho, here's my 2 cents worth.

edit:
Didnt see your post mate.Your way sounds good... bit confusing (one of your slick diagrams will fix that )