Trouble that makes the possibility of failing to qualify for the knockout stages of a competition bloated on its own excess look, well, kind of irrelevant. (sbnation.com)
This earned them a direct entry into the group stage of the competition. (thehardtackle.com)
From the more than 1,700 teams that registered, 300 teams were recently selected to move to the next stage of the competition. (businessinsider.com)