[ritchiebaby]

A very good question, Snooty, and there is a very good answer in the Rules - "Where three or more teams are tied, the record of the games between the tied teams shall provide the ranking (should this procedure provide a ranking for some teams but not all, then the record of the games between the remaining teams that are still tied shall determine the ranking)" . As usual it looks fairly straightforward, but it would seem that this Rule has not been applied in this instance. It might be that there is another Rule that changes this Rule. If so, it has been very well hidden elsewhere in the 66 pages of light bedtime reading.

I hope you're not saying that there is a bias against GB in the Ice Sports.    Personally, I blame Brexit/Theresa May/Global Warming/Donald Trump (delete where applicable)  

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There is a flicker of light in this sorry mess of a conflict of rules. According to the Olympic Competition Format (different rules to the WCF Rules I quoted) "If two or more teams are tied for a qualifying position, one session of tie-breakers will be played to decide the qualifiers." Presumably, that means that one tie-breaker MUST be played, even if it's not necessary. Just what they would have done if there had been 5 teams tied for 2 places, God Only Knows!

Bizarrely, the OCF rules bow to the WCF rules on ranking in every regard except that one instance. I can only think they have a timing issue with extra games, even though there are only 3 games tomorrow, 2 on Saturday and 1 on Sunday. Plenty of manoeuvre there for an extra game or two, I would say.