i was playing around a bit with a rr in stage 1 and a de in stage 2. and i noticed that it just let me work with it fine when there are exactly for example 4 groups, 16 teams or 2 groups, 8 teams. with 4 groups, 20 teams, which should also be very fine with 5 teams per group, i get this error for example. the teams per group should not matter in any way in a rr as stage 1. for advancing it should just look at
how much teams do i need?
how much groups do i have in stage one?
resulting in for exampe 8 teams advancing, 4 groups available = #1 and #2 advances
so there may possibly no limiting it building stage 1 since it does not have more groups than stage 2 allows to advance since it could also be 8 groups, only #1 advances
best for advancing is ofc an even number of groups but it is basicly also possible to go for 6 groups, 8 teams are advancing resulting in all #1 advancing and the best 2 #2 teams or even 7 groups resulting in only the best #2 team to advance
i was playing around a bit with a rr in stage 1 and a de in stage 2. and i noticed that it just let me work with it fine when there are exactly for example 4 groups, 16 teams or 2 groups, 8 teams. with 4 groups, 20 teams, which should also be very fine with 5 teams per group, i get this error for example. the teams per group should not matter in any way in a rr as stage 1. for advancing it should just look at
how much teams do i need?
how much groups do i have in stage one?
resulting in for exampe 8 teams advancing, 4 groups available = #1 and #2 advances
so there may possibly no limiting it building stage 1 since it does not have more groups than stage 2 allows to advance since it could also be 8 groups, only #1 advances
best for advancing is ofc an even number of groups but it is basicly also possible to go for 6 groups, 8 teams are advancing resulting in all #1 advancing and the best 2 #2 teams or even 7 groups resulting in only the best #2 team to advance