At least 1, at most - 5. A team that finished first in a division goes to play-offs directly, regardless the points it collected in a regular season. This makes 3 (out of 8, for East and West) play-off spots taken by division leaders. The rest 5 spots can be teams from different divisions - or even same division, ranked by points in east/west conference.
Considering that their are 8 teams in the quarter finals and their are 4 groups, two teams from each group advance to the quarter finals.
English teams can face each other in the Champions league from the quarter finals stage. This is because after this stage, teams are drawn randomly to face each other.
No, as it is not possible for teams of the same conference (and currently of the same division) to ever meet in the finals round.
There will be thirteen teams from Europe participating in World Cup 2010.
Wellington and Christchurch will host two quarter finals each.
Semi-Finals.
The Rugby World Cup format is group-then-knockout: four pools of five teams compete, with the top two from each pool going through to the quarter finals, where it is knockout from then on.
Four teams per division
Every MLB team plays 19 games against each team in their division. There are 5 teams in each division, so each team plays 76 games against teams in their own division.
None of them. The AFC has 4 divisions of 4 teams each and the NFC has 4 divisions of 4 teams each.
To make the nhl playoffs you have to be the top team in your division or in the top 5 teams in your conference besides the division champions. 8 teams are taken from each conference.
It depends on the division, in the AL east each of the five teams plays the other four in their division 18 times, for a total of 72 games. So in the AL east they play a total of 90 games outside their division. In divisions with only four teams, they play each other 20 times for a total of 60 in the division and 102 games out. When there are six teams in a division they play a total of 15 games against each of the five other team in their division, for 75 games in and 78 out of their division.