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.
No, the first round and quarter-finals are different stages in a competition. The first round typically involves all participants competing to advance to the next stage, while the quarter-finals involve only the top competitors facing off against each other.
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.