11.   Who would win the conference finals between Phoenix and San Antonio, assuming the two teams advance?

12.   Only four of the six teams advance from Group E, and the three games played in Group B in Karlsruhe will count in the Group E standings.

13.   Australia must face Fiji, Western Samoa and Tonga in September, and the top three teams advance.

14.   Both India and Pakistan have only one game remaining and only the top two teams advance from each group to the semifinals.

15.   In England Saturday, life was put on hold while millions watched their team advance to the quarterfinals.

16.   It hopes that playing at home will help its team advance to the second round for the first time.

17.   Olympique Marseille and Bologna players exchanged punches and kicks Tuesday following a tense UEFA Cup match that saw the French team advance to the final.

18.   Only the top two teams advance from the group advance to the finals.

19.   South Africa plays New Zealand in Christchurch on Thursday to decide which of the two teams advances to the final of the Centenary Series limited-overs tournament.

20.   The top six teams advance to the medal round, and a fifth-place standing at this point would have been troublesome to the Americans.