21.   The eight group winners along with host England qualify automatically along with the six best of the eight second-place finishers.

22.   The nine group winners and the best of the runners-up qualify while the other eight second-place finishers enter a playoff.

23.   The Olympic fourth place finisher was a bit harsher on her performance.

24.   The Olympic fourth place finishers are in contention after the Olympic gold and bronze medalists decided to skip this competition.

25.   The second place finisher faces a playoff to qualify for the World Cup.

26.   The second place finisher likely will play either England or Germany in the playoffs.

27.   The qualifiers for the knockout stages are group winners Lancashire, Yorkshire, Kent and Gloucestershire and second place finishers Nottinghamshire, Worcestershire, Somerset and Middlesex.

28.   The remaining eight second-place finishers still have a chance, but must win a playoff with one of the other runners-up to qualify.

29.   The third place finisher was Frenchman Laurent Jalabert of ONCE-Deutsche Bank.

30.   Those results meant that Inter and Real stayed first and second in Group C, the Spanish team going through with the best record of the second place finishers.