1. Last season, that meant a week after the regular season concluded, since Padova was forced into a relegation playoff with Genoa. 2. A loss to unbeaten Sweden in their first-round World Championship finale on Wednesday will send Team USA to the B pool relegation playoffs. 3. It hosts Juventus, which admittedly has nothing to play for, but needs a victory and plenty of help just to reach a one-game relegation playoff. 4. PSV took half an hour to get into gear against Sparta Rotterdam, a demoralized team long condemned to relegation playoffs. 5. Teams must win two of their three round-robin matches if they hope to advance directly to the medal round and avoid a B-pool relegation playoffs. 6. Teams must win two of their three round-robin matches if they hope to advance directly to the medal round and avoid B-pool relegation playoffs. 7. Uzbekistan advances to play Sri Lanka in the second round next month while Qatar goes into a relegation playoff against Iran. 8. Zimbabwe advanced to the World Group qualifying round, while Belarus will go to a relegation playoff. |