[XaulZan11]

At first glance, I don't think I like the change. Mainly because it causes it difference in Qualifcation and Elimination matches. As Eric pointed out a team (Team X) that has lost every match could seed higher than a team (Y) that went undefeated. But, when elimination matches come around, team Y will be more likely to take home the gold than team X. I know this is the extreme case, but I don't like the fact that what it takes to be sucessful can be drastically different from qualification to elimination matches.

To look at it another way, a team could have a fantastic stratedgy that just wins matches, although ugly and not resulting in many seeding points. While this team will likely do very well in elimination matches, it is unlikely they will seed very high.

(I think it is similar to college football's overtime rules, which completely remove special teams play, other than field goal kicking. A team could be dominating field position and returned a kick or two for a touchdown, but when overtime comes around their advantage or how they tied the game is now completely obsolete.)