Corrected entry: The tournament is a double elimination tournament, as you hear the announcer saying, but Iceland and the Mighty Ducks still play each other in the championship, even though they both lost one game. This is not possible, because in double-elimination, there will always be one team in the finals that is undefeated. (To win the championship, the undefeated team either beats the team with one loss, or the team with one loss has to win back-to-back games).
Bishop73
27th Aug 2003
D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
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Correction: The way the tournament is set up in the movie (whether a valid or invalid form in real life is irrelevant as long as it stays true to the movie's format) is double elimination. There are 2 groups of 5 teams, with group A playing amongst themselves and group B doing likewise until the final 4 teams remained (2 from each group). At which point Group A's #1 team played Group B's #2 and vice versa. But this resulted in all 4 teams having 1 loss, so teams switched opponents, so Group A's #1 (Iceland) played Group B's #1 (Canada) and USA played Russia. With Iceland and USA both winning, it sent them to the finals.
Bishop73