Group of Death - Other Sports

Other Sports

The label "group of death" has been used in other sports than association football; for example:

Basketball
1994 World Champs Group A; NCAA 2010 Midwest regional
Rugby union
1995 World Cup Pool A; 2001–02 Heineken Cup Pool 6 2003 World Cup Group A; 2011-12 Heineken Cup Pool 3 (Glasgow Warriors were drawn against reigning champions Leinster, a young Bath side and the best of the lowest-seeded teams Montpellier); 2007 World Cup Pool D;
Rugby league
1995 World Cup Group 3; 2008 World Cup Group A The 2008 group was deliberately constructed by putting the top four seeds in one group, with three to qualify, to ensure more competitive matches in the first phase, and guarantee weaker sides a semi-final place.
Cricket
2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division; 2009 World Twenty20 Group C;, 2012 World Twenty20 Super8 - Group 2
Ice hockey
2010 Olympic men's qualifying group G.

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