by coachEd » Wed May 23, 2012 4:35 pm
The PGF rule this year is that there has to be 1 team more than the number of berths for the qualifier, and the games must be played. So for 2 berths, there has to be at least 3 teams and they have to actually play the games. Otherwise, PGF takes the berths back and then can give them out or make them available in another qualifier as they see fit.
This makes it tough on teams that may be traveling some distance and have to make travel arrangements (and possibly pay for some of it, like plane tickets) weeks in advance, especially if they are flying in from out of state.