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@le_car
interesting discussion, we had similar problems this year for the euro qualies, and in the end the decision was made by an elected comitee, set up earlier in the year:
16 teams were allowed to compete in a pre-qualif tourney in Lyon. They were "chosen" on the basis of past results, as individuals or as teams. I think no solid team was left behind by this system. Once in Lyon, we played round robin games over two days, and the top 8 qualified for.....
the actual qualies, in Rouen a month or so later.
There they met 5 pre-selected teams (Hooks, Call Me Daddy, Cocorico, Ma Couille, and Shaft Punk) and a "host spot" team from rouen (Goldmember). With these 14 teams we played round robin games over two days to choose the 8 euro slots, and 2 (or 3?) wild card slots. It made for a pretty intense tourney as the level was mostly equal and the stakes were high. Quite a lot of injuries in the end! I think the system worked, maybe shaft punk didn't really deserve an automatic spot, but beyond that it seemed like a pretty solid way to choose our Euro slots.
And after that, without the pressure, we're having a 48 teams French champs tourney in early July.