European Qualifier Discussion - 2013 and onwards

Next year: How about the UK Champs feeds a Euros Qualifier then? The top 12 (top 12 as then every team would have earnt 9th place or above in DE) play RR at a later date?

Personally I think the UK Champs results can (should?) be used.

There's one argument for RR for removing "unexpected" results, but the Euros and Worlds use SR and DE precisely because it relies on teams to be good under pressure and to try and work out their path to the final be placing high on the first day?

we're effectively asking weaker teams to self-identify themselves, so why can't we do the same with the stronger teams?

Both are far from ideal and although some teams may feel "pressured" not to try for the Euros Qualifier, who's to say who has been training enough (and worked out some new tactics) and which team hasn't? No-one knows the true ability of a team until the day of competition and I don't think anyone has ever been turned away from a Euros Qualifier?