Thank you to those who pointed out a problem with the standings, I gave Asia a win over North Europe when it was the other way around. Here are the current standings as of right now, ordered by who is in the lead.
Pikachu Division:
1. Canada: 14-4
2. Oceania: 9-6
3. South: 8-8
4. UK: 8-9
5. Midwest: 2-14
Eevee Division:
1. Northeast: 11-7
2. West: 9-8
3. Asia: 8-9
4. North Europe: 8-9
5. South Europe: 8-11
A bit of analysis: Since the start of the phase, UK has gone 0-5 and dropped from 2nd to 4th, strongly opening up chances for the less impressive on paper US South and the about as good as Midwest on paper Oceania. Still, all three are in a close competition for 2nd place and whoever makes it doesn't have to face the all but guaranteed to qualify Canada until finals, so that's a good position to be in. Eevee division teams are in almost the same order as when the week started as most teams have gone fairly evenly (3-3 Northeast, 2-3 West, 2-3 Asia, 3-4 South Europe). The exception is North Europe which has gone 4-1 so far and jumped from last to tied for third and only barely behind West. Any team could qualify in the Eevee division, especially since practically no games have happened in the first 1.4 weeks of the phase. It's nice to see how both groups have a lot of strong competition and I'm hoping to be very surprised in a very short amount of time. There are 34 games left in the next half a week, and even if some of them are 1v1 they're all going to be important in determining who qualifies. Good luck competitors, and all captains please make sure the games get done. Be more like Eevee division's STABmons group and less like both divisions' BH group.
: just like my grandpa
