re: How are in-group matchups determined after the draw?

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They don't "pick the groups after the 8 seeds like, say, the NCAA baseball tournament.

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I get how the draw works with the different pots and geographical considerations, etc. I'm talking about any possible seeding 1-4 within the 8 groups after the draw.

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In a round robin scenario where the top two go through, of course there are going to be "elimination matches".

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I get that. But it seems like in most groups the second wave of games (games 3 and 4) are winner v winner and loser v loser. They are happening right away as opposed to the last wave of games. Just wondering if they try to "plan" this.