In another never-before-seen D24 GNT phenomenon, we have two final matches to play in GNT Flight A and GNT Flight B, and both are between the same two captains. Team Jeanguenat (just pronounce it Team AJ), has the more favorable seed going into both matches. They finished top seed in the GNT-B qualifying Swiss and defeated Team Verrier by only 1 IMP after 24 boards in the semi-finals. In GNT-A, team AJ assumed the top seed after defeating Team Kuang in a very wild GNT-A quarterfinal match (down 53 IMPs after 12 boards followed by +58 IMPs).
To make things more complicated, both captains have a different roster in each flight, we can call them AJ-A, AJ-B, Trabulus-A, and Trabulus-B. Also, because Flight B may send two teams and no player may play at the national finals in more than one flight, we have another crazy situation where it is impossible for AJ and Trabulus to captain all 3 slots.
Check out the latest standings on the GNT season page.
While there are a wide range of possible outcomes and resolutions, Team Trabulus-A happens to have 6 players. If they win both GNT-A and GNT-B finals, it allows them to transfer the GNT-A spot to the non-overlapping 3 players and augment to form a team for Philly, with the Trabulus-B team staying intact. However, they are also allowed to keep the team intact for GNT-A and free up a slot for Team Kolbun and Team Verrier to play for the remaining Philly NABC slot. Once again, we are super happy that so many players compete in multiple flights, and thankfully our conditions of contest are prepared to handle thse complications later.