1-nzl, 2-nzl, 3-irl, 4-fin, 5-nzl, 6-usa, 7-rsa, 8-rsa, 9-rsa, 10-cro, 11-cro, 12-fra, 13-rsa, 14-rsa, 15-rsa, 16-ger, 17-usa, 18-esp, 19-fra.
For instance: for New Zealand to send a 5th skipper, there must be 1 spot declined from the allocations currently listed. For Finland to send a 3rd skipper, there must be 4 spots declined from the allocations currently listed.
If I have figured this out wrong, please don't hesitate to correct me.
![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
Has the ESC sent out their guest invitations yet? If so, who, and what kind of response has been received?
I also noticed Japan is not included in Stage 1. What happened?