ah, ok, to clarify this, it's your observation , not some nordeus rules.

I 'm not sure about this because in older times with one group, we switched one spare team for the next draw (with a weaker one) and as I remember, this adjustment helped us many times with the draw.
Now in Gold 3 or Platinum, I can't see that any more.

* also i see that in the beginning of the asso, my group was facing another one with "1 to 1" same qualities.
Now it's a mix/ avg.