You win one game and that is enough for classification even if you lose all the others. It would not raise its prospects for the first place nor would it ensure its participation in the Olympic games. It is only for the benefit of professional sport and to discredit amateurism. They would like to displace us from the second position there and to prevent our participation in the Olympics. When the crossed-games begin, the losing teams are automatically out of the competition.
Any team can lose a match.
On the other hand, this is a violation of all the rules and precedents since there are only nine teams. The Organizing Committee imposed such schemes with the support of the Yankees. They were moved by commercial reasons although not only that. They also wanted to have greater possibilities to remove the ghost of Cuba. Losing one of the crossed-games would be enough to leave us out of the fight for the first place and for participation in Sidney.