!rule.markdown

The Rules

1. 32 teams split into 4 teirs (by their FIFA ranking)
2. 8 entries
3. Each entry is randomly assigned 1 team per tier

app.rb

require 'yaml'

@teams = YAML::load(File.open('teams.yaml'))
@players = %w[Player1 Player2 Player3 Player4 Player5 Player6 Player7 Player8]

results = Hash.new
players = @players.sort_by{rand}

players.each_with_index do |p, i|
  results[p] = Array[@teams['teir_one'][i]]
end

second = @players.sort_by{rand}
second.each_with_index do |p, i|
  results[p] << @teams['teir_two'][i]
end

third = @players.sort_by{rand}
third.each_with_index do |p, i|
  results[p] << @teams['teir_three'][i]
end

fourth = @players.sort_by{rand}
fourth.each_with_index do |p, i|
  results[p] << @teams['teir_four'][i]
end

p results

gistfile3.yml

teir_one:
    - Brazil
    - Spain
    - England
    - Netherlands
    - Argentina
    - Germany
    - Chile
    - Portugal
teir_two:
    - Uruguay
    - Serbia
    - Italy
    - France
    - Ivory Coast
    - United States
    - Mexico
    - Paraguay
teir_three:
    - Denmark
    - Cameroon
    - Australia
    - South Korea
    - Honduras
    - Slovenia
    - Nigeria
    - Switzerland
teir_four:
    - Ghana
    - Greece
    - Japan
    - Slovakia
    - South Africa
    - Algeria
    - North Korea
    - New Zealand