Initially two teams each from Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia entered, competing in a knock-out competition.

Initially, the NBA was planning to expand by three teams, with one franchise going to Florida ; however, when both Miami, and Orlando ownership groups made successful pitches, the expansion committee decided to expand by four teams, allowing both to have a franchise.

Initially open to teams from pubs within the greater Auckland region it is now open to teams from throughout New Zealand.

Initially successful teams were South Korea and Iran.

Initially two teams, Bath and Leicester, proved to be head and shoulders above the rest in the Courage League, and between them dominated the top of the table.

Initially the WAD teams concentrated on the disposal of the significant quantities of degraded and unstable ammunition that were amassed across the country after the formation of the present government.

Initially, the Senators and most of the other New York-Penn League teams were not affiliated with a Major League Baseball team.

Initially, only teams from the US competed in the " World Series " but it has since become a worldwide tournament.

Initially, the agreement between Ford, Cosworth and Lotus was binding on all parties, and Ford as the funder had no plans to sell or hire the DFV to any other teams.

Initially it was believed that Hill spun off due to oil laid down on the track from overfull oil tanks-as it is common practice for teams to fill the oil tanks prior to the start of the race.

Initially attempting to rejoin human civilization, the Godwhale ( named Rorqual Maru or ' Whale Ship ' in Japanese ) eventually teams up with a genetically modified clone of Larry, Larry himself, and an assortment of misfits and refugees from the Hive.

Initially this involved carrying warnings of fires back to existing fire patrols, to be extinguished by teams that travelled by canoe or overland but soon they began landing firefighters ( never more than a few at a time due to the limited carrying capacity of the aircraft available ) with a hand operated water pump near a fire.

Initially the team participated primarily in local tournaments on Åland, only sporadically playing other Finnish or Swedish teams.

Initially the turbocharged cars had been heavy, unreliable, and difficult to drive, meaning the Ford-Cosworth DFVs used by the majority of the Formula One teams ( with Ferrari the notable exception ) were still dominant.

Initially only Great Britain and the United States took part but, in later years, many other teams also participated.

Initially they played against various club teams such as Club Espanyol, Madrid CF, FC Barcelona and Irún Sporting Club.

Initially this was only if the game was scoreless as the teams would also swap ends if a goal was scored.

Initially, the twelve participating teams are placed into three groups with four clubs each.

Initially he experimented with individual cells in series, each cell being a wine goblet filled with brine into which the two dissimilar electrodes were dipped.

Initially an innovation to aid the recovery of downed pilots, they were sidelined when the front became static.

Initially, balls of wool referred as ball badminton were preferred by the upper classes in windy or wet conditions, but ultimately the shuttlecock stuck.

Initially, there were 25 franchises, but the number of different operating companies is smaller as some firms, including First Group, National Express Group and Stagecoach Group, run more than one franchise.

Initially grateful, Jonah's anger returns the next day, when God sends a worm to eat the plant, withering it, and he tells God that it would be better if he were dead.

Initially, the Cossacks were commanded by Colonel Filon Dzhalalii, but after a few days he was replaced by Ivan Bohun.

Initially, some problems were experienced when it was commanded to track the Sun, but a series of software fixes were made and the problem was corrected.

Initially, it was suspected that the killings were committed by a Satanic cult ; later more killings were reported around the island, and many farms reported loss of animal life.

Initially Barringer's ideas were not widely accepted, and even when the origin of Meteor Crater was finally acknowledged, the wider implications for impact cratering as a significant geological process on Earth were not.

Initially in the production, the ethnic groups were not solidly established.

Initially, on 1 July 1867, there were four provinces in confederation as " One dominion under the name of Canada ": Canada West ( former Upper Canada, now Ontario ), Canada East ( former Lower Canada, now Quebec ), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.

Initially however, these groups were small and conducted little active raiding into Nicaragua.

Initially these were uncommon events, but since WWII, these have been made by most presidents.

Initially, the idea of having Ball and the distinctly Latino Arnaz portray a married couple encountered resistance as they were told that Desi's Cuban accent and Latin style would not be agreeable to American viewers.

Initially the owners of AOI were the governments of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, before the latter governments gave their shares back to Egypt in 1993, valued at $ 1. 8 billion.

Initially, it was believed that low frequency fields that were too weak to cause significant heating could not possibly have any biological effect.

Initially, Brick and Click companies were skeptical whether or not to add an online e-commerce channel for fear that selling their products might produce channel conflict with their off-line retailers, agents, or their own stores.

Initially, most known exoplanets were massive planets that orbited very close to their parent stars.

Initially registers were limited to an accumulator and a multiplier register.

Initially, a number of nationwide systems were set up, such as Interlink, which were limited to participating correspondent banking relationships, not being linked to each other.

Initially, the victims ' corpses were buried in mass graves, but later were cremated.

Initially the factions in the city aligned to fight off Hekmatyar but diplomacy inside the capital quickly broke down.

Initially, he aligned himself with the Al Irshad youth organization, then with the Indonesian Islamic Youth Movement ( GPII ).

Initially aligned with Zoroastrianism, by 1912, Reid was becoming more attracted to Druidry, especially as Stonehenge was at the time being seen as a solar temple.