Badminton Commentator Paul Hand spends 1 hour 20 minutes saying that the result of the Adcock's final group game is irrelevant as they have already qualified. Apparently it's merely a "pride issue" for their Polish opponents, who stage a great fight back and celebrate like it really mattered to them when they win
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/olympics/36788309
Yes, you guessed it, he had messed up - the Chinese had not won all three games as he had thought and the Poles qualified at the expense of the Adcocks