This qualification mechanism is however absurd...
We are suffering from another avalanche of completely useless matches, which only serve to make the athletes tired after an extremely tiring summer as always...
We should really learn from basketball, where the placings in the world and European competitions count as qualification and leave these tournaments to the teams that have not achieved the necessary results...
Of course it's absurd. Italy is the men's world champion and should have a certain advancement to the Olympic Games, instead of going to Brazil and playing another 7 matches against difficult rivals, just a dozen or so days after the long and difficult European Championship. Russia, on the other hand, shouldn`t be promoted for free even though it has played no matches since 2021? I have an idea, let Russia go to Brazil now and will get a promoteg and Italy will take a break and move up the rankings.