Posts by LDvolley

Welp, 4th place it is. Deserved no more but also, I think, no less (seeing how BEL had a good time against BRA & BUL).

IMO Armoa will be in Paris for sure if he doesn't mismanage his career. His cuban biotype adds some athleticism that no other Argentina OH has at the moment. With aging attacking players like Poglajen and Conte fading out, he will have a chance to get in.

Other than that not much to get from this generation, maybe the Opp is ok but that's it. We really need a good tall setter soon so we can be set until 2030 at least.

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also FIVB's obsession with round robin system round after round, and FIVB's obsession with changing the competition formula.

Why does FIVB always prefer to have round robin instead of QF? The only reason I can think of is to minimize the occurrence of surprise victories from the underdogs.

I think it's just to have more games between top teams.

Even though 3rd round has 6 teams, it's 6 matches. More than the 4 you have with QFs.

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serpentine system

they considered A1 as seed 1 and they continued like that

ohhh right I didn't realize.

Again FIVB's obssession with giving seed 1 to hosts strikes....

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will they count all 1st round results in the 2nd round ? (like 2018) or teams will start from zero ?

All results.

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Pool J doesn't make sense...they are going to have two #1s and the best 3rd...and Pool G will have two #2s and the fourth 3rd... was this a draw ?

No, it was presented before the draw started, therefore, it was made up by FIVB.

Obviously they are giving Russia a clean path... even with a failsafe in case they don't win the first pool (they would go to the other 2nd round pool with just 1 round one pool winner lol).

It's a good pool for Argentina but iranians probably think the same.

Getting first place in this pool is ABSOLUTELY necessary. Otherwise, a horror 2nd round pool with FRA & ITA awaits the runner up...

No seeding for teams 7-12 then? interesting. This gives us the chance to avoid USA then (and hopefully Slovenia as well).

Not a bad game from Argentina against Italy.

I think it is still possible for ARG to show better volleyball in order to beat CZE and BEL. Especially since the team is complete now: 2 players were isolated a few days due to close contact with someone covid positive and didn't play the group phase. One is the substitute MB (which is needed since ARG had to play an OH as MB during the later part of the BEL group match for example) the other is the starter setter who obviously won't get to start right back but is needed when you need a setting change (he already played some points today).

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Maybe it was mentioned here but I might have missed it. It looks like after the match vs Russia, Heynen said he doesn’t know who their opponents are, they can beat anyone if they played like they did against Russia, in fact he doesn’t even know which teams are playing in quarterfinals. What a DICK!

Cebulj, upon being asked about Heynen’s statement, said “Karma” after the match against Poland.

https://voleybolunsesi.com/cebulj-karmanin-gostergesi/

Biggest villain in world volleyball for sure.

We need him coaching another top NT soon to have someone to cheer against

So.. if there's seeding with serpentine system for the world championship, at least for the top 12 teams (the top 2 "pots") like there usually is, then shouldn't the pools look like this?

A

Russia (Host)

Canada (12)

B

Brazil (1)

Japan (11)

C

Poland (2)

Iran (10)

D

France (4)

Serbia (9)

E

Italy (5)

Slovenia (8)

F

Argentina (6)

USA (7)

Not too sure about USA since they have the same points as Slovenia though the ranking shows them as 7th and 8th respectively.

So tired of these last minute withdrawals from african teams. Ban anyone that withdraws like this from future youth competitions and give the places to countries that actually care.

Sosa wasn't good for her standars, Farriol was better than her.

Picking Rizzo and Bulaich is laughable. And I say this as argentinian.

Colombia gets something out of this win though: they will now be in pot 3 for the WCh draw.

meh what a lame anticlimatic end.

Well, since Argentina can't get the silver medal anymore I hope Colombia wins this set and the title to shock the world

But most likely we'll see a classic "virada" with Colombia running out of steam.

So, with 3-0 over Chile, Argentina has qualified for the WCh. It will be either by CSV 2nd place or by ranking, but they are already qualified. Same for Colombia. The last match only matters to decide the order of the medals.

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Setter MVPs in international competitions will always be disappointing no matter how deserving they are.

To make a football analogy it's like Iniesta or Xavi or any midfield brain winning ballon d'or over Messi or Ronaldo.

It will make football videogame-playing kids and more casual viewers angry but they are equally important to a winning team.

So, Heynen era is over.

Who's next?

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Brasil needs only 2 sets to win this championship?

Only 1 set is enough actually.

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so why dont they just send their B-C team? i am sure it will be more than enough to win this tournament.

Brazil's B-C team took Ls from Argentina and Colombia at the last Pan American games so I'm not sure of that anymore

Brazilian volleyball depth isn't what it used to be (in both men's and women's).