no offense, but i wish, instead of CAN and VEN, it was SRB/BUL/SLO.
You mention those 3 teams but not Germany who were actually the ones that just missed the ticket 
Anyway, don't think BUL or SLO would add something better than CAN to be honest. And SRB... they were simply pathetic in all qualifiers. They don't deserve to be in the games.
No thread for this so I will just leave it here...
Sada Cruzeiro wins the south american championship, again.
Good fight from UPCN. I'm surprised they made it to the final defeating both Taubate and Bolivar since they aren't exactly having a good year in the league (they are not even top 4 in the table currently). On the other hand Bolivar who are still unbeaten in the league was pretty bad (they were also bad at the Libertadores, I think Weber's poor coach skills are exposed when he's outside his "league safe space").
Taubate was also relatively poor, but their unpaid players probably lack motivation for anything...
Hopefully FIVB will invite an argentinian team to club WCh this time... I was really pissed off with that shitty 4 team tournament last year.
Pool B is tough, but not that bad for class-A teams. France only need to beat Argentina and Tunisia to advance to 1/4.
It's extremely similar to their Rio group:
Brazil = Brazil
USA = USA
France = France
Russia = Italy
Argentina = Canada
Tunisia = Mexico
IMO although they would be favorites over ARG I can see France and Russia flopping from this one. I think only Brazil and USA are sure bets to advance.
Yeah, the 12 players Canada will take are probably the most obvious out of all the teams.
So do we have the official pools now?
It's already on this page...
I'm not sure if I got everything right but if Cuba wins 3-1 and Puerto Rico beats Canada there is still chance we see Simon in Tokio?
Yes.
Congrats Venezuela. Just win a set in Tokyo, please.
Yeah, let's get back to how many European teams should be at the OG.
Or to investigate if x player is gay/lesbian 
the only two topics discussed in the forum these days.
Does Chile have any chance left to qualify?
Nope. They are quite literally only there to screw Colombia 
I hope the colochos make it, I feel bad about their loss in the women's and it would be a special first time for them. Also, because VEN or COL wouldn't make any difference for the level of OG.
Btw, Turkish volleyball did not start yesterday, it started in 2003 women's european championship which Turkey hosted and came 2nd. After that, women's volleyball has always been popular in Turkey which explains why new girls keep coming with potential and Turkish league became so popular in world.
So yeah, yesterday...
They didn't play any WCh before 2006 and this will be only their 2nd olympics. Not to talk about Men's team, which has done literally nothing.
Compare that to Brazil, USA, Russia/USSR, Italy, China, Cuba, Japan, even Korea. Only Serbia has a similar short history like them but at least they have a strong men's team since a long time ago.
I mean, no disrespect, it's good progress for such a little time. But they are in diapers still.
Could they beat Serbia/Brazil? They lost to Korea convincingly in Rio, the World Cup and Asian Games, not to mention Korea always brings their best game to the Olympics. And with the Dominican Republic you never know..... they're kind of a crazy team.
I'm not saying they have no chance, but it would depend on their matches with Korea and Dominican Republic.
USA hasn't lost to Russia in years.
I mean, they defeated Serbia at WCh.
And I see no reason to believe they wouldn't beat DR at home.
Japan might not even make it out of group stages, with teams like Serbia, Brazil, Korea, and Dominican.
You joking? Japan is 100% making it out of that weaker group at their home olympics.
Why is there such hate for Turkey in here?
Cuz their users here are a bit annoying and entitled despite their country started playing volleyball yesterday and hasn't won anything of significance.
Anyway, i was cheering for them these last two games since the comeback yesterday was awesome.
Will there be a livestream for final match Turkye-Germany??
There is that turkish channel in youtube, D-smart or something like that.
Ok, Iran won so these will be the pools for Tokyo:
A
Japan
Poland
Italy
Canada*
Iran
South american team
B
Brazil
USA
Russia
Argentina
France
Tunisia
Lol. Well, I'd rather Serbia be there at Tokyo than either of these teams.
They were pathetic in the two qualifiers they played. Honestly it's better that they won't go.
Always have a cuban in your team, but never make a team of 7 of them.
I didn't want Canada to win because now I'm certain France will be in our pool, but oh well...
where you watch, people, please link
search the game in the list there.
aaaaand Cuba imploded, as is tradition. They are making a ton of errors now.
Don't see them winning the 5th, when they "leave" the match they rarely come back.
The most embarrassing Canada NT I've seen in at least a decade is getting humiliated in front of its home crowd. What the hell happened in the last 4 years?
They also had lost 0-3 to Cuba in the Rio qualifiers, so this isn't new.
Honestly I've always thought Canada has very average players. They are an example of the whole being bigger than the sum of its parts.
Anyway, they can still win this one... we'll see.
My heart is racing fast and I'm not even a fan of either team. Wow
