well I’m just comparing wcs vs Olympics
lol i'm just pulling your leg
I think original Olympics format was better than WCH, but the restriction of Olympics to a 12-woman roster always irked me.
well I’m just comparing wcs vs Olympics
lol i'm just pulling your leg
I think original Olympics format was better than WCH, but the restriction of Olympics to a 12-woman roster always irked me.
which is why Olympics are dumb and world champs should be considered a greater achievement. (I’ll still say this even if we win Paris)
nah, world championships you don't even face half the teams until the final match. World Cup should be a considered a greater achievement, because there is no avoiding any teams.
Generally, I think that if you are going to import someone from abroad, bring only the biggest stars: Bosković, Gabi, Vargas, etc.
Unfortunately the money is much much better in Turkish League.
They have problems with playing regularly in their clubs, etc. Perhaps it's a matter of putting too much pressure on junior successes, or maybe it's necessary to introduce limits on foreign players in Serie A? Many questions but few answers...
There already are limits on foreigners in Serie A? Last year Scandicci could never get it together because Malinov was awful and then they could never work around that limit.
China was the biggest disappointment. They played at home with full squad
We gave a five-year-old the keys to a ferrari...
You should also pray to draw Korea while Canada can’t lol
Canada doesn't want to face Korea, because they can gain like at most 1 point from a win. Lose a set and it's +0.01
You want to face teams that you believe are overrated in the current ranking system.
i just pray we don't draw Canada because it'll be a "double points" match and our track record vs them is just not great the drama it would give if it were the last match, can you imagine (help)
FIVB:write that down! write that down!
If people wanna throw their matches vs NL to reach 5/6th place that'd be great
honestly i think Dutch should be fine. Canada would have to pray for an insanely lucky draw and to play out of their minds
Merged ranking of top 2 teams from each group + 2 best 3rd placed teams, first 4 sedeed teams pot, bottom 4 unsedeed pot, draw. It could be a hot mess.
that's actually so bad
So we finally know what Mazzanti want
Serbia's B team will try their best at VNL!
No way it’s host+11 in group, LOL, what is this?
I mean it could be beneficial to be in that group for sure also in terms of how them knock-out stage will go. I suppose, since we don’t have clear group crossing due to odd number of groups, that teams will be ranked 1-8 based on points and set ratio and then play standard 1-8, 2-7, 3-6 and so on..
that is how serpentine works, when you have an even number of teams per group.
What about after group stage?
I don't know
can someone explain how groups will be drawn?
Group A: Host 5 6 11
Group B: 1 4 7 10
Group C: 2 3 8 9
As you can see, it is beneficial to be in rank 5-6 because you get france and the african team.
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Its possible, but we dont want it. And after this year debacle, i am pretty sure Brazil will rest players too.
whoops, forgot that turkey also won the world cup.
So we can see with teams will play with full roster in VNL and probably Turkiye and Dominikana
As Turkey and USA have shown in 2023 and 2021, it's possible to play the A team in two events in the summer and win both.
So we can see with teams will play with full roster in VNL and probably Turkiye and Dominikana
we will see which of those teams get lucky and face your B team for some juicy ranking points
CHN is in right theoretically since they are the ASIAN Qouta. Slight chance for JPN to take over though
No, Japan could in theory overtake us.
who will be the representative for Africa in olympic?
Kenya
After 2024 VNL, top 4 go to Paris:
- ITA (339.00)
- China (329.65)
- Japan (305.09)
- Netherlands (287.94)
- Canada (265.66)
- Germany (229.32)
- Thailand (222.00)
Probably Germany and Thailand are too low to have practical chances of overtaking Netherlands (60 point gap...), but i included it just cuz
Everyone below Thailand is too low to even give theoretical consideration
Display MoreI can’t wait to watch Scandicci next season. Antropova is really proving herself…
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Herbots - Zhu
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Too bad this has one extra foreigner spot than permitted for A1.
CEV CL, yes, this would be the team to go with.