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I couldn't care less about our match. Another bronze in water polo means close to nothing to us. And I think the Hungarian players feel the same because they seem out of it. 

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Croatia is probably winning this, but honestly wouldn't be surprised if we somehow pull this off. This tournament is a shitshow, we got the players to win it, we just need to properly focus for once.

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Looking really bad for Hungarian water polo in Paris. I very much doubt that we will win a medal, both the men and the women are in bad form. 

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Really weird tournament so far with Australia advancing ahead of Hungary and Serbia in Group B and Montenegro getting eliminated in the group stage. 

 

Not sure what to make of this, other than the fact that Italy and Spain look the strongest, but the real competition will only start in the playoffs. 

 

 

 

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It should have been easier for us to win this quota because this team is a still medal contender for Paris. But at the very least we got it in the end, and that's what matters. And now let's get to the final. 

Edited February 12, 2024 by Vektor

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So the bracket is looking like...

 

 v  or

 v  or

 v  or  /

 v  or

 

Teams who haven't already qualified to Paris:            

 

I don't see any good reason to doubt that        will qualify. I guess  has a small chance for an upset. 

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4th World title for us. Every time the WCh takes place in a year that has a 3 as the last digit, we win. 1973, 2003, 2013, 2023. Time to bet on us in 2033. 

Edited July 29, 2023 by Vektor

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 wins against  and takes the 7th place. This pretty much proves that Canada is still very much in contention for the quota. 

Edited July 28, 2023 by Vektor

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  On 7/27/2023 at 6:59 PM, AsensioWillemsen said:

There will be more chances for Spain to get into the Olympics, faring well on the next WC will do, but tough luck to blow it like that.

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Yeah, I can't see any of the top nations missing. 

 

Host -

World -  

Europe -  or

America -

Asia -

Africa -

Oceania -

 

World -  or   +    

 

I can't even see which team would be able to shake things up here, this Top12 is solid. And if  refuses the quota,  would be the obvious alternate. This might be the most rock solid lineup out of all the team sports in Paris. 

Edited July 27, 2023 by Vektor

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The last goal... one of the craziest quota winning moments for us ever.

 

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WOOOOW!!!! What a match! The boys did it, from 9-11. With a last second goal!

 

 

Amazing. Spain can't have it all in water polo, not this year.

 

   qualify to Paris

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 is destroying , the tables have completely turned since the Tokyo final. 

 

 will take the first men's water polo quota.

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 wins against the  

 

This will be the highest placement for France at the Worlds and SOG since the 1948 London Olympic Games. 

Edited July 27, 2023 by Vektor

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  On 7/26/2023 at 10:42 AM, Benolympique said:

it would be better if Italy or Greece qualified for Europe. because Hungary is much stronger and will have the best chance of beating Canada and Australia.

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Continental qualification comes before the second World qualification. Which means that Australia will take the Oceania quota at the 2024 WCh no matter what. Unless somehow New Zealand take it from them, but that's almost impossible.

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This pretty much means that         will fight for 3 spots. 1 of these 3 European teams will take the European quota and then the other two will have to defeat Canada to qualify. 

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   qualify to Paris

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And now  will literally play for the  quota. I mean, they are also playing to reach the WCh final, but in terms of the Olympic qualification this will determine that whether we get one more European team or Canada in Paris, or New Zealand. Nothing against New Zealand, but their qualification would be kinda terrible. Canada at the very least is capable of beating a top European team on their best day. New Zealand would be a punching bag in Paris. 

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 wins the match and takes the quota

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Two upsets in a row might be too much to ask for from Italy, the Dutch are looking strong right now.

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I want a  v  final because that's something we haven't seen before and we could take proper revenge for the Tokyo SF. As classic as the Serbia-Hungary finals are, I have seen enough of those. And losing another quota to Spain would suck. I am tired of losing to Spain. They beat us at the Women Eurobasket in the semi and they beat us here in the women's tournament. Going 0/3 against them in team sports this year would be cruel, give us at least one win.

 

Now watch the final to be  v . 

Edited July 25, 2023 by Vektor

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Italy might as well win the entire competition at this point, but for now I am assuming that their miracle wasn't something that they can repeat, and  +  will take the quotas. If we ignore the giant Italian upset, this would be logical conclusion if you remove the US and Hungary from the table. I mean, apart from that one huge upset literally everything went down the most predictable way so far. But Italy did beat the Dutch at the Euros 3rd place match last year, so who knows...

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Struggling top teams, but in the end it will still be  v . The team that will improve the most after these almost disasterous matches will win that SF.

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That was painful to watch, the boys almost beat themselves. They will have to play much, MUCH better against Spain in the SF. 

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Very bizarre situation at our match. 4 minutes exclusion for the US, which is something I have never seen on a match this important. And then the refs exclude our goalkeeper and then another Hungarian player, so we had a 4v5 situation without a goalkeeper, which might be the single weirdest moment of a water polo match I have ever seen. 

Edited July 25, 2023 by Vektor

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Just when you think that Serbia is on a downward trajectory, they eliminate Italy in the QFs. No medal this time for Italy, after two WCh finals in 2019 and 2022.