Women's Volleyball FIVB World Championship 2022

[Monzanator 4,503]

beats 3-1. Just so some media hype doesn't go too far.

[CCB 565]

The Dutch team is not yet making a good impression. Tonight the derby against Belgium. Winning means they can keep dreaming of the quarterfinals, losing probably means the end of that ambition. Best impression so far of United States, Brazil and China.

[George_D 1,205]

On 9/30/2022 at 11:40 AM, CCB said:

The Dutch team is not yet making a good impression. Tonight the derby against Belgium. Winning means they can keep dreaming of the quarterfinals, losing probably means the end of that ambition. Best impression so far of United States, Brazil and China.

they arent on the same level as previous years

[vinipereira 3,240]

Wow, Serbia absolutely demolished the americans

[Monzanator 4,503]

beats 3-2.

[Jinzha 702]

If the Dutch team is suddenly much improved versus Italy today, that might be because I'll be cheering them on live. We'll see!

[phelps 7,678]

1 hour ago, Jinzha said:

If the Dutch team is suddenly much improved versus Italy today, that might be because I'll be cheering them on live. We'll see!

naaaa...it's because Italy so far have been less than convincing (still, we won all the games, especially the hard fight against Belgium) and because of the stupid rules of the championship (the fact that the quarterfinals won't be a crossover with the opposite pool, but teams will have to play again the same already seen in the main round)...

this makes it a lot more "tactical" and it might be better losing the main round match before the replay in the knockout stage...

 

by the way, good luck and enjoy the afternoon...

[Jinzha 702]

I tried...

 

Had a great afternoon though!

[vinipereira 3,240]

Predictions for the second round:

 

Pool E:

 

Pool F:

 

Although I won't be surprised if Belgium qualifies.

[JoshMartini007 2,538]

I'm hoping Canada can pull through with an upset in Pool F. On a good day we can win, but that also means we'll need a lot of good days. If we can somehow reach the quarterfinals that will place us within contention for an Olympic quota.