MHSN 3,047 Posted July 25, 2022 #61 Share Posted July 25, 2022 7 minutes ago, rafalgorka said: Yes, it is like basketball tournament in Tokyo, sb wrote about it here few months ago. Another stupid change in olympic "core event" format. Ehhh... it's different, that was the original idea with 52 matches, now it's 48 with probably a new format Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 242 Posted July 25, 2022 #62 Share Posted July 25, 2022 English language version of the PDF.. https://olympics.nbcsports.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/Paris-2024-Olympic-Sport-Events-Schedule.pdf rafalgorka 1 Paris 2024 competition schedule by Day Paris 2024 competition schedule by Sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 242 Posted July 25, 2022 #63 Share Posted July 25, 2022 22 minutes ago, MHSN said: how come volleyball has 48 matches ? (24 for each gender) it doesn't make sense. if we count 8 matches for knockout rounds, how we can have a preliminary round with 16 matches ? even with 3 groups of 4 it should be 18 what I am missing here ? only 6 teams advance to the knockout round ? They didn't list the bronze and gold medal matches. There are 36 preliminary round games (so it's likely the 3 groups of 4 format from basketball). 4 QF for each gender, 2 SF. Dates and times for the rest are TBD MHSN 1 Paris 2024 competition schedule by Day Paris 2024 competition schedule by Sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,047 Posted July 25, 2022 #64 Share Posted July 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, Quaker2001 said: They didn't list the bronze and gold medal matches. There are 36 preliminary round games (so it's likely the 3 groups of 4 format from basketball). 4 QF for each gender, 2 SF. Dates and times for the rest are TBD thanks, now it makes sense still a terrible format though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 242 Posted July 25, 2022 #65 Share Posted July 25, 2022 23 minutes ago, MHSN said: thanks, now it makes sense still a terrible format though Yea, I don't get it either. Makes sense for basketball where asking teams to play multiple days in a row is a tough ask. Not so much with volleyball. And now instead of sessions including 2 games, your ticket only gets you 1. Paris 2024 competition schedule by Day Paris 2024 competition schedule by Sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,536 Posted July 25, 2022 #66 Share Posted July 25, 2022 18 minutes ago, Quaker2001 said: Yea, I don't get it either. Makes sense for basketball where asking teams to play multiple days in a row is a tough ask. Not so much with volleyball. And now instead of sessions including 2 games, your ticket only gets you 1. volleyball has always had a problem with the lenght of the matches...most sessions in the previous olympics have gone way beyond the scheduled time... so, they wanted to have longer time slots for each match and less matches in total in the preliminary rounds (using 2 different venues was never an option)... p.s. just to explain...personally, I don't like this new format at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 242 Posted July 25, 2022 #67 Share Posted July 25, 2022 1 hour ago, phelps said: volleyball has always had a problem with the lenght of the matches...most sessions in the previous olympics have gone way beyond the scheduled time... so, they wanted to have longer time slots for each match and less matches in total in the preliminary rounds (using 2 different venues was never an option)... p.s. just to explain...personally, I don't like this new format at all... It's a fair point. I know volleyball is a lot like tennis that way where a match can be relatively short or run really long. I'm old enough that I remember volleyball in the Olympics before rally scoring, so I can only imagine how long some matches took then. And I do remember the start of some matches from Tokyo delayed because the previous match ran long. So if that's no longer an issue, then perhaps this has some value, even if it means fewer games being played Paris 2024 competition schedule by Day Paris 2024 competition schedule by Sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 4,756 Posted July 25, 2022 #68 Share Posted July 25, 2022 No boxing finals on the last day of the Games.... last time that happened was LA 1984 Olympics. Time to read through the schedule in detail to see what day Ireland might win their first medal..... as always, not an easy task.... like finding a needle in a haystack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplecast 110 Posted July 26, 2022 #69 Share Posted July 26, 2022 6 hours ago, OlympicIRL said: No boxing finals on the last day of the Games.... last time that happened was LA 1984 Olympics. Time to read through the schedule in detail to see what day Ireland might win their first medal..... as always, not an easy task.... like finding a needle in a haystack Were you around for the W 400 IM in 1996? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 4,756 Posted July 26, 2022 #70 Share Posted July 26, 2022 4 hours ago, Triplecast said: Were you around for the W 400 IM in 1996? Yes I am old enough to remember, I watched it live on TV with my family in the small hours of the morning. It was the first Olympics I followed as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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