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[orangeman 1,989]

5 hours ago, Josh said:

5-2 at the Women’s Volleyball Olympic Qualifiers, with two 3-0 victories today and yesterday against Czech Republic and Mexico. Germany is still in the mix for a quota, but assuming they don’t qualify, it’ll be a battle between us and Netherlands at VNL 2024 for a spot in Paris. 

The top 5 ranked teams not already qualified will do so through rankings, correct? Canada is now #5 on the yet to be qualified teams, but it also has to included teams from all continents. Africa and Oceania do not have qualified teams, so do they automatically get spots (Kenya and Australia)?

[Topicmaster1010 4,166]

1 minute ago, orangeman said:

The top 5 ranked teams not already qualified will do so through rankings, correct? Canada is now #5 on the yet to be qualified teams, but it also has to included teams from all continents. Africa and Oceania do not have qualified teams, so do they automatically get spots (Kenya and Australia)?

Kenya, yes. Oceania doesn't have their own confederation so Australia won't be an issue. Right now, Canada is one spot outside from qualifying through rankings.

[orangeman 1,989]

1 minute ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Kenya, yes. Oceania doesn't have their own confederation so Australia won't be an issue. Right now, Canada is one spot outside from qualifying through rankings.

Got it, thanks!

[Josh 10,489]

Apparently, Ryan Sclater has retired from the NT due to some dispute. Not a good sign for our Olympic hopes. 

Edited September 29, 2023 by Josh

[Josh 10,489]

Men’s Volleyball OQT roster: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxwSWYEPiLG/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Edited September 29, 2023 by Josh

[Surlympics 730]

Can we finish top 3 like our women did?

[Josh 10,489]

Canada with an important 3-2 (25-21, 23-25, 24-26, 25-18, 15-12) victory over Netherlands to start off their OQT! Nimir led Netherlands with 29 points. Maar was Canada’s top scorer with 19 points, followed by Szwarc with 18 points. Up next, Argentina. 

Edited September 30, 2023 by Josh

[Surlympics 730]

Did Canada just get maximum points off Argentina ??

Edited October 1, 2023 by Surlympics

[JoshMartini007 2,536]

9 minutes ago, Surlympics said:

Did Canada just get maximum points off Argentina ??

Huge opportunity for Canada. There's still a lot left to play, but we are now favoured at winning one of the quotas.

[orangeman 1,989]

11 minutes ago, Surlympics said:

Did Canada just get maximum points off Argentina ??

Yes, they won 3-1. NDL and ARG were the two teams they had to beat to potentially finish top-2, since Poland is #1 in the world.  Their other competition are ranked below them, but not by much so there's still work to do. However, Canada looked really good in both matches so far (although they need to clean up their serves a bit). Cautiously optimistic.