Federer91 2,140 Posted June 23, 2023 #11 Share Posted June 23, 2023 22 minutes ago, MHSN said: FIVB making revolutionary changes in its calendar, WCh qualifications and Olympic qualifications https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/volleyball-calendar-2025-2028-approved-by-the-fivb?id=100917 for 2028 Olympic 2026 Continental Champs will act as the Continental qualifiers. to me that's too early , 2 years before the Games? I wouldn't call it a revolutionary change in the calendar. They haven't done anything, bar adding an additional WC. Which is funny given the sentence from the article "These adjustments are part of the FIVB’s ongoing efforts to streamline the international volleyball calendar, aiming to enhance the overall fan experience while prioritizing the health and wellbeing of the athletes" Nothing screams "athletes health" like adding more competitions. Now during Olympic years, they would kill 2 competitions - the Nations league before them, because all teams would be preparing for the OG and then Continental Championships after it, because the big teams would have given their all at the OG. If they wanted to make a revolutionary change, then they should have moved the VNL from it's current slot. Won't even commentate the lack of proper Olympic qualification and the absurd world rankings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prso1000 540 Posted June 24, 2023 #12 Share Posted June 24, 2023 I think the new qualification system is much better than the old one. At least we will very likely see 10 best team plus host plus African Champion at the olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaBUru38 205 Posted June 29, 2023 #13 Share Posted June 29, 2023 So 15 of the 32 world championship teams will be selected by the world ranking. That's awful. The 5 continental champions will qualify to the Olympics. That's good, but could be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,893 Posted July 13, 2023 #14 Share Posted July 13, 2023 Men's Sub-21 World Championships in Manama the semifinals will be played by vs and vs Josh and Benolympique 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,893 Posted July 15, 2023 #15 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Men's Sub-21 World Championships in Manama Gold Medal match: vs Tomorrow @ 7 p.m. CET earlier Today, beat 3-1 (23-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-18) in the 1st semifinal; beat 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-20) in the 2nd semifinal Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,893 Posted July 16, 2023 #16 Share Posted July 16, 2023 @MHSN Men's Sub-21 World Championships in Manama Gold: Iran Silver: Italy Bronze: Bulgaria Gold Medal match: b. 3-2 (25-20, 23-25, 23-25, 25-16, 15-9) Bronze Medal match: b. 3-0 (25-22, 28-26, 25-19) 4 years later, in the same place...and it's the same old story Iran beat Italy once again in the World final...and for us it's the 5th loss in 6 chances in a men's sub-21 world final Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,221 Posted July 17, 2023 #17 Share Posted July 17, 2023 (edited) @phelps Italy won the senior World Champs, you can afford losing junior titles winning the 2019 event didn't turn out good for our volleyball. that coach took credit for that team (which he didn't deserve, that team had 4-5 players already in the senior team) he is now the current senior NT head coach and you can see the current mess he created. few of these guys have the potential to be in the senior NT soon but they seriously need to change their behavior. acting like a jerk won't get you anywhere. we had some funny story in this competition. Iran almost lost to Tunisia in the 2nd day had to come back from 2 sets down to win the tiebreak but at the end of the competition Iran finished 1st and Tunisia finished 16th (last) Edited July 17, 2023 by MHSN phelps and Josh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,599 Posted July 20, 2023 #18 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Our girls are in the semifinals of the European U17s. They won all 7 matches in their group. It's a pretty big deal because we are not really a good volleyball country. They also won the Balkan U17s recently, beating several strong teams along the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 5,763 Posted July 29, 2023 #19 Share Posted July 29, 2023 (edited) Volleyball Challenge Cup Semifinals (Winners of each tournament will qualify for VNL 2024) Women v. v. Men v. v. Go Sweden (+ Haak)! Edited July 29, 2023 by Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 5,763 Posted July 30, 2023 #20 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Volleyball Challenge Cup Semifinals Results Women d. 3-1 (25-17, 25-17, 22-25, 25-17) d. 3-0 (25-10, 25-20, 25-22) and will battle for bronze, and will battle for gold. Men d. 3-2 (18-25, 25-23, 25-17, 19-25, 15-13) d. 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 27-25) and will battle for bronze, and will battle for gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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