Josh 7,942 Posted September 16, 2023 #81 Share Posted September 16, 2023 defeat 3-2! Gianlu33, maestro, ChandlerMne and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCB 526 Posted September 16, 2023 #82 Share Posted September 16, 2023 33 minutes ago, Josh said: defeat 3-2! Well, finally we can congrat you @Josh. Really sad way to start the tournament for The Netherlands, but they were really choking in het 1st, 4th and especially 5th set. I expected a lot more, but in the end: we lost in recent months two times against Canada, so we have to admit Canada is really the better one now. Good luck in the rest of the tournament; I give Canada just a small chance to beat Serbia and China, but fighting spirit they have, so who knows!! maestro and Josh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 7,942 Posted September 16, 2023 #83 Share Posted September 16, 2023 10 minutes ago, CCB said: Well, finally we can congrat you @Josh. Really sad way to start the tournament for The Netherlands, but they were really choking in het 1st, 4th and especially 5th set. I expected a lot more, but in the end: we lost in recent months two times against Canada, so we have to admit Canada is really the better one now. Good luck in the rest of the tournament; I give Canada just a small chance to beat Serbia and China, but fighting spirit they have, so who knows!! Yes, Netherlands may not have played their best game, but I have no doubt that they'll rebound from this loss. Wasn't exactly pleased with Canada's performance either, despite the win. Pissed off with our efforts during sets 2 and 3, we really struggled to kill the ball. Of course, it didn't help that Netherlands were on fire. Anyways, if we want to qualify for the Olympics, we'll need to play much better than we did today. Best of luck to you as well @CCB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noorderling29 156 Posted September 16, 2023 #84 Share Posted September 16, 2023 I left the house at 10 - 13 in the 5th, and saw at my phone that the set ended at 13-15. Was not aware that the team came back, just to give it away again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,381 Posted September 16, 2023 #85 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Good start for Canada. If we can get the win tomorrow against the Dominican Republic then we are looking good to meet our objective of maximizing our world ranking points. Adriano 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano 519 Posted September 16, 2023 #86 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Good start for Germany. Easy win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,834 Posted September 16, 2023 #87 Share Posted September 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Josh said: Yes, Netherlands may not have played their best game, but I have no doubt that they'll rebound from this loss. Wasn't exactly pleased with Canada's performance either, despite the win. Pissed off with our efforts during sets 2 and 3, we really struggled to kill the ball. Of course, it didn't help that Netherlands were on fire. Anyways, if we want to qualify for the Olympics, we'll need to play much better than we did today. Best of luck to you as well @CCB Thing is, there's hardly a significant 'bouncing back' to a loss against any of the 'lesser' teams (no offense to Canada at all, with 'lesser' teams I mean every team that's not Serbia or China ), and when losing against one of them, you'd basically have to beat not one, but both of the two top teams. Had the Netherlands won this, the exact same could have said about Canada of course, the Netherlands too is definitely one of those 'lesser' teams you really can't afford to lose to. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 7,942 Posted September 16, 2023 #88 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Day 1 Results Pool A (Ningbo, China) d. 3-0 (25-16, 25-19, 25-23) d. 3-2 (25-21, 21-25, 25-21, 24-26, 15-12) d. 3-2 (32-30, 19-25, 15-25, 25-17, 15-13) d. 3-0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-21) Pool B (Tokyo, Japan) d. 3-0 (25-19, 26-24, 25-21) d. 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-14) d. 3-0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-22) d. 3-0 (25-9, 25-19, 25-15) Pool C (Lodz, Poland) d. 3-0 (25-12, 25-12, 25-13) d. 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-20) d. 3-0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-22) d. 3-0 (25-11, 25-20, 25-17) Roamingrover86, maestro, El Analyzer and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,396 Posted September 17, 2023 #89 Share Posted September 17, 2023 (edited) Presumably there is no scenario where can qualify for the Olympics now that they have lost to . Realistically, if there a chance the qualifiers will not be ? I don't know how swingy the world ranking system is and how realistic it might be for the top 10 to change between now and June. Edited September 17, 2023 by NearPup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noorderling29 156 Posted September 17, 2023 #90 Share Posted September 17, 2023 (edited) Minor teams are eliminating each other. As they say, yesterday’s winners are today’s losers and vice versa. I think a lot can happen between now and June. A few bad losses to lower placed teams (like Dominican Republic against the Chechs) and you lose many points. Unless one of the minor teams (Germany f.I.) qualify, 10th place should be enough. NL and DR are currently 9th and 10th and have a significant cushion over Canada, of over 30 points. But yesterday has shown we are quite capable of losing the advantage over Canada. Edited September 17, 2023 by Noorderling29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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