Men's Volleyball FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournaments 2023

[Topicmaster1010 5,355]

10 minutes ago, Josh said:

Not a thing. Sure there may be a few instances.. (Canada’s loss to Belgium in 4 as an example) but not a thing. 

I was also including professional sports teams in that group but I guess if you you're just talking about the national teams, you're probably right

 

Either way definitely hoping for a victory in a few hours!

Edited October 8, 2023 by Topicmaster1010

[NearPup 3,496]

 really doesn’t deserve to be bailed out by a  team that was playing for pride (and ranking points).

 

…still obviously really happy about it. But the team really doesn’t deserve to be in a position where it controls its own destiny vs .

[Josh 11,528]

Canada takes the first set 25-20 over Mexico!

[Josh 11,528]

Canada goes 2-0 up, taking the second set 25-21!

 

Canada was 20-10 up at one point… 

[orangeman 2,285]

Hard to complain about being up 2-0, but here I go!

 

That was not a great second half of set 2.  Yikes.  

 

But just one more!  

[Josh 11,528]

Against all odds, qualifies for the Olympics, as they take the third set 25-15, and defeat Mexico 3-0! 

 

Third consecutive Olympics that we’ve qualified a men’s volleyball team!

[orangeman 2,285]

Yay!  Going to Paris!

 

Never in doubt.  

[NearPup 3,496]

qualifying is a really pleasant surprise, both in the broader context but especially after the terrible performance against yesterday.

 

Third Olympics in a row for the team is quite special.

[NearPup 3,496]

Just now, orangeman said:

Never in doubt.  

Sure bud, start deleting some posts

[NearPup 3,496]

For the record I still think that this is a terrible qualification system and that Canada got extremely lucky to be drawn into the group hosted by (which was *by far* the worst "top seed").