Beach Volleyball FIVB Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2019

[CCB 612]

Then it's even stranger that some countries didn't send their best teams.

 

But thanks for the explanation.

[vinipereira 3,462]

23 minutes ago, CCB said:

Then it's even stranger that some countries didn't send their best teams.

 

But thanks for the explanation.

 

Why would any nation send their best team when this team will easily earn a quota for said nation via ranking?

 

Brazil for instance will get 2 pairs each gender in the rankings, so we sent a team that I think is not even eligible for Olympic participation (Angela/Carol), just to participate I guess?

 

[heywoodu 16,142]

Just noticed it now, but what's up with this incredibly unfair thing of having a group of four pairs, but each team only playing against two other teams instead of all three other teams?  

[Col_Frost 179]

Przed chwilą, heywoodu napisał:

Just noticed it now, but what's up with this incredibly unfair thing of having a group of four pairs, but each team only playing against two other teams instead of all three other teams?  

Winners of first matches plays for first place, losers for third. Strange system, I admit.

Edited September 19, 2019 by Col_Frost

[heywoodu 16,142]

Just now, Col_Frost said:

Winners of first matches plays for first place, losers for third. Strange system, I admit.

That's fine for some not so important 1-star tournament, but an OQT..? That's just unfair..

[Col_Frost 179]

Przed chwilą, heywoodu napisał:

That's fine for some not so important 1-star tournament, but an OQT..? That's just unfair..

The same is in World Tour, even 5-star tournaments, I'm afraid. I learned that yesterday...

[phelps 8,403]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

That's fine for some not so important 1-star tournament, but an OQT..? That's just unfair..

 

yeah, it's the regular format for world beach volleyball...the pairs are seeded according to their world ranking and the best faces the worst (and of course the 2 in between face each other) in the group's semifinals, then the winners are already through to the next ranking (but play for the group win and to have a better seeding in the knockout stage) and the losers play for the 3rd and last qualifying position in the group...

 

now here we have an abnormal situation because only 2 pairs advance to the semis, but in any other tournament all pairs still get 2 chances to go through (but of course you can be safe already at the firstr try, if you win the first match), so it's not so unfair...

 

the idea is to save some time (less matches in the schedule of the tournament without cutting the number of participants) and also to have all pairs playing 1 less match than what would need with a round robin preliminary stage, so to have the top pairs less tired and in better shape for the final phases of the tournament...

[phelps 8,403]

Women's Tournament

 

Pairs qualified to the Third Phase

 

Hermannova / Slukova

Wang / Xia

 Schützenhöfer/Plesiutschnig

Menegatti / Orsi-Toth

Liliana / Elsa

Ittlinger / Laboureur

Graudina / Kravcenoka

Wojtasik / Kociolek

[phelps 8,403]

Men's Tournament

 

Pairs qualified to the Third Phase

 

Gerson / Heidrich

Nicolai / Lupo

Andre / George

Berntsen / Mol

Semenov / Leshukov

Plavins / Tocs

Brouwer / Meeuwsen

Kantor / Losiak

[phelps 8,403]

Women's Tournament

 

Third Phase Draw

 

Pool I

Hermannova / Slukova

Wang / Xia

Liliana / Elsa

Wojtasik / Kociolek

 

Pool J

Menegatti / Orsi-Toth

 Schützenhöfer/Plesiutschnig

Ittlinger / Laboureur

Graudina / Kravcenoka