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Women's Volleyball Tournament at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024


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22 hours ago, Jinzha said:

:NED team was announced this week:

Celeste Plak
Jolien Knollema
Juliet Lohuis
Sarah van Aalen
Anne Buijs
Britt Bongaerts
Indy Baijens 
Marrit Jasper
Nika Daalderop
Eline Timmerman
Florien Reesink
Elles Dambrink
Nova Marring (reserve)

 

Only two players remaining from the 2016 Olympic squad: Celeste Plak and Anne Buijs. Technically there is a third, because former setter Laura Dijkema is joining the coaching staff.

 

Nova Marring as a reserve is a surprise to me, I would've expected her over Knollema or Plak (Buijs can also play her position I believe). She is one of the highlights of the new generation. What do you think @CCB @AsensioWillemsen?

I would have preferred Marring over Buijs personally. Although I'm afraid we won't qualify for the KO phase anyway.

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On 6/26/2024 at 3:17 PM, Jinzha said:

Not a great schedule for :NED . Two 09:00 AM games and I would've preferred :ITA or :TUR as final opponent. Now if we lose both of our first two games, it'll likely already be over before we face :DOM and there is little meaning to potentially our only winnable game.

From a television perspective I don't mind 9 AM games, but being the first to play in the final round is also a big issue.

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On 6/27/2024 at 12:44 AM, Kerkun said:

Group C done dirty with 5 matches at 9 am. The other two groups haven't got any matches this early.

No. Group C ate my dog at 8:34am on Sunday. They scared my children and that was stressful, seeming as though I am a single mother-father of 13.

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