[POLL- VOLLEYBALL] Which nations will win the Gold Medals in Men's and Women's Volleyball Tournaments?

[phelps 8,278]

3 hours ago, Josh said:

Even with the recent crop of injuries people are still picking  in the women’s tournament 

if the starters are fine, injuries won't play any role

 

and let's be clear...for our girls, it's now or never...this generation has dominated the youth tournaments and now must put the icing on the cake, it's time for our Volleyball to win the first Olympic Gold medal 

 

and the guys, who are way more in trouble than the girls after Anzani's loss, also have to fill that damn void 

 

I'm confident that at least 1 gold will come...and the magic double is also not impossible

 

Tonight I'm on the positive side 

 

Tomorrow is another day 

[MHSN 3,771]

 and  

 

time to break the Olympic curse 

 

I remember the days when Italy dominating the World Champs (and World League) with Velasco and the coach before him but still always failed the tie break against the Netherlands at the Olympics ! 

 

actually I just re-watched the 1996 final recently. have to say volleyball looked like a completely different sport back then. 

Edited July 22, 2024 by MHSN

[heywoodu 15,997]

4 minutes ago, MHSN said:

 and  

 

time to break the Olympic curse 

 

I remember the days when Italy dominating the World Champs (and World League) with Velasco and the coach before him but still always failed the tie break against the Netherlands at the Olympics ! 

 

actually I just re-watched the 1996 final recently. have a say volleyball looked like a completely different sport back then. 

In seperate 'elections' throughout the years on TV that was voted as both 'Dutch sports moment of the century' and 'Best match ever'  

 

I was 5, so of course don't remember it, but my parents told me we were on vacation and they got up specifically to watch it because the hype was massive (normally they might watch some Olympic events here and there, but definitely won't wake up or stay home for it)  

[Olympicsnell 332]

I was gonna put money on poland men and italy women...reading this im being scared off poland men 🤣