Water Polo Discussion | Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Road to LA 2028

[Gianlu33 6,029]

10 hours ago, copravolley said:

Italy won against Greece today for the first time in an official match in 2-3 years? 

Frist time after 4 loss in a row

 

[copravolley 647]

9 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

Frist time after 4 loss in a row

 

So, 2 years ago...

[hoversaBR 872]

21 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Here's what the bracket for the Division 2 World Cup looks like. Top 2 (plus ) advance to the Super Final.

 

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Well, I don't know if I expected anything from Argentina, Brazil, and Canada, but...

 

I think after this tournament, I'm sure that whoever qualifies will be humiliated in Los Angeles.

[copravolley 647]

Canada beat France in the group stage and then lost to Ukraine today  Ukraine played at the 1996 Olympics, but was very weak later+ its base was in Mariupol, which they lost to Russia. I wonder where they train now?

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[JoshMartini007 2,868]

28 minutes ago, hoversaBR said:

Well, I don't know if I expected anything from Argentina, Brazil, and Canada, but...

 

I think after this tournament, I'm sure that whoever qualifies will be humiliated in Los Angeles.

At this point Brazil is the favourite to take the Olympic quota. They were unfortunate in their draws during the league stage. Based on their pre-suspended performances, Russia is a good team and Georgia has been on the edge of being decent.

 

On a good day Canada can defeat Brazil, but we also have days where we lose to Ukraine, a team that loses to Malta on the regular.

 

As for 2028, let's hope South Africa decides to compete. We could also take on China/Japan.

[copravolley 647]

Canada played well here in the league phase, but these new rules, in my opinion, are more of a lottery and it is easier for an unpleasant surprise to happen to the favorite, although of course Canada has always been better in women's water polo, just like the USA. In Italy, I'm worried about the decline of the our women team and now that Russia returns, we might have a serious problem to qualifying for the Olympics, even with 12 teams. It's a tragedy. I know that young girls in the ITA prefer swimming in these times, but our swimming federation should try harder to promote water polo among young girls. Apparently, they have excellent finances, so let them keep doing anything. After all, not everyone has to swim in a 50-meter pool. For now, in my opinion, in women's water polo for Italy, naturalizing 1-2 strong girls, e.g. in the centre, would help a lot, but our federation is stil sleepingWhat good naturalization means was shown to us by the Italian NT in women's hockey and in water polo 1-2 such strong girls would be enough...

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[Adriano 839]

1 hour ago, copravolley said:

Canada beat France in the group stage and then lost to Ukraine today  Ukraine played at the 1996 Olympics, but was very weak later+ its base was in Mariupol, which they lost to Russia. I wonder where they train now?

Shock...

[copravolley 647]

Just now, Adriano said:

Shock...

From what I see, part of the 1996 Ukrainian NT from Atlanta later moved to the Russian NT team.

[Josh 13,552]

54 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

At this point Brazil is the favourite to take the Olympic quota. They were unfortunate in their draws during the league stage. Based on their pre-suspended performances, Russia is a good team and Georgia has been on the edge of being decent.

 

On a good day Canada can defeat Brazil, but we also have days where we lose to Ukraine, a team that loses to Malta on the regular.

 

As for 2028, let's hope South Africa decides to compete. We could also take on China/Japan.

Agree, but France is also a good team and we beat them

[copravolley 647]

I think that France will be weaker now after Paris 2024. This is already happening with women... They're only the 6th or 7th most popular team sport – I think only Marseille has a good water polo club here.