Water Polo Qualification for Summer Olympic Games 2016

[lapaj 438]

+6 not bad start.

[hckošice 16,623]

Shooting practice for Germany...

Edited April 3, 2016 by hckosice

[OlympicsFan 860]

We are destroying South Africa ... 

Spain seems beatable for us, which probably means that we will lose by 10 goals or something like that. The dutch win is pretty bad for us. I still think that Spain and Italy will be first and second, but now it will be very difficult for us to become 3rd, which would be our only chance to qualify.

[hckošice 16,623]

Men's Final Olympic Qualification

Tournament

Trieste (ITA) - 03.04.2016 - 10.04.2016

 

Preliminary Round

12 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations will Qualify to Quarterfinals

 

Day 1 Results

 

Group A

 

Russia  6 - 7  Canada

(Score by Period: 1-1, 2-2, 2-1, 1-3)

3rd April 2016, h. 13:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste

 

France  7 - 13  Hungary      

(Score by Period : 0-6, 4-2, 0-3, 3-2)

3rd April 2016, h. 15:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste

 

Slovakia 11 - 13  Romania  

(Score by Period : 4-3, 2-5, 3-2, 2-3)

3rd April 2016, h. 16:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste

 

Group A Provisional Standing After Day 1

RANK	NATION	GAME	WINS	DRAW	LOST	GF	GR	GD	POINTS
1	Hungary	1	1	0	0	13	7	+6	2
2	Romania	1	1	0	0	13	11	+2	2
3	Canada	1	1	0	0	7	6	+1	2
4	Russia	1	0	0	1	6	7	-1	0
5	Slovakia	1	0	0	1	11	13	-2	0
6	France	1	0	0	1	7	13	-6	0

 

 

Group B

 

Spain  5 - 7  Netherlands

(Score by Period: 3-2, 0-2, 0-2, 2-1)

3rd April 2016, h. 17:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste

 

South Africa  4 - 23  Germany      

(Score by Period : 0-6, 2-4, 1-8, 1-5)

3rd April 2016, h. 19:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste

 

Italy 14 - 3  Kazakhstan  

(Score by Period : 4-1, 3-0, 4-1, 3-1)

3rd April 2016, h. 20:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste

 

Group B Provisional Standing After Day 1

RANK	NATION	GAME	WINS	DRAW	LOST	GF	GR	GD	POINTS
1	Germany	1	1	0	0	23	4	+19	2
2	Italy	1	1	0	0	14	3	+11	2
3	Netherlands	1	1	0	0	7	5	+2	2
4	Spain	1	0	0	1	5	7	-2	0
5	Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1	3	14	-11	0
6	South Africa	1	0	0	1	4	23	-19	0

 

Edited April 6, 2016 by hckosice

[Jur 700]

Disaster tournament from Spain so far. Yesterdays lost was tragic, but today they're not showing any improvement in their gameplay...

[JoshMartini007 2,863]

If Spain loses to Germany they are pretty much out, they'll finish fourth and have no chance at defeating Hungary. At this rate maybe Kazakhstan will defeated them too.

[OlympicsFan 860]

22 minutes ago, Jur said:

Disaster tournament from Spain so far. Yesterdays lost was tragic, but today they're not showing any improvement in their gameplay...

We are just better than you! 

No, seriously, you will win any way. In the end you should only avoid 4th place in the group, so that you wont face Hungary, you will beat anyone else in the quarterfinal.

This reminds me of your mens basketball team at the european championships last year, i have absolutely no doubt that you will qualify here.

[OlympicsFan 860]

Our team is playing like always. First it looks as if they might really do something good, but in the end they always fail. I have no doubt that it will be the same here. We are always close to a big result, but never quite get there. Lets not forget that we shouldnt even be here, so you cant even say that we deserve to qualify.

[nenad 456]

Spain is actualy winning right now, the way you were writing I thought it lost already

[EselTheDonkey 838]

Not bad so far. And since Netherlands beat Spain, we may have a chance finishing second even with a close loss against Spain. I don't believe that we'll win today.