Water Polo Qualification for Summer Olympic Games 2016

[MHSN 3,651]

  On 3/23/2016 at 9:48 PM, dareza said:

So,Russia-Italy and Greece-USA will be first place in groups.

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if I understand the rules correctly, if RUS and ITA finish tied with less than 8 goals, NED will top the group

 

btw, in general tie breaking is a bit complicated in this sport

 

if they finish 9-9, their match against the winner of FRA/GER match determine the group winner lol

 

Page 60, here

http://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/fina_wp_referees_manual.pdf

[dareza 911]

  On 3/23/2016 at 11:17 PM, MHSN said:

 

if I understand the rules correctly, if RUS and ITA finish tied with less than 8 goals, NED will top the group

 

btw, in general tie breaking is a bit complicated in this sport

 

if they finish 9-9, their match against the winner of FRA/GER match determine the group winner lol

 

Page 60, here

http://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/fina_wp_referees_manual.pdf

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really?

[heywoodu 15,333]

Wonderful, thanks to Italy getting a draw for free by the referees, we probably have to play Spain in a fight for 1 Olympic ticket...our luck 

[phelps 7,797]

  On 3/24/2016 at 6:49 AM, heywoodu said:

Wonderful, thanks to Italy getting a draw for free by the referees, we probably have to play Spain in a fight for 1 Olympic ticket...our luck 

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I'd rather say: "thanks to our (your) lack of killer instinct" (let's say so...but we could say also "psychological fragility")...

don't forget that you wasted a 4 goal-margin in the last period against the Russians...

[Pavlo 149]

  On 3/24/2016 at 6:49 AM, heywoodu said:

Wonderful, thanks to Italy getting a draw for free by the referees, we probably have to play Spain in a fight for 1 Olympic ticket...our luck 

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u should be winning at home not looking on referees, c`mon, if u don`t take your chances it`s your risk

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 3/24/2016 at 8:18 AM, phelps said:

I'd rather say: "thanks to our (your) lack of killer instinct" (let's say so...but we could say also "psychological fragility")...

don't forget that you wasted a 4 goal-margin in the last period against the Russians...

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Also, they should have played better, obviously. But there's also the option (which looks more realistic) that 1. they didn't finish their chances and 2. Italy got some "help" (again, just like at the world championships).

 

1 doesn't exclude 2, but of course 2 also doesn't exclude 1  

[hckošice 15,085]

Women's Final Olympic Qualification

Tournament

Gouda (NED) - 21.03.2016 - 28.03.2016

 

Day 4 Results

 

Group A

United States  15 - 7  Greece    

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

24th March 2016, h. 15:20 (GMT +1), Groenhovenbad, Gouda

 

Japan  7 - 15  Canada      

(Score by Period : 2-1, 3-5, 0-5, 2-4)

24th March 2016, h. 16:40 (GMT +1), Groenhovenbad, Gouda

 

Spain  22 - 2  South Africa    

(Score by Period : 5-0, 6-0, 4-1, 7-1)

24th March 2016, h. 20:00 (GMT +1), Groenhovenbad, Gouda

 

 

Group A Provisional Standing After Day 4

RANK	NATION	GAME	WINS	DRAW	LOST	GF	GR	GD	POINTS
1	United States	4	4	0	0	55	21	+34	8
2	Greece	4	3	0	1	48	32	+16	6
3	Spain	4	2	0	2	62	30	+32	4
4	Canada	4	2	0	2	43	34	+9	4
5	Japan	4	1	0	3	29	62	-33	2
6	South Africa	4	0	0	4	12	70	-58	0

 

Group B

France  2 - 10  Russia    

(Score by Period: ?-?, ?-?, ?-?, ?-?)

24th March 2016, h. 12:40 (GMT +1), Groenhovenbad, Gouda

 

Italy  12 - 3  New Zealand      

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

24th March 2016, h. 14:00 (GMT +1), Groenhovenbad, Gouda

 

Netherlands  16 - 3  Germany    

(Score by Period : 3-0, 5-1, 4-2, 4-0)

24th March 2016, h. 18:30 (GMT +1), Groenhovenbad, Gouda

 

Group B Provisional Standing After Day 4

RANK	NATION	GAME	WINS	DRAW	LOST	GF	GR	GD	POINTS
1	Russia	4	3	1	0	51	16	+35	7
2	Italy	4	3	1	0	50	16	+34	7
3	Netherlands	4	2	2	0	46	24	+22	6
4	France	4	1	0	3	20	47	-27	2
5	Germany	4	1	0	3	18	55	-37	2
6	New Zealand	4	0	0	4	19	46	-27	0

 

 

 

Qualified Nations for Quarterfinals (Partial)

• Canada
• Greece
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Russia
• Spain
• United States
• TBD

 

 

Edited March 24, 2016 by hckosice

[heywoodu 15,333]

Canada gives away a 5-3 HT lead against Spain and loses 6-10. 

Meaning we will very likely play Spain in a direct match for an Olympic ticket... (unless some weird stuff happens with RUS and ITA ending up with a draw)

[JoshMartini007 2,559]

Shame, it was going to be hard no matter who our quarterfinal opponent was, but finishing fourth and facing the winner of Russia/Italy is pretty close to worse case scenario.

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 3/25/2016 at 3:16 PM, JoshMartini007 said:

Shame, it was going to be hard no matter who our quarterfinal opponent was, but finishing fourth and facing the winner of Russia/Italy is pretty close to worse case scenario.

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I'm guessing RUS, ITA and NED all would not exactly have been ideal opponents  

 

It's a shame that Spain just destroyed Canada in two segments of a few minutes (from 3-5 to 7-5 and later when moving up to 10-6)...there was more possible for the Canadians