Handball Qualification for Summer Olympic Games 2016

[heywoodu 15,334]

  On 4/9/2016 at 7:08 PM, LDOG said:

 

I agree, but I wrote "isn't always true".

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And nobody said that it's always true, so basically nobody disagrees with you or ever did so and you're just making a point that everybody already agreed on  

[heywoodu 15,334]

  On 4/9/2016 at 7:11 PM, bestmen said:

Tunisia is Nederland of Africa

they are strong in all sports

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[Agger 1,664]

  On 4/9/2016 at 6:21 PM, MHSN said:

 

Nope. they will be out if they lose to Spain, even by 1 goal. on other hand Slovenia is 99% qualified,

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Are you sure about that?

Swedish media says that a 2 goals loss is enough...

[OlympicsFan 860]

  On 4/9/2016 at 7:07 PM, LDOG said:

 

1) many users, when the draw came in the old forum everyone was sure that Poland and Macedonia were unquestionably going to get the tickets.

 

2) I don't agree that Macedonia is weaker than those specific nations you mentioned (results of mid-level european handball teams seem to vary a lot with each tournament), but it isn't important to my point. I just criticize the eurocentric prejudice that made everyone predict Macedonia when Tunisia has a lot of players based in european clubs and has produced great results in the past.

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Ok, i dont remember saying that and i dont agree. Macedonia isnt really a strong team and non-european teams like Argentina, Tunisia, Egypt or Qatar can beat them any time. In my opinion Hungary and Russia are stronger, but Macedonia qualified, so there is nothing really to argue about. Iceland is very "up and down", so its difficult to say if they wouldve done better than Macedonia here.

[MHSN 3,654]

  On 4/9/2016 at 7:15 PM, Agger said:

 

Are you sure about that?

Swedish media says that a 2 goals loss is enough...

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Oops, you are right

 

if Spain beat Sweden by 2 goals, then both teams will have a GD of -1. let's say Spain beat Sweden X to X-2. then:

 

SLO +2 GD

SWE -1 GD / Goals 22+X

ESP -1 GD / Goals 21+X

 

SWE advances virtue of scoring more goals.

[bestmen 2,831]

  On 4/9/2016 at 7:13 PM, OlympicsFan said:

Netherlands? They are pretty good considering their size, but ...

1) They have no teams in water polo, rugby or football.

2) Spain or France are (much) stronger overall in team sports.

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no team in football are you serious !! they have been many times in the final / semi world cup /euro and these players legends : Vanbasten, koeman, Gulit ...Cruyff

and in women's  water polo  they won the silver in the WC

just look at the table of medals   they are always one of the best

[heywoodu 15,334]

  On 4/9/2016 at 7:40 PM, bestmen said:

 

no team in football are you serious !! they have been many times in the final / semi world cup /euro and these players legends : Vanbasten, koeman, Gulit ...Cruyff

and in women's  water polo  they won the silver in the WC

just look at the table of medals   they are always one of the best

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He means we have no teams in water polo, rugby and football (and basketball) at the next Olympics  

 

Apart from that, I must agree that we are definitely not the strongest country overall in Europe...maybe we are top-10, but no way we are first  

 

But alright, this thread is about handball and at least there we do have a team in Rio 

Edited April 9, 2016 by heywoodu

[OlympicsFan 860]

  On 4/9/2016 at 7:40 PM, bestmen said:

 

no team in football are you serious !! they have been many times in the final / semi world cup /euro and these players legends : Vanbasten, koeman, Gulit ...Cruyff

and in women's  water polo  they won the silver in the WC

just look at the table of medals   they are always one of the best

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I was talking about qualified teams for Rio, i thought thats what we are talking about here ...

Netherlands also didnt qualify for european championships in football this year, they arent very strong anymore and you cant compare their current team to the team they had about 40 years ago. Its almost like saying that Hungary is very strong in football, with players like Puskas, Kocsis, Bozsik, Hidegkuti, Grosics, Czibor or Lorant.

[rybak 3,239]

Rio, we are coming!  Finally we have qualified team to the Games! 

[hckošice 15,099]

Men's Final Olympic Qualification

Tournament 1

Gdansk (POL) - 08.04.2016 - 10.04.2016

 

Round-Robin

4 Nations, Round-Robin Tournament, 1st and 2nd Nations will Qualify to the Men's Handball Olympic Tournament 2016

 

Day 2 Results

Macedonia  26 - 32  Tunisia  

(Half Time Score: 10-17)

9th April 2016, h. 18:30 (GMT +2), Ergo Arena, Gdansk

 

Poland  35 - 27  Chile

(Half Time Score: 19-13)

9th April 2016, h. 20:30 (GMT +2), Ergo Arena, Gdansk

 

Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 2

RANK	NATION	GAME	WINS	DRAW	LOSE	SCORE	POINTS
1	Poland	2	2	0	0	60:47	4
2	Tunisia	2	2	0	0	67:55	4
3	Macedonia	2	0	0	2	46:57	0
4	Chile	2	0	0	2	56:70	0

 

 

 

Following Nations Have Qualified to Men's Handball Olympic Tournament

• Poland
• Tunisia