Maxim Fastovsky 133 Posted January 13, 2020 #111 Share Posted January 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, Monzanator said: London OG was the first time FIVB used the serpentine system. Back then two highest men seeds (Brazil, Russia) were in the same group with #3 (Italy) & #4 (Poland) were in the GBR group. Same in the women's (USA, Brazil together while Japan & Italy in the GBR group). The last non-serpentine global volleyball tournaments were the 2010 World Championships (both men & women). Serpentine system is fine. Just dont rank the host as number 1. Rank them where they should be ranked. Rugby sevens uses serpentine system. But the host is ranked at its correct place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunadan 1,103 Posted January 13, 2020 #112 Share Posted January 13, 2020 With serpentine system without ranking Japan number 1 the only changes in group B would be Serbia instead of China (no big difference, they are the 2 strongest teams) and Japan instead of Russia (again no big difference, currently Russia is not better than Japan playing at home) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,866 Posted January 13, 2020 #113 Share Posted January 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, Maxim Fastovsky said: Serpentine system is fine. Just dont rank the host as number 1. Rank them where they should be ranked. Rugby sevens uses serpentine system. But the host is ranked at its correct place Rugby is even more shallow when it comes to teams than volleyball. And the host team will always get a bonus in the Olympic tournament. Japan's women team is actually quite good, obviously the men's team is much worse but FIVB wants to pamper the hosts and this is the way going forward. Poland and Italy will be in Japan's men group together with Canada, Venezuela & Iran if the serpentine holds up. USA, Brazil, Russia, France, Argentina & Tunisia will be in the other group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmateursDeSports 3 Posted February 1, 2020 #114 Share Posted February 1, 2020 We are gonna watch really good matches Usa Brasil China Serbia Italy Turkey and Japan will fight for the medals. Russia is weaker than those. Japan is at home. But Usa Brazil China Serbia Italy Turkey will fight well. Im impatient to see these matches. Group B is like a death pool. We will see. I can't estimate which one will be champion. There will be surprised in ranking in my opinion . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmo 180 Posted February 3, 2020 #115 Share Posted February 3, 2020 The pools are officially finalized for Tokyo 2020 POOL A: POOL B: Pool B is definitely stronger. I could see every team but Turkey going through. Pool A should have 4 easy qualifiers with Japan, Serbia, Brazil and Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinipereira 3,123 Posted February 4, 2020 #116 Share Posted February 4, 2020 2 hours ago, bmo said: The pools are officially finalized for Tokyo 2020 POOL A: POOL B: Pool B is definitely stronger. I could see every team but Turkey going through. Pool A should have 4 easy qualifiers with Japan, Serbia, Brazil and Korea. Turkey is at least better than Argentina and could upset any of the other teams on a good day (except maybe China). In group A, I wouldn't discard Dominican Republic so easily. I would say only Serbia and Japan are safe. thiago_simoes and bmo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,264 Posted February 4, 2020 #117 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) hace 4 horas, bmo dijo: The pools are officially finalized for Tokyo 2020 Pool B is definitely stronger. I could see every team but Turkey going through. Pool A should have 4 easy qualifiers with Japan, Serbia, Brazil and Korea. Don't be offended but your take is bad Our team has literally no chance. Winning even a set would be an achievement. Turkey and Russia will fight for 4th place there. In the other pool DR is at least equal to Korea and maybe Japan as well (though I think they will rise their level for this tournament). Serbia will win the pool easily and Brazil should be 2nd. Edited February 4, 2020 by LDOG bmo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,665 Posted February 4, 2020 #118 Share Posted February 4, 2020 5 hours ago, bmo said: The pools are officially finalized for Tokyo 2020 POOL A: POOL B: Pool B is definitely stronger. I could see every team but Turkey going through. Pool A should have 4 easy qualifiers with Japan, Serbia, Brazil and Korea. Is there a game schedule yet? I want to know who I’ll see this summer “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,459 Posted February 4, 2020 #119 Share Posted February 4, 2020 6 hours ago, Olympian1010 said: Is there a game schedule yet? I want to know who I’ll see this summer not yet... atm, the only news are about the new Ariake Arena being unveiled... https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/ariake-arena-unveiled-as-volleyball-prepares-for?id=90466 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benolympique 2,119 Posted June 9, 2021 #120 Share Posted June 9, 2021 https://usavolleyball.org/story/usav-announces-u-s-olympic-womens-volleyball-team/ Team USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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