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Yes, of course if these quota fall in the hands of tripartite there is no chance since it escapes WTF, but.. I don't know WTF could politely tell the eligible athletes from small nations to not apply, but even then the top ranked unqualified from an eligible nation is Maizeroi, so... yeah, it's impossible unless WTF makes a bullshit excuse and it would involve an insane lobby which I don't think we have.

Why? I know it's supposed to go to countries with few sports, but can't WTF just decide whatever they want?

Here --> ñ use it please, we spanish speakers cringe when it's not used Well, I hope this ecuatorian wins since they don't have quota. I also hope our remaining girl loses so we have more chance for wild card in -80 (don't think she'll win anyway).

Guzmán lost to the ecuatorian, total disappointment I have to process this.

Be patient please.

Well, it's entirely possible Guzmán loses to Muñoz, so why not. On the other side for me Pie will make the final 90% sure.

ugh this group sucks, but it's all the same really. If we win Brazil but lose all other games +20 I'll still be happy

It's not a big surprise for me that Crismanich lost, he just came back from one year injury last month and only made two combats before today. Still, hoping for a wild card. But I fear it won't be possible if Guzmán qualifies tomorrow. If I have to choose between the two, I think I would prefer Guzmán making the olympics since for me he would have a bigger chance for a medal.

lol we are synchronized in this thread.

Draw for the first day of PanAm qualifiers: http://mastkd.com/2016/03/113913/ Good draw for Crismanich, the cuban who for me is the most dangerous is on the side of Lopez.

Results of internal selection of Mexico for olympics: M -58kg: Three participants Round-Robin between Cesar Rodríguez (who got the ranking quota for Mexico), Damián Villa and Carlos Navarro. Rodríguez def. Villa in the first combat but then Navarro defeated both and will represent Mexico at Rio (quite an upset). M -68kg: Another Round-Robin between 3 but this time no surprise, Saul Gutiérrez who obtained the ranking quota defeated both Abel Mendoza and Isaac Torres. W +67kg: Maria Espinoza def. Briseida Acosta in a single combat and will represent Mexico. W -49kg: Itzel Manjarrez was simply selected as representative because there aren't any other mexicans close to her ranking in this weight.

I'm sorry but I won't be able to participate this time. I don't have enough time to pick a proper song or go through all the other songs and evaluate them.

Well, surprises to tell about... We withdrew from hosting the Men's champions trophy (long story I don't want to talk about, related to national politics, it gives me a headache) and FIH gave it to England (so they will host both Women and Men now). Obviously FIH kicked us out of the tournament, but the surprise is that they also didn't invite the Netherlands! I guess they rejected invitation for some reason (preparation for Olympics maybe). Belgium and India will be wild cards and join GB, Germany, Australia & Korea.

Actually "only" beating Sweden by 2 will do. Both teams will be at GD 0, but Netherlands will have scored more goals in any case. Netherlands will however need to win by 5 goals in case Norway beats Switzerland by 1 goal (and if NOR wins by 2, then NED needs to wins by 6 and so on).

Brazil will debut in Vancouver next week.

Bowl Quarterfinals (9-16): Russia 19 - 10 Canada France 21 - 19 England Wales 31 - 12 Portugal Scotland 17 - 12 Samoa Shield Semifinals & Final (13-16): Canada 24 - 7 England Portugal 14 - 29 Samoa Canada 12 - 24 Samoa Bowl Semifinals & Final (9-12): Russia 14 - 15 France Wales 21 - 14 Scotland France 7 - 21 Wales Quarterfinals: Kenya 14 - 26 USA Fiji 43 - 7 Japan South Africa 14 - 7 New Zealand Australia 26 - 12 Argentina Plate Semifinals & Final (5-8): Kenya 14 - 19 Japan New Zealand 24 - 19 Argentina Japan 7 - 27 New Zealand Semifinals: USA 14 - 21 Fiji South Africa 12 - 14 Australia Third Place Match: USA 10 - 21 South Africa Final: Fiji 21 - 15 Australia

Remaining results of Las Vegas Sevens: Pool A: Portugal 0 - 31 Russia New Zealand 0 - 22 Kenya Nation W D L PTS Kenya 3 0 0 9 New Zealand 2 0 1 7 Russia 1 0 2 5 Portugal 0 0 3 3 Pool B: Scotland 19 - 26 Japan Australia 36 - 7 England Nation W D L PTS Australia 3 0 0 9 Japan 1 1 1 6 Scotland 1 0 2 5 England 0 1 2 4 Pool C: Samoa 17 - 31 France Fiji 15 - 12 Argentina Nation W D L PTS Fiji 2 0 1 7 Argentina 2 0 1 7 France 1 0 2 5 Samoa 1 0 2 5 Pool D: Canada 10 - 17 Wales South Africa 29 - 0 USA Nation W D L PTS South Africa 3 0 0 9 USA 1 1 1 6 Wales 1 0 2 5 Canada 0 1 2 4

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WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT Qualified Nations: Australia Brazil Canada Colombia Fiji France Great Britain Japan Kenya New Zealand Spain United States Total Athletes Qualified 144 Total Nations Qualified 12

MEN'S TOURNAMENT Qualified Nations: Argentina Australia Brazil Fiji France Great Britain Japan Kenya New Zealand South Africa Spain United States Total Athletes Qualified 144 Total Nations Qualified 12

Rugby Sevens Qualification for Summer Olympic Games 2016 Qualifying Timeline - Men EVENT DATE STATUS Host Quota 02.10.2009 Completed 2014-15 Sevens World Series 11.10.2014-17.05.2015 Completed 2015 CONSUR Sevens Championships (ARG) 05.06.2015-07.06.2015 Completed 2015 NACRA Sevens Championships (USA) 13.06.2015-14.06.2015 Completed 2015 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series 06.06.2015-12.07.2015 Completed 2015 ARFU Sevens Championships (HKG) 07.11.2015-08.11.2015 Completed 2015 Oceania Sevens Championship (NZL) 14.11.2015-15.11.2015 Completed 2015 Rugby Africa Sevens Championships (RSA) 14.11.2015-15.11.2015 Completed 2016 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament (MON) 18.06.2016-19.06.2016 Completed Qualifying Timeline - Women EVENT DATE STATUS Host Quota 02.10.2009 Completed 2014-15 Women's Sevens Series 04.12.2014-23.05.2015 Completed 2015 CONSUR Sevens Championships (ARG) 05.06.2015-07.06.2015 Completed 2015 NACRA Sevens Championships (USA) 13.06.2015-14.06.2015 Completed 2015 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series 13.06.2015-21.06.2015 Completed 2015 Rugby Africa Sevens Championships (RSA) 26.09.2015-27.09.2015 Completed 2015 Oceania Sevens Championship (NZL) 14.11.2015-15.11.2015 Completed 2015 ARFU Sevens Olympic Qualifier 07.11.2015-29.11.2015 Completed 2016 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament (IRL) 25.06.2016-26.06.2016 Completed EVENTS 2 (1+1+0) Men's 1 Men's Tournament (12 Teams Tournament) Women's 1 Women's Tournament (12 Teams Tournament) QUALIFICATION SYSTEM http://corporate.olympics.com.au/files/dmfile/Rio2016QualificationSystem-rugby.pdf

Las Vegas stage is on, it's the 5th tournament of this season's world sevens series. Here are results from day 1.. upsets being England doing bad and Samoa beating Fiji. Also this tournament marks the debut of Rugby Union star winger Bryan Habana for South Africa team, naturally he aims to be in the olympic team. Pool A: New Zealand 42 - 7 Portugal Kenya 24 - 21 Russia New Zealand 38 - 0 Russia Kenya 38 - 0 Portugal Pool B: Australia 26 - 0 Scotland England 19 - 19 Japan Australia 35 - 5 Japan England 14 - 24 Scotland Pool C: Fiji 24 - 28 Samoa Argentina 26 - 7 France Fiji 42 - 12 France Argentina 25 - 12 Samoa Pool D: South Africa 33 - 7 Canada United States 19 - 12 Wales United States 26 - 26 Canada South Africa 36 - 7 Wales

WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT Qualified Nations: Angola Argentina Brazil France Montenegro Netherlands Norway Romania Russia South Korea Spain Sweden Total Athletes Qualified 168 Total Nations Qualified 12 Total Remaining Quotas 0

MEN'S TOURNAMENT Qualified Nations: Argentina Brazil Croatia Denmark Egypt France Germany Poland Qatar Slovenia Sweden Tunisia Total Athletes Qualified 168 Total Nations Qualified 12