LDOG

All of this would be convenient for Italy, what a coincidence. Boxing will never leave. Look at the insane effort IOC is willing to make these days to kept it. Boxing fans are a bit like men's football fans, they watch anything you throw at them. Even low level or rigged competitions like the olympic ones.

Sao Paulo

Eurohockey div II semifinals: 3(3)-3(4) 4-1 This means Ireland and Ukraine qualify to OQTs.

Can't you just post a link to it then? I mean, isn't making a post per country too much work?

Are those your own predictions or what?

These projections are always inflated for the big european nations.

Italy looked very beatable out there. Wouldn't be surprised if South Africa pulls it off.

He was like the 3rd best libero of these finals, MVP is a complete joke.

Federico Bruno (ARG, 1500/5000m runner) positive for EPO.

Quick analysis: Will make it with little to no trouble. has a tough group but they are step above in quality of almost everyone so they'll make it too. is superior to or bit you can never be 100% sure with them. Group A is vs with 60/40 chances respectively I'd say. Group I is vs with 45/55 chances respectively. Mali was very unlucky. is favorite but they should watch out for both and in my opinion. I think this group could see an upset. favorite but VERY tricky opponents like , and are there.

Tunis always in the easiest group.

I'm pretty sure it's FIFA who decide how the quotas are distributed. And it's no surprise they want it this way, they intentionally sabotage this competition to strengthen their world cup. I predict by 2036 it'll be U23 restricted just like the men. They are waiting for women's football to become truly profitable and then they will cut the cord.

Nope, will go, who knows why.

And that track is to be used for competition too? How are the people below going to watch anything up there?

Ok, explain that in more detail because prima facie it makes no sense.

It's not surprising to me, Cuba is a complete disaster in reception and setting. Any average team like Germany can beat them just by playing tidy. I see Cuba like Bulgaria, they have these big talents in attack but there's nothing they can do with them because they barely get good balls to attack in first place.

Germany lost to Zambia in a friendly

First time ever Cuba doesn't win gold in men's hockey. They will also fail to qualify to Pan Ams if Barbados wins.

[hide] Group Stage July 20th - August 3rd, 2023 32 Nations, The 1st and 2nd-Placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Round of 16. Group A Date & Time (GMT +12) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 20th 2023, h. 19:00 New Zealand 1 2 Norway July 21st 2023, h. 17:00 Philippines 0 3 Switzerland July 25th 2023, h. 17:30 New Zealand 2 1 Philippines July 25th 2023, h. 20:00 Switzerland 3 2 Norway July 30th 2023, h. 19:00 Switzerland 0 1 New Zealand July 30th 2023, h. 19:00 Norway 3 0 Philippines Group B Date & Time (GMT +8-10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 20th 2023, h. 20:00 Australia 2 0 Ireland July 21st 2023, h. 12:30 Nigeria 0 2 Canada July 26th 2023, h. 20:00 Canada 1 0 Ireland July 27th 2023, h.20:00 Australia 4 0 Nigeria July 31st 2023, h. 20:00 Canada 1 2 Australia July 31st 2023, h. 20:00 Ireland 1 1 Nigeria Group C Date & Time (GMT +12) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 21st 2023, h. 19:30 Spain 7 0 Costa Rica July 22nd 2023, h. 19:00 Zambia 1 2 Japan July 26th 2023, h. 17:00 Japan 2 0 Costa Rica July 26th 2023, h. 19:30 Spain 4 1 Zambia July 31st 2023, h. 19:00 Japan 1 2 Spain July 31st 2023, h. 19:00 Costa Rica 2 3 Zambia Group D Date & Time (GMT +8-10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 22nd 2023, h. 19:30 England 7 0 Haiti July 22nd 2023, h. 20:00 Denmark 0 0 China July 28th 2023, h. 18:30 England 2 0 Denmark July 28th 2023, h. 20:30 China 3 0 Haiti August 1st 2023, h. 20:30 China 0 1 England August 1st 2023, h. 19:00 Haiti 0 3 Denmark Group E Date & Time (GMT +12) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 22nd 2023, h. 13:00 United States 5 0 Vietnam July 23rd 2023, h. 19:30 Netherlands 2 1 Portugal July 27th 2023, h. 13:00 United States 2 2 Netherlands July 27th 2023, h. 19:30 Portugal 2 0 Vietnam August 1st 2023, h. 19:00 Portugal 0 2 United States August 1st 2023, h. 19:00 Vietnam 0 4 Netherlands Group F Date & Time (GMT +8-10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 23rd 2023, h. 20:00 France 4 0 Jamaica July 24th 2023, h. 20:30 Brazil 5 0 Panama July 29th 2023, h. 20:00 France 2 0 Brazil July 29th 2023, h. 20:30 Panama 1 2 Jamaica August 2nd 2023, h. 20:00 Panama 0 8 France August 2nd 2023, h. 20:00 Jamaica 0 4 Brazil Group G Date & Time (GMT +12) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 23rd 2023, h. 17:00 Sweden 3 0 South Africa July 24th 2023, h. 18:00 Italy 2 1 Argentina July 28th 2023, h. 12:00 Argentina 2 1 South Africa July 29th 2023, h. 19:30 Sweden 1 0 Italy August 2nd 2023, h. 19:00 Argentina 0 3 Sweden August 2nd 2023, h. 19:00 South Africa 1 3 Italy Group H Date & Time (GMT +8-10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 24th 2023, h. 18:30 Germany 3 1 Morocco July 25th 2023, h. 12:00 Colombia 1 1 South Korea July 30th 2023, h. 14:00 South Korea 2 0 Morocco July 30th 2023, h. 19:30 Germany 2 1 Colombia August 3rd 2023, h. 20:00 South Korea 2 2 Germany August 3rd 2023, h. 18:00 Morocco 1 3 Colombia Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation England Spain United States [/hide]

Iran, Algeria and co. watching Israel rise in football and qualifying to stuff:

lol I love DR, such a wild card team. A bit like Iran or Argentina in the men's.

Why do you care so much about the world ranking now? Don't we still have continentals, olympic qualifiers and a whole other VNL to play before the cut is done? It's like 20 more matches for every team.

Spain for sure then it's uncertain. Everyone else has almost equal chance.

QF v v v v Reminder: If France and England win their QF there will be 5th place match for an olympic quota. In such case, the ranking order of teams that could be in that match is: 1. , 2. 3. , 4. No other team can possibly play the 5th place game, which means and can only qualify to Paris by winning their QF match.