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defeated 10-2. Biggest score in history.

Some random predictions: - Brazil will lose to at least one of GER, IRI and CUB (but probably still qualify). - Turkey will beat at least one of JPN, SLO or SER. - China won't win more than one match.

will be 7th. Half of the 33 golds from 2019 are basically impossible to win again. I don't even see how to reach 20.

I'm in.

France played the main team (they shouldn't have) while Namibia rested players for Uruguay.

"International eyes" = western europe/USA, who bitch all the time about stuff only they care about but since they are powerful we're all supposed to pretend it's the most important thing in the world.

Alvarez is a substitute sometimes only because Haaland is in the same team, he starts for almost every other club in the world. I do wonder which are those "top 10 clubs" you mention though. I'm guessing Bayern, Madrid, Barcelona, City, United, Liverpool, Arsenal, I guess you're including Chelsea and PSG and?

The lack of quality in defense is appalling. Even the only good defender (Rudiger) looked like a scarecrow in the 3rd goal. But maybe they were trying to get the coach fired, who knows.

England had a red card 2 minutes into the match...

The most embarassing performance of all time. Should just withdraw from the competition today.

I wouldn't write off anyone this time. Paraguay, Peru and Chile are very weak. Venezuela will 100% have a better campaign than the last time (for a variety of reasons). The top 5 are clear. There's a big distance in my view.

defeated They also won vs (12th in WR) but lost to and

We have the best entry time in W 800, 1500 and 4th best in 400? I'm hopeful now.

Not really IMO, to put it very simply: any team inside the top 10 of ranking is almost certain to qualify for Paris. I don't see Argentina or Brazil dropping below those places by June next year.

[hide] Group Stage September 8th - October 8th, 2023 20 Nations, The 1st and 2nd-Placed Nations from each Group will qualify Quarterfinals Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 8th, h. 21:15 France 7 New Zealand September 9th, h. 13:00 Italy 20 Namibia September 14th, h. 21:00 France 27 Uruguay September 15th, h. 21:00 New Zealand 70 Namibia September 20th, h. 17:45 Italy 9 Uruguay September 21st, h. 21:00 France 58 Namibia September 27th, h. 17:45 Uruguay 10 Namibia September 29th, h. 21:00 New Zealand 35 Italy October 5th, h. 21:00 New Zealand 31 Uruguay October 6th, h. 21:00 France 18 Italy Group B Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 9th, h. 15:30 Ireland 50 Romania September 10th, h. 17:45 South Africa 10 Scotland September 16th, h. 21:00 Ireland 21 Tonga September 17th, h. 17:00 South Africa 61 Romania September 23rd, h. 21:00 South Africa 5 Ireland September 24th, h. 17:45 Scotland 17 Tonga September 30th, h. 21:00 Scotland 35 Romania October 1st, h. 21:00 South Africa 35 Tonga October 7th, h. 21:00 Ireland 1 Scotland October 8th, h. 17:45 Tonga 3 Romania Group C Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 9th, h. 18:00 Australia 15 Georgia September 10th, h. 21:00 Wales 1 Fiji September 16th, h. 17:45 Wales 27 Portugal September 17th, h. 17:45 Australia 14 Fiji September 23rd, h. 14:00 Georgia 14 Portugal September 24th, h. 21:00 Wales 7 Australia September 30th, h. 17:45 Fiji 1 Georgia October 1st, h. 17:45 Australia 38 Portugal October 7th, h. 15:00 Wales 5 Georgia October 8th, h. 21:00 Fiji 19 Portugal Group D Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 9th, h. 21:00 England 1 Argentina September 10th, h. 13:00 Japan 16 Chile September 16th, h. 15:00 Samoa 21 Chile September 17th, h. 21:00 England 25 Japan September 22nd, h. 17:45 Argentina 10 Samoa September 23rd, h. 17:45 England 35 Chile September 28th, h. 21:00 Japan 1 Samoa September 30th, h. 15:00 Argentina 35 Chile October 7th, h. 17:45 England 8 Samoa October 8th, h. 13:00 Japan 15 Argentina Top 3 Place 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Nation France South Africa Argentina [/hide]

Only now I discover this table and we have 0 got to be the most pathetic fact of our sport.

5-8 Places 4-3 4-3 Bronze 2-0 Final 2-1 Qualified to olympic games.

No, the men have improved. In the past they would usually lose quite easily to the elite teams, now the match is not lost before the start at the very least. In the recent pro league season they defeated (without the need of a shoot-out) all the top teams at least once. At the last world cup they only lost on a SO to Germany but showed solid performances throughout. At the COG they narrowly lost to Australia after leading 2-0. The trend is that England just doesn't lose without giving a fight to anyone anymore and I believe they can fight for a medal in Paris even if it's not a gold.

As a start italians call rowing "canotaggio" so I bet many of them think they are one and the same sport (One of my favorite "false friends" in spanish-italian).

It's not impossible but I doubt they will.

I was expecting them to win actually... They will probably meet Angola in the consolation round and that should decide the african quota (I don't see any other african team advancing or winning more than one game).

Germany despite being world champions usually are an inconsistent team (their results in pro league as proof). England/GB are probably the most improved team since Tokyo. Still, Netherlands is likely taking the ticket to Paris. Men's hockey is a toss up right now. The medals next year could go to any of the top 5/6 teams in any order.

5-8 place pool 4-1 1-2 Semifinals 2-3 (4) 0-0 (5)

Can't Kopasz and Varga just fuck off to K2? That way they can both have a gold medal.