LDOG

qualified for 2020 SOG  

qualified for 2020 SOG  

qualified for 2020 SOG  

Predictions...
 
Germany and India are qualified already.
 
Ned 95% - 5% Pak
Can 51% - 49% Irl
Esp 60% - 40% Fra
GB 75% - 25% Mas
NZ 60% - 40% Kor
 
Too bad for France, they got the worst opponent while being the best team from pot 3. Probably their olympic return will have to wait 4 years.

My predictions:
 
Aus 99% - 1% Rus
Ger 95% - 5% Ita
GB 90% - 10% Chi
 
Esp 65% - 35% Kor
Irl 60% - 40% Can
Ind 65% - 35% Usa
Chn 45% - 55% Bel

All team sports should follow the FIH model of Olympic qualifiers. Its simple, makes sure the best teams compete and is cost effective. 
 
No need to get fancy.

Just saying... Cuba won the NORCECA men's championship. They defeated the A team of Canada and the B team of USA. They even had visa problems to enter Canada and because of that they only played with 9 players!
 
Roberlandy Simón returned to the team for this competition. Hopefully we will see a few more returns soon. Really promising in perspective for the olympic qualifier.   

Lately I feel like FAB has completely given up on the men's team and is focusing everything on the Sánchez sisters.

Just saying... Cuba won the NORCECA men's championship. They defeated the A team of Canada and the B team of USA. They even had visa problems to enter Canada and because of that they only played with 9 players!
 
Roberlandy Simón returned to the team for this competition. Hopefully we will see a few more returns soon. Really promising in perspective for the olympic qualifier.   

I was hoping for a Serbia win to avoid them but after watching Spain in this level I think it's the same.
 
Anyway, Serbia wasn't really that bad, they just forgot their 3P% at the hotel.

I was hoping for a Serbia win to avoid them but after watching Spain in this level I think it's the same.
 
Anyway, Serbia wasn't really that bad, they just forgot their 3P% at the hotel.

At HT Nigeria +4 and Iran +14 for now both with olympic quota.

No male player born in the 90s has yet won a GS.
 
This girl was born in 2000...

No male player born in the 90s has yet won a GS.
 
This girl was born in 2000...

No male player born in the 90s has yet won a GS.
 
This girl was born in 2000...

No male player born in the 90s has yet won a GS.
 
This girl was born in 2000...

You say the same in almost every contest  difficult to believe from someone that has a million posts on a sports forum, majority of them results. 

You say the same in almost every contest  difficult to believe from someone that has a million posts on a sports forum, majority of them results. 

The president is argentinian and the VP peruvian I think....

I'm still waiting for olympicsfan's take on Germany's performance.

It's funny how they avoided each other even in this round.
 
And it could be the same with Argentina and Brazil in QF if one finishes 1st and the other 2nd in their pools.

Ok, summing up the fight for african and asian quotas....
 
Africa
 
Tunisia can qualify if a) they beat Angola and Nigeria loses to China OR b) in the case they both win or both lose, if they can have a better result than Nigeria to cut the big point difference between them  (NGR +41, TUN -11). 
If neither thing happens, Nigeria will qualify.
 
Asia 
 
Iran can qualify only if they beat Philippines and China loses to Nigeria AND they cut the PD with China (CHN +3, IRI -13 currently). For example, if China loses by 1, Iran has to win by 15.
If one of the two doesn't happen, China will qualify.
 

My prediction is that Nigeria and Iran will qualify. Nigeria is simply better than China and although Iran is not very consistent Philippines is the absolute worst team of this competition so far.

My prediction is that Nigeria and Iran will qualify. Nigeria is simply better than China and although Iran is not very consistent Philippines is the absolute worst team of this competition so far.

I'm still waiting for olympicsfan's take on Germany's performance.