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  1. JoshMartini007
    Three quotas will be awarded in the lightweight double sculls events
  2. JoshMartini007
    The depth in Asia is quite shallow, at the 2019 Worlds only China, Japan and Singapore competed. It was one of two Olympic events not to be held at the 2018 Asian Games (the other being Finn class) Based on the results, Singapore has a very good chance at qualifying (they finished tied with the Chinese boat) so unless Liu and Lim are no longer competing it would be quite unfortunate for them to not make the trip to Shanghai.
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    One of the biggest obstacles is some nations wouldn't be eligible to participate in qualification, mostly due to being part of Great Britain and not having a recognized separate federation within certain sports. The other issue of course is it would kill the participant rate of the smaller nations. Though that can be solved by giving every nation 15-20 quotas to use as they like (minus events where a set number of participants are required) and subtract one for every athlete qualified (not including team events)
  4. JoshMartini007
    Qualification system for weightlifting Only some sports/events have a qualification process. Hopefully CGF start to officially release more of them.
  5. JoshMartini007
    South Africa has lowered their strict requirements for qualifying to the Olympics. If a team (or athlete) can show they are competitive then they will accept quotas won during continental qualifiers. For field hockey, they likely used a provision in the qualification document that states nations must rank in the top 20 in order to be considered for a continental reallocation as an argument that the FIH considers a top 20 world ranking as competitive. For water polo, their federation likely used South Africa's performance at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships where the men finished 12th and the women finished 14th as proof they are competitive (even though we all know the truth). Sadly for women's rugby sevens they were unable to place a passable argument. The team failed to qualify as a core team for every world series during this Olympic cycle and the team finished 14th at the 2018 Sevens World Cup and unlike water polo, I imagine the South African Olympic Committee knows more about rugby sevens and whether or not that was a competitive performance.
  6. JoshMartini007
    What does politics have to do with anything? This is about sports. Should Denmark not be allowed to host the men's handball championships because they aren't as relevant politically, yet are one of the top nations in the sport? I also don't mind Austria or Switzerland hosting the Winter Olympics because they too are quite relevant in winter sports. Similarly the Netherlands could host the Summer Olympics if it wants to. We are also talking about a 32 year gap, in different cities so I don't see quite the fuss.
  7. JoshMartini007
    A country finishing in the top 10 at every Summer Olympics since 1992 is irrelevant at the games? Haha...
  8. JoshMartini007
    It's more likely the IOC takes over weightlifting like it did with boxing.
  9. JoshMartini007
    I agree, at worst case scenario, can qualify as they aren't competing in any other events and I doubt any nation will finish first in 3+ events (maybe Mexico?) so first place likely gets a quota. After that it would take a very specific set of results for there not to be a fifth nation. I think we are more likely to see a reallocation in the women's lightweight double sculls, but again 1st place and (at worst case scenario) would qualify, leaving one more spot open.
  10. JoshMartini007
    Actually looking at the qualification document, the quota will be reallocated to the highest ranked boat from an NOC not yet qualified at the World Championships. Only after none remains that a spot would open up at the final qualification event.
  11. JoshMartini007
    Guatemala took a bit of a risk by only competing in the lightweight double sculls events. It might pay off in the women's event, two of will likely qualify in other events so they only need either or to also do the same.
  12. JoshMartini007
    As of last week it's still scheduled to be held though only boats from China are listed on the entry list.
  13. JoshMartini007
    I was talking about the World qualifier, not the Asian qualifier
  14. JoshMartini007
    Have they decided how many athletes will qualify in this event? Also isn't it a bit unfair that this event is taking place before the continental qualifiers are over?
  15. JoshMartini007
    More information about "Water Polo: Final Men’s Teams Decided Upon Conclusion of Olympic Qualification Tournament"
    The roster for the men’s water polo tournament at the 2020 Olympics has been decided with the results of the Men’s Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament. The top three teams of the 12-team tournament qualified to the games. The format included a round robin group stage where the top four teams advanced to the quarterfinals. The event was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands from February 14th to February 21st 2021. Group A was reduced to five teams due to Turkey having too many positive COVID-19 cases and were thus disqualified. The two favourites for this group, Greece and Montenegro were undefeated until meeting up on the fourth day of matches. Greece did get a scare on the first day of matches where a third quarter comeback by Georgia and a very defensive fourth quarter meant Greece narrowly won 11-10. In the match between the two top teams, Montenegro jumped up to a 4-1 lead in the first quarter and was able to maintain a lead on route to an 8-4 victory to top the group. Georgia finished third thanks to victories over Canada (14-11) and Brazil (12-8) while Canada also advanced to the quarterfinals as they won 11-7 over Brazil on the first day. Group B was a much more competitive group which saw two draws and six one-goal victories across the 15 matches. The largest upset occurred on the fourth day of matches where 2016 Olympic silver medalist Croatia lost to Russia 14-13. Russia was able to prevent Croatia from scoring during the fourth quarter as they successfully completed their comeback to win by a single point. This victory allowed Russia to win the group with 4 victories and a 9-9 draw against Romania. Croatia finished second while France required a final day victory over Romania (16-7) to finish third. This allowed France to finish equal on points with the Netherlands, but with a better goal differential the former finished ahead while the latter finished fourth. Romania finished fifth thanks to a 12-7 win over Germany. The quarterfinals saw the favourites secure victories. Montenegro began the day against the Netherlands by jumping up to a 4-0 lead after the first quarter on route to winning 13-7. The Greece and France matched turned out to be the most exciting match of the round. Despite starting with the lead, Greece was slowly overtaken by France who held a 12-10 lead going into the final quarter. Greece won the fourth quarter 3-1 to tie the game, forcing it to go to penalties. Greece won the shoot-out 4-1 to advance to the semi-finals. Croatia and Georgia began as a close match, but a strong second quarter by Croatia removed doubt within the match, allowing them to win 15-6. The final nation to advance to the semi-finals was Russia whose lead was never threatened as they went on to win 17-9 over Canada. In the first opportunity to qualify for the Olympics the semi-final match between Montenegro and Croatia had both nations trading leads, finishing with a goal by Montenegro’s Miroslav Perkovic to end the game 10-10 and forcing a penalty shoot-out. Montenegro won the shoot-out 4-2 to become the first nation to qualify. Joining them was Greece who played a close game with Russia, but never gave up the lead to win 13-10. The tournament was won by Montenegro who pulled off a successful fourth quarter comeback after being down 8-6 to win 10-9 over Greece. The third-place match and final Olympic quota was played between Croatia and Russia. In a repeat of Croatia’s semi-final match, Russia tied the game 11-11 with 16 seconds remaining thanks to Dmitrii Kholod. The ensuing penalty shoot-out turned into a marathon as 15 rounds were required before Croatia prevailed 14-13. All three teams are considered mainstays in the men’s water polo tournament. Montenegro continues its streak of qualifying to this event as an independent nation where it will be looking to win their first medal after three consecutive fourth place finishes. Greece will also be looking to win their first medal after finishing sixth in Rio while Croatia will be hoping to win their fourth medal in the event as an independent nation. Qualified Nations Men's Tournament Croatia Greece Montenegro
  16. JoshMartini007
    If by open you mean easy win for Russia then yes.
  17. JoshMartini007
    The reallocation goes to the next best nation of the 2019 Worlds IIRC.
  18. JoshMartini007
    Yeah, Georgia is a team to watch, had they gotten anyone, but Croatia I'd call them the favourites. Still a good chance for an upset if Croatia plays poorly.
  19. JoshMartini007
    Quite the surprise though Croatia didn't look too hot against France... Wonder if Georgia will lose by one goal to Brazil to avoid finishing third in the group now, though facing Russia would still be a tough match so it may not matter...
  20. JoshMartini007
    Well there goes Canada's (slim) chance at qualifying. It was always going to be a tough ask to defeat one of but anything could happen in a single match. Now we will have to defeat Croatia (the strongest of the three IMO) just to have two chances to defeat another stronger opponent.
  21. JoshMartini007
    Couldn't they host a European qualifier in May like they are for Pan America? I mean, if they are still cancelling events in May then it is highly likely the Olympics themselves will be cancelled.
  22. JoshMartini007
    With the exception of Croatia, Group B is looking to be quite even. You can make an argument for the five nations to rank in any order between 2-6.
  23. JoshMartini007
    Turkey forced to withdraw due to too many positive cases. Canada got its win over Brazil, but Georgia gave Greece quite the scare, they were tied going into the final quarter and Greece only won by a single goal. Canada needs at a minimum to finish third in this group which means they need to defeat Georgia (or start beating Greece/Montenegro now rather than later).
  24. JoshMartini007
    I have a men's and women's single athlete qualifying for Azerbaijan. Yeah, I was afraid that might happen in alpine (and cross-country) skiing. He's still listed as active on FIS which makes confirming status harder. For Monaco I have one sled in 2-man and one sled in 4-man which gives four athletes since the driver is the same person. It's about the same size as 2018 if you add in the women's ice hockey team. Germany would also have the fourth largest team (behind US, Russia and Canada).
  25. JoshMartini007
    Yeah, I was surprised when I was going down the list. To be fair, they just barely missed out in both curling teams and men's ice hockey. Do you know if Denmark is restricting travel by more than other nations? I noticed places with more restrictions (e.g. Australia) have smaller teams than expected.
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