JoshMartini007

I think they found some players with Cape Verde ancestry in Brazil/Portugal/Europe and they invested in a good coach. The nation has been investing in team sport recently. You can see it in basketball and football too.

Portugal lost the lead at the end... Huge opportunity for Slovenia to secure a spot at the OQT against a Denmark with nothing to play. Portugal now needs to rely on other results if they want to reach the OQT. They need one of: Slovenia lose or draw against Denmark Iceland defeats Austria Sweden/Hungary/Germany to win the European Quota and Egypt to win the African Quota

You are correct, my mistake.

First saw her at the 2010 Youth Olympics where she medaled. While not the brightest star on the team, she was able to get results for Canada including World Championship (long & short) relay medals and Pan American Games medals.

The first tiebreaker causes Hungary to drop out as both Germany & Austria won (and tied each other). The tiebreaker is performed again just between Germany & Austria. Not sure why Austria will automatically advance. The breaker will be through the overall goal difference which Germany currently holds the advantage and could still advance with narrow wins/losses.

are already qualified to the Olympics are in the OQT as a World Team. could qualify to the Olympics as the top European team, but if they don't then they will compete at the OQT as a World Team is eliminated from Olympic contention. can qualify to the OQT (as a World Team) as long as Austria does not get the European quota or Egypt wins the African quota. They cannot qualify to the OQT as a European Team could still qualify to the Olympics. They will need to defeat Iceland, Germany needs to lose to Croatia and then finish higher than Sweden. Austria will qualify to the OQT as a European Team with a win over Iceland. A draw is possible if one of Portugal or Slovenia draws or losses their match or Slovenia qualifies to the OQT as a World Team. will qualify to the OQT as a European Team if they defeat Austria by 15 goals. They could also qualify with a lesser win, but requires Portugal or Slovenia to lose their match and for Iceland to have a better goal differential (at most they would need a 6 goal win) or Slovenia qualifying to the OQT as a World Team. will qualify to the OQT as a European Team with a win over the Netherlands. They can also qualify if they get equal points as Slovenia (both draw or both lose). If Slovenia gets more points, but also qualifies to the OQT as a World Team or Austria wins the European quota then Portugal will qualify. will qualify to the OQT as a World Team if Austria does not get the European quota and Egypt wins the African quota. If not, Slovenia can qualify to the OQT as a European Team if they finish with more points than Portugal. Additionally, if Iceland > Austria then they can qualify with a win, draw or a loss depending on goal differential or if Austria wins the European quota. Overall Austria/Iceland likely determines one European OQT spot while Portugal is in pole position for the other, especially when you consider Portugal's and Slovenia's final opponents and that Slovenia has a decent chance at getting the World Team OQT spot. Still, Denmark has nothing to play for in the final match so Slovenia getting an upset is not impossible.

keeps their Olympic hopes alive.

There's a good chance Latvia will be qualified before the qualifier.

With just the world qualifier and ranking remaining for Asian nations, China leads the pack with 22/24 quotas. Their two missing quotas are in men's skeet. India has qualified 19 quotas with at least one in each event. South Korea also did well with 15 quotas.

Quite the setback for India

If these are considered to be one-off test matches (importance = 1) then France would need to win all six matches in order to rank above South Africa. I think this is more for practice than France trying to move up in the rankings.

The main round opens with winning over 37-32. Norway continues to struggle, quite unlikely for them to reach the semifinals now. Even getting to the 5th place match is going to be tough.

So looking at the final Olympic qualifier, currently are already qualified to the Olympics while will qualify through the World quota (provided they don't qualify here). could qualify as a World team should one of the previously mentioned European teams and/or Egypt qualify through their respective continental qualifier. That means for to have any chance at making the Olympics they will need to finish as the two highest ranked eligible teams to get the European quota. Despite failing to reach the Main Round will compete at the OQT as "World 1"

Unfortunate for they were in a tough group

For football it makes even less sense to have reduced team size since they don't even stay at the athlete's village.

I view the summer team sports as: Football > Basketball > Volleyball > Handball > Rugby Sevens > Field Hockey > Water Polo Rugby Sevens and Field Hockey are close IMO. Rugby Sevens does better with men while Field Hockey does better with women. Rugby Sevens also has a better global distribution IMO. Ice Hockey (and winter sports in general) is difficult to compare. If we hold Ice Hockey to Summer Olympics standards it would rank just above Water Polo at best because so few nations participate, but fewer nations take part in winter sports so is it a fair comparison?

Clearly field hockey is more popular than water polo

just needs a 2-goal win to make the semis, even one goal may be enough depending on how the other match goes. The winner of and will advance. could advance with a loss, but needs the other match to go their way. A draw would be then end for or (unless both games end in a draw)

Canada's chances were very slim, but they are pretty much gone now.

Pretty much. Unfortunately, I think Canada will be the odd team out.

Egypt in the semis is a real possibility now.

Eritrea was the sacrificial lamb in this fight. If someone is brave enough, UCI has confirmed its quotas so nothing should stop the creation of its Wikipedia page at this point.

is already qualified, the quota will be reallocated to Cayman Islands

No World Sailing has published it as well. You can see it here

Since was given the ILCA 7 quota (I still think it's a mistake) then may still get the ILCA 6 reallocated quota.