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A bit better, but still 0-2 down. Hard to see how to come back from this. A defeat will almost certainly spell the end of Dutch aspirations here.

So far the Dutch team is heavily outgunned, everything points towards a 3-0 victory for China.

Best case scenario for Canada, 5 - 2 victories, 14 points. It’s hard to see not least 2 of the remaining rivals topping this. If for instance both Serbia and Dominican Republic have 3-1 victories tomorrow, they will finish in front of Canada, irrespective of the result of the Sunday matches. if they win 3-2 tomorrow, one point on Sunday will do to defeat Canada, but perhaps not to finish in the top 2. Either China or NL will be at 4-1, 12 or 13 points after today’s match. So even if the winning team today, loses tomorrow, a victory on Sunday will put them at 5-2, with at least 14, but perhaps 16 points. Given that the 4 rival teams play each other, each result that’s positive for Canada in respect to one team, will at the same time be negative in respect to one of the others.

If NL were to get the quota and our Olympic Committee would decide to take it up, AFAIK this would be the first time a Dutch Canoe would participate in the `Olympics.

It’s crazy wild..and it ain’t over yet

The path narrows and narrows

1994? There were no Summer Olympics that year.

For NL and Chn: win your last three matches, and you are qualified, win two you stand a significant chance (depending on who you defeat and with what score). Two defeats and you are most likely out. Three defeats and out for certain. For SER and DR: win both your last matches and you are qualified. Win one and you are still in with a significant chance (depending on who and how). Two defeats, you’re most likely out. Can: win your last 3 matches 3-0 or 3-1, and hold your opponents to low scores. Then hope for the best so that as few as possible of the 4 rival teams end at 6-1 or 5-2. Even then the odds are not terrific.

Serbia loses, 3 -1, 25-17 in the 4th set. How the Dominicans will rue their defeat against the Czechs. Without it, they would have a 5 - 0 record, and qualifying would have been possible even with defeats in the last two matches and one victory would have clinched it. Now to be in with a chance, they have to win at least 1 match.

Serbia seems doomed.

There are so many possibilities, that it’s hard to say for certain. But the most likely scenario seems to be that Canada ties for 2nd on wins, but loses out on points. I can even see a scenario where 3 or 4 teams end with a 5 - 2 win - loss score. That would probably not be good news for Canada

This group is really crazy. It’s now even possible,though still unlikely, to see a scenario where both China and Serbia don’t qualify

International law is about much more than courts and tribunals.

Just a quick look shows you’re wrong again. The website of the Rwanda tribunal informs us that there are currently 10 judges, with a majority not from Western countries (Togo, Senegal, China, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Madagascar). from wikipedia: the Yugoslavia tribunal had nearly 90 judges, with at least 40 from non western countries.

Which international court in The Hague do you mean, as there are two courts that could be described as such. Also, international law is much more than those two courts. There’s for instance that “favorite” of right wing Britons, the European Court of Human Rights in Strassbourg.

Specialist cricket events perhaps, but one can hardly expect the date of a multi sports event to be chosen because it’s a better fit for one of its new additions.

Canada can’t afford to underestimate the Czechs. They were very poor against us in the second and third sets, but of course manage to turn that around brilliantly.

True, and it’s still possible for China, NL and Dominican Republic all ending at 4-3, if they exchange the wins, and all lose to Serbia. But Canada is not at 5-2 yet either. They can’t underestimate especially the Checs, who defeated DR.

For instance, Although Canada defeated NL, NL scored a few more points. Same today with China.

In the VNL the Dutch team lost 3-2 to Dominican Republic. They appear to have gotten better since, but that did not lead to victory against Canada. In the EurCh the Dutch team led Serbia by multiple points around the 16 points mark in 3 of the 4 sets, but managed to still lose 2 of them, for a 3-1 loss.

Canada may come to regret that defeat against the Dominican Republic, or NL the defeat against Canada.

Premature…

My point is that, in the context of possible Olympic qualification, it could be in the interest of either Scottish or English players to achieve a certain result in the matches between those two countries to keep their chances of participation in TeamGB in Paris alive. I see they meet at the last match day, with potentially everything still to play for. I hope and expect nothing untoward happens, but there is the potential for serious questions.

Belgium are currently more than 80 points behind both NL and DR. I can’t really see how they can make up that many points, let alone that both GER and CAN would also stand a chance if and when NL and DR would stumble dramatically enough.

Regular 3 - 0 victory for the Dutch team. Marring returns after her injury at the EurCh, plays the whole match and is topscorer.