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[hide] Preliminary Round January 10th - January 17th, 2018 24 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Main Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2019, h. 18:15 Germany 10 Korea January 11th 2019, h. 18:00 Serbia 6 Russia January 11th 2019, h. 20:30 Brazil 10 France January 12th 2019, h. 15:30 Russia 8 Korea January 12th 2019, h. 18:15 Germany 8 Brazil January 12th 2019, h. 20:30 France 8 Serbia January 14th 2019, h. 15:30 Serbia 2 Brazil January 14th 2019, h. 18:00 Russia 2 Germany January 14th 2019, h. 20:30 France 11 Korea January 15th 2019, h. 15:30 Russia 10 Brazil January 15th 2019, h. 18:00 Korea 4 Serbia January 15th 2019, h. 20:30 Germany 5 France January 17th 2019, h. 15:30 Brazil 2 Korea January 17th 2019, h. 18:00 Germany 5 Serbia January 17th 2019, h. 20:30 France 7 Russia Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 11th 2019, h. 15:00 Japan 3 Macedonia January 11th 2019, h. 18:00 Iceland 4 Croatia January 11th 2019, h. 20:30 Bahrain 12 Spain January 13th 2019, h. 14:00 Macedonia 4 Bahrain January 13th 2019, h. 16:30 Croatia 11 Japan January 13th 2019, h. 19:00 Spain 6 Iceland January 14th 2019, h. 15:30 Iceland 8 Bahrain January 14th 2019, h. 18:00 Croatia 7 Macedonia January 14th 2019, h. 20:30 Spain 14 Japan January 16th 2019, h. 15:30 Japan 8 Iceland January 16th 2019, h. 18:00 Croatia 10 Bahrain January 16th 2019, h. 20:30 Macedonia 7 Spain January 17th 2019, h. 15:30 Bahrain 4 Japan January 17th 2019, h. 18:00 Macedonia 2 Iceland January 17th 2019, h. 20:30 Spain 1 Croatia Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2019, h. 20:15 Chile 17 Denmark January 11th 2019, h. 18:00 Saudi Arabia 14 Austria January 11th 2019, h. 20:30 Tunisia 5 Norway January 12th 2019, h. 15:00 Austria 14 Chile January 12th 2019, h. 17:30 Norway 14 Saudi Arabia January 12th 2019, h. 20:15 Denmark 5 Tunisia January 14th 2019, h. 15:00 Tunisia 10 Chile January 14th 2019, h. 17:30 Norway 2 Austria January 14th 2019, h. 20:15 Denmark 12 Saudi Arabia January 15th 2019, h. 16:15 Saudi Arabia 4 Tunisia January 15th 2019, h. 18:30 Norway 12 Chile January 15th 2019, h. 20:45 Austria 5 Denmark January 17th 2019, h. 15:00 Chile 2 Saudi Arabia January 17th 2019, h. 17:30 Austria 3 Tunisia January 17th 2019, h. 20:15 Denmark 2 Norway Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 11th 2019, h. 15:30 Angola 8 Qatar January 11th 2019, h. 18:00 Argentina 4 Hungary January 11th 2019, h. 20:30 Egypt 4 Sweden January 13th 2019, h. 15:30 Qatar 2 Egypt January 13th 2019, h. 18:00 Hungary 8 Angola January 13th 2019, h. 20:30 Sweden 4 Argentina January 14th 2019, h. 15:30 Hungary 3 Qatar January 14th 2019, h. 18:00 Argentina 1 Egypt January 14th 2019, h. 20:30 Sweden 10 Angola January 16th 2019, h. 15:30 Angola 7 Argentina January 16th 2019, h. 18:00 Hungary 2 Egypt January 16th 2019, h. 20:30 Qatar 3 Sweden January 17th 2019, h. 15:30 Egypt 7 Angola January 17th 2019, h. 18:00 Qatar 3 Argentina January 17th 2019, h. 20:30 Sweden 2 Hungary [/hide]

Well, this is weird. FEI changed the qualification system (again), and looks like there will be two Group C jumping qualifiers with nations choosing at which one they will participate (Budapest or Moscow). That is just about the stupidest qualification path ever. One venue may end up with 10 teams and the other may get 2 or something! And I'm afraid that is exactly what's going to happen if nations choose to go to a more practical location. Budapest may end up getting stacked with Israel, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia... While in Moscow it may quite possibly be Russia vs Belarus (vs Kyrgyzstan?)...

It's just FIBA being greedy. They say that 3x3 brings "diversity" or whatever, but then they settle for 8-team tournament. Anything less than 12 teams is senseless by default, I'd rather not have it held at all.

This is getting annoying. When I go for "add similar event", the old logo copies and is present in the "choose files" section. And when I remove the old logo from new event, it also gets removed from the old event.

And yet the spots will likely end up in Italy or the Netherlands.

I guess are next? @heywoodu You will need a Turkish name. How does Ahmet Ahşap sound? If I'm not mistaken, you will also need an Azeri wife.

I suspect she might improve this season. She just transferred to Wellington, Florida in an attempt to become something more than an amateur rider.

Isabell Werth on the subject of Totilas demise from Aachen 2015. http://www.eurodressage.com/2019/01/06/isabell-werth-totilas-those-who-rise-high-fall-deep

And I was looking for a Belgian flag.

Two 30+ Bibs made top 10 in Madonna (Istok and Razzolli), and only one today (Istok). Sport is not ugly because of that. After all, they are Olympic (!!) and World junior champions. And slalom has been like that since forever. Meillard, Schmidiger, Rochat, Simonet all made top 10 last season with 30+ Bibs. Hirscher achieved his first podium with 30+ Bib. Kammerlander making second run is just nonsense... He simply does not have a technique of a World class racer.

How can an event with a rich history suddenly become so ugly, basically overnight? And based on what do you think Lizeraux could win a race? Hirscher, Pinturault, Feller is hardly a surprising or random podium, just like any other podium from this season. And for the record, about 7/9 DNFers had slower splits (or slower 1st run) than Istok. So, yes, this top 10 does mean a thing.

Ok, I got my hopes up when Istok almost made 2nd run at Saalbach's chopped up course with Bib 65 or something. But damn... I never imagined he could possibly get a pair of 7th places immediately after. So for the next race we'll have two in top 30. Unreal.

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Top 10.

Istok is doing Madonna all over again.

Elias 15th Istok 17th Mado 24th And I'm not even surprised. They are dominating EC these days.

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