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Japan picked Serbia, because the injury of Boskovic. But nice matches for our team . Now they finally have to show what they can. But however, it's already very nice we reached the Final Six.

FIVB did it again. Everybody is happy now, because Japan is in the Final Six now. I think the FIVB gave the Serbian team a lot of money with a deliberate loss against Japan in return, so the organizer will play in the Final Six. Hopefully I am wrong and Serbia will play the same way against Netherlands tomorrow, otherwise Netherlands will be out of the Final Six on points ratio. Brazil and Japan both will go through at the end. Happy FIVB.

Eventually FIVB ranked Netherlands eighth (instead of ninth), despite finishing third in the second round group. That means the A-status in the Netherlands (more money).

After the first three days of de WCH, in my opinion China and Serbia are the best teams in the world again. I think those teams will play the final. Also Turkey, Italy and USA have a good chance. I'm surprised by South Korea and Russia. Looks like they are not in the best form.

It's because group A is the weakest pool ever. To seed Japan 1. is ridiculous, but it's the FIVB, so it's not astonishing anymore. Normally Serbia and Brazil also win all their matches, but maybe Japan can suprise against one of these teams. Otherwise Netherlands will play in the Final Six.

What happened with South Korea? By far the best player in the world, but the team is a disaster.

Japan really strong today against Argentina. Don't think Netherlands will have a real chance against Japan.

https://sporza.be/nl/2018/09/24/wk-volleybal-loting-final-6-reukje/ This draw ... FIVB even worse then FIFA. What a shame!!!

PREDICTION DESIGN - START COPYING HERE ---> [hide] Third Round September 26th - September 28th, 2018 6 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for Semifinals Group I Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 26th 2018, h. 17:00 Brazil 1 3 Russia September 27th 2018, h. 17:00 United States 1 3 Russia September 28th 2018, h. 17:00 Brazil 1 3 United States Group J Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 26th 2018, h. 21:15 Italy 3 2 Serbia September 27th 2018, h. 20:30 Poland 3 2 Serbia September 28th 2018, h. 21:15 Italy 3 2 Poland [/hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE

For the Dutch the outcome of the tournament is a little disappointing. With 5 wins in 8 matches they finish lower (9th) than Belgium (7th with 4 wins in 8 matches). Again: the formula of this tournament is ridiculous. It can be determinative for the Olympic qualification, because will probably miss a few points to participate in one of the Olympic tournaments.

Netherlands beat Finland 3:1. Good job! Now we "only" have to win against tomorrow and we will qualify for the Final Six

qualified for the Olympics ... WOW!!! Very happy with this result!

And Jur Vrieling again with 13 penalties ... Bye bye for the medals. Hopefully we can still make the top 6.

PREDICTION DESIGN - START COPYING HERE ---> [hide] Second Round September 21st - September 23rd, 2018 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group and 2 best 2nd placed Nations between all Groups will qualify for the Third Round Group E Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 21st 2018, h. 17:00 Netherlands 0 3 Russia September 21st 2018, h. 21:15 Italy 3 0 Finland September 22nd 2018, h. 17:00 Netherlands 3 2 Finland September 22nd 2018, h. 21:15 Russia 2 3 Italy September 23rd 2018, h. 17:00 Russia 3 1 Finland September 23rd 2018, h. 21:15 Italy 3 0 Netherlands Group F Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 21st 2018, h. 17:00 Brazil 3 0 Australia September 21st 2018, h. 20:30 Belgium 3 0 Slovenia September 22nd 2018, h. 17:00 Australia 0 3 Belgium September 22nd 2018, h. 20:30 Slovenia 1 3 Brazil September 23rd 2018, h. 17:00 Slovenia 3 1 Australia September 23rd 2018, h. 20:30 Belgium 1 3 Brazil Group G Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 21st 2018, h. 17:00 United States 3 1 Canada September 21st 2018, h. 20:40 Bulgaria 3 1 Iran September 22nd 2018, h. 17:00 Iran 1 3 Canada September 22nd 2018, h. 20:40 Bulgaria 1 3 United States September 23rd 2018, h. 17:00 United States 3 2 Iran September 23rd 2018, h. 20:40 Bulgaria 1 3 Canada Group H Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 21st 2018, h. 17:00 Serbia 2 3 France September 21st 2018, h. 20:40 Poland 3 0 Argentina September 22nd 2018, h. 17:00 Serbia 3 0 Argentina September 22nd 2018, h. 20:40 Poland 3 2 France September 23rd 2018, h. 17:00 France 3 0 Argentina September 23rd 2018, h. 20:40 Poland 3 2 Serbia [/hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE

The Dutch players also didn't knew that all results were carried to the next round. Our press secretary of our federation didn't knew it either. In Dutch media we now have 5 points, Russia 4, Finland 1 and Italy 9. They apparently still don't know. (FIVB XXXXXXXX)

But why not for A4 and D4. A4 moves to Bulgaria now, and D4 to Italy.

France wins against Canada. So Netherlands will play against Italy, Finland and Russia/Serbia. Hell of a job! Brazil is the lucky one of pool B in the end ... a second round against Slovenia, Belgium and Australia. Why the hell are A2 and A3 in the same pool and D2/D3 as well?

Oh yes, you're right. Hopefully France will win the match against Canada. Besides that, they need to. Otherwise they take no wins to the second round.

No, only the points against the teams that go through to the next round. Argentina will start the second round with 1 win, 2 losses and 2 points.

Netherlands with very bad luck. Looks like they finish third in poule B, which means Poland, Russia and Argentina in the next round. No chance for us against all those three opponents.

Well, I was wrong yesterday. I truly never believed that Netherlands could win against France. I feel sorry for Egypt, they play nice volleybal and would have chances to go through when they wouldn't have played in this insane group B. In the Netherlands they say that only the results against Brazil, France and Canada will count in the second round. When they finish second in the second round, then all results will count to determine the best numbers two.

Don't worry. Our team is so incredibly weak most of the time, Egypt will still have a good chance. Today Netherlands was up 10-3 and 23-21 and still they didn't manage to win the first set. Now they lose 3-0, so Egypt "only" has to win 3-0 ...

Netherlands needs 1 more set in the last two matches to go through. Will be a relief when they win that set tonight against France (won't be easy).

Thanks! How to compare teams with each other in the second round when all the teams played against other opponents?

Netherlands had 2 third places, 2 fourth places, 2 fifth places, 2 seventh places and 1 eight place in their 9 Olympic boats. A decent result, but we expected more medals. Especially the M8+ (seventh) and M4- (fourth) performed disappointing.