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  1. Otherwise let's do a tie! ... But only if wins the penalties
  2. Tomorrow the big clash - . Dutch teams (and especially waterpolo teams) usually lose when it comes to Olympic qualification. Hopefully tomorrow will be time for the turnaround! Followed by - . Could be a very interesting match. I eventually put my money on Spain.
  3. Wow, what a big upset by against . Congrats Italy! with an easy win against (17-10). Will be a though match in the semis, may the best team win! Now all the European top countries are cheering for against .
  4. I wish Bol had been born in a different era. Such a pity there's only silver for her behind McLaughlin-Levrone.
  5. Kamminga was overtired by covid for a year, so I have low expectations. Being in the final already is a good result for him. Maybe he can surprise and win the 925th silver medal of his career ...
  6. Because Australia (reigning World Champion) has a better team now with Richardson and Glaetzer. I don't see the Dutch men win, our starter Roy van den Berg has had injuries all year and our third man Jeffrey Hoogland never reached his level of 2020-2021 after he took a break after the Olympics. Hopefully Harrie Lavreysen will be in good shape again, so he can battle it out with Jakovlev and Richardson in the individual sprint.
  7. Well, a year later my predictions for the 5 biggest chances for a gold are: 1. Rowing women single sculls: Karolien Florijn 2. Hockey: women's team 3. Mountainbike women: Puck Pieterse 4. Sailing 49er FX: Odile van Aanholt en Annette Duetz 5. 10k women: Sifan Hassan In compare to my previous list no more Tes Schouten. Although she is ranked 4th in the world, Chikunova will win this event for sure. Also no men's hockey team; I expect , and stronger at the moment.
  8. in the final means two out of will miss the Games. That's even a bigger mess ... I don't see upset . Well, when doesn't qualify, it's their own 'fault'. Losing against Spain was enough for a realistic Olympic chance.
  9. I read something about a new format at the World Champs 2024 (Doha, Qatar). The same format used in this year's World Cup? I'm very curious how that affects Olympic qualification. Today's result in the match between and surprised me. How on earth it is possible for Japan to score 21 goals against Hungary? For coming Thursday the only interesting match is vs . I think the Greek team will win.
  10. Indeed, the real winner of this WCh is the team that finishes 9th. Does not feel good at all! When everything goes normal, you picked the right teams for the OQT. But honestly, I finally expect a good tournament from Hungary. They are good enough to beat Montenegro. So I predict a top 8 for them. For The Netherlands a pretty good draw. But the quarterfinals will be very very very hard against Norway or France.
  11. I should have put Canada in the list of the strong countries. This was a typo on my part, my apologies.
  12. The most important thing for the European countries is that Australia does not reach the final of the World Cup. Otherwise there is one less ticket for Europe, because New Zealand takes Oceania's quota spot. In that case you get an Olympic tournament with weak countries New Zealand, South Africa, France, China, Canada and 5 strong countries.
  13. On the other hand: Netherlands does not have good memories of matches against Hungary in recent years. In that respect, it might be better we have a good chance of reaching the semis now.
  14. Well, actually I'm very disappointed. The Dutch waterpoloteam has eliminated itself. Very stupid, although I'm not a fan of losing on purpose, but at the next World Cup it will certainly happen.
  15. What a horrible performance by the Dutch men. A clear 0-3 against Slovenia. Well, this can happen, because Slovenia is a strong team, but the way Netherlands played this match ... pfffff. If they don't improve quickly, they won't make it to the Olympics.
  16. The Dutch federation wants fewer medals, but to increase the chance of more first places. That's why we now only have competitive boats in the W1x, W4x, M2x, M4x and M8. In my opinion a wrong choice, because in these five boats there are so many other top countries that you better participate in more boats and then settle for bronze or something. In the W1x Karolien Florijn is the reigning world champion, but the Australian Tara Rigney has almost passed her. The W4x is for China, the M2x for the Sinkovic brothers, the M4x for GB and the M8 too. So anyway a lot of silver and bronze for the Netherlands. I'd rather have 8x silver and bronze than 5x silver and bronze. I really don't understand the choice for these priority boats.
  17. I couldn't have been more wrong. 3-0 for Germany, for me a surprising win.
  18. Very interesting draw for Netherlands. Their goal is reaching the quarterfinals, well ... that's possible with this draw. However Spain and Brazil are really good teams. Looking forward to the group E and F-matches. Will be a great battle for the quarterfinals.
  19. I especially like Hannah Ohrtmann and Lisa Alsmeier. Germany really became stronger last year. Interesting to see if they can qualify for Paris with competition from Dominican Republic, Canada and Netherlands. Serbia played the first two weeks with their B-squad. But Ojgenovic and the legend Boskovic came back in the third week. But Serbia was still a little shaky.
  20. Watch out for indeed. Don't know why, but somehow I think they will reach the final against .
  21. Yeah, I really think she is the most important player. I agree she's maybe not the best of the team, but her position (opposite) is the most important! And Dambrink is way better than Celeste Plak and Iris Scholten on that position. They did better than I thought in the last two weeks of the VNL. But losing to Germany and Dominican Republic (and Canada) was really unnecessary.
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