Dunadan

I expected Italy to beat Turkey but not so easily, 3-0 with sets at 19, 21, 12. The only problem so far is Pietrini's injury, I think she would have played a lot in the first matches.

Schedule and entries by NOC and sport are available on the site: https://www.buenosaires2018.com/results/en/all-sports/noc-schedule.htm?lng=en https://www.buenosaires2018.com/results/en/all-sports/competition-schedule.htm?lng=en

https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/y=2018/m=10/news=organising-committee-takes-important-decisions-on-fifa-women-s-world-cup.html Tokyo 2020 – possible participation of the Great Britain women’s football team: FIFA has now received written confirmation from the four British associations, confirming their intention to allow a British women’s team to try to qualify for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020, and that England will be the nominated country to seek a qualification slot for Tokyo 2020 at the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019. This agreement only applies for the women’s, and not the men’s, team. How convenient to take the decision only after England officially qualified for the World Cup (defeating Wales).

That's because in many events the final ranking is determined by adding together the results of both stages, so for example winning stage 2 doesn't necessarily mean winning the gold medal.

Molinari is the Italian Sportsman of the year for me. Too bad there's no serious award about it.

Valv-Piti got the gold so hopefully he will retire now.

[hide] Knockout Round September 26th - September 30th, 2018 12 Nations, Quarterfinal Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Bronze Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 30th 2018, h. 17:30 Belgium 5 Spain Gold Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 30th 2018, h. 20:00 Australia 2 United States [/hide]

[hide] Bronze Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 30th 2018, h. 17:00 Serbia 1 3 United States Gold Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 30th 2018, h. 20:30 Brazil 3 1 Poland [/hide]

In 2017 she continued to have good results in one day races. This year she has not raced and appeared in September with a baby, coincidence?

1) It's not important; 2) it's a title so if you want to be pedantic every word except prepositons, conjunctions and articles should be capitalized

[hide] Knockout Round September 26th - September 30th, 2018 12 Nations, Quarterfinal Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 29th 2018, h. 17:30 Belgium 17 United States September 29th 2018, h. 20:00 Spain 9 Australia [/hide]

[hide] Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 29th 2018, h. 17:00 Brazil 3 2 Serbia September 29th 2018, h. 20:30 Poland 0 3 United States [/hide]

As someone here would say: "I was 99% sure about this This was so expected twice in a few days " I hope they reach the final and lose 2-3 with a wrong call on the match point.

[hide] First Round September 29th - October 4th, 2018 24 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Second Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 29th 2018, h. 13:10 Mexico 3 2 Cameroon September 29th 2018, h. 15:40 Germany 1 3 Netherlands September 29th 2018, h. 19:20 Argentina 0 3 Japan September 30th 2018, h. 13:40 Cameroon 0 3 Germany September 30th 2018, h. 16:10 Argentina 3 1 Mexico September 30th 2018, h. 19:20 Japan 1 3 Netherlands October 1st 2018, h. 13:40 Germany 3 0 Argentina October 1st 2018, h. 16:10 Netherlands 3 0 Cameroon October 1st 2018, h. 19:20 Mexico 0 3 Japan October 3rd 2018, h. 13:40 Argentina 0 3 Netherlands October 3rd 2018, h. 16:10 Mexico 0 3 Germany October 3rd 2018, h. 19:20 Japan 3 0 Cameroon October 4th 2018, h. 13:40 Netherlands 3 0 Mexico October 4th 2018, h. 16:10 Cameroon 1 3 Argentina October 4th 2018, h. 19:20 Germany 2 3 Japan Group B Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 29th 2018, h. 13:40 Bulgaria 0 3 Italy September 29th 2018, h. 16:10 Turkey 3 0 Canada September 29th 2018, h. 19:20 China 3 0 Cuba September 30th 2018, h. 13:40 Canada 0 3 Italy September 30th 2018, h. 16:10 Cuba 0 3 Bulgaria September 30th 2018, h. 19:20 Turkey 1 3 China October 2nd 2018, h. 13:40 Italy 3 0 Cuba October 2nd 2018, h. 16:10 Bulgaria 0 3 Turkey October 2nd 2018, h. 19:20 China 3 0 Canada October 3rd 2018, h. 13:40 Turkey 2 3 Italy October 3rd 2018, h. 16:10 Canada 3 1 Cuba October 3rd 2018, h. 19:20 China 3 0 Bulgaria October 4th 2018, h. 13:40 Bulgaria 3 2 Canada October 4th 2018, h. 16:10 Cuba 0 3 Turkey October 4th 2018, h. 19:20 Italy 3 2 China Group C Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 29th 2018, h. 13:40 Russia 3 0 Trinidad and Tobago September 29th 2018, h. 16:10 Azerbaijan 0 3 United States September 29th 2018, h. 19:20 South Korea 3 2 Thailand September 30th 2018, h. 13:40 United States 3 0 Trinidad and Tobago September 30th 2018, h. 16:10 Azerbaijan 2 3 South Korea September 30th 2018, h. 19:20 Thailand 0 3 Russia October 2nd 2018, h. 13:40 Russia 3 0 Azerbaijan October 2nd 2018, h. 16:10 Trinidad and Tobago 0 3 Thailand October 2nd 2018, h. 19:20 United States 3 0 South Korea October 3rd 2018, h. 13:40 Azerbaijan 3 0 Trinidad and Tobago October 3rd 2018, h. 16:10 South Korea 1 3 Russia October 3rd 2018, h. 19:20 Thailand 0 3 United States October 4th 2018, h. 13:40 Trinidad and Tobago 0 3 South Korea October 4th 2018, h. 16:10 Thailand 2 3 Azerbaijan October 4th 2018, h. 19:20 Russia 1 3 United States Group D Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 29th 2018, h. 13:40 Puerto Rico 0 3 Brazil September 29th 2018, h. 16:10 Dominican Republic 0 3 Serbia September 29th 2018, h. 19:20 Kazakhstan 3 2 Kenya September 30th 2018, h. 13:40 Brazil 3 0 Dominican Republic September 30th 2018, h. 16:10 Kazakhstan 1 3 Puerto Rico September 30th 2018, h. 19:20 Kenya 0 3 Serbia October 1st 2018, h. 13:40 Dominican Republic 3 1 Kazakhstan October 1st 2018, h. 16:10 Puerto Rico 3 0 Kenya October 1st 2018, h. 19:20 Serbia 3 2 Brazil October 3rd 2018, h. 13:40 Puerto Rico 1 3 Dominican Republic October 3rd 2018, h. 16:10 Kazakhstan 0 3 Serbia October 3rd 2018, h. 19:20 Kenya 0 3 Brazil October 4th 2018, h. 13:40 Serbia 3 0 Puerto Rico October 4th 2018, h. 16:10 Dominican Republic 3 0 Kenya October 4th 2018, h. 19:20 Brazil 3 0 Kazakhstan [/hide]

[hide] Knockout Round September 26th - September 30th, 2018 12 Nations, Quarterfinal Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 28th 2018, h. 11:30 United States 25 Nigeria September 28th 2018, h. 14:00 Australia 15 China September 28th 2018, h. 17:30 Belgium 8 France September 28th 2018, h. 20:00 Canada 5 Spain [/hide]

Rohan defeats the Dark Lord of the Mill

The formula for women is almost identical. The difference is that in the 2nd round there will be 2 pools of 8 teams instead of 4 pools of 4. Top teams will play 13 matches.

[hide] Knockout Round September 26th - September 30th, 2018 12 Nations, Quarterfinal Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Quarterfinal Play-Offs Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 26th 2018, h. 11:30 Spain 20 Senegal September 26th 2018, h. 14:00 China 2 Japan September 26th 2018, h. 17:30 Nigeria 2 Greece September 26th 2018, h. 20:00 France 12 Turkey [/hide]

I haven't watched the draw but the FIVB has been using some "tables" lately to determine the order of matches, for groups of 3 teams (like the Nations League Final Six) it's always: team1 v. team3 team2 v. team3 team1 v. team2 and in this case we already knew that team1=ITA and BRA. It's similar for groups of 4 teams, as you can notice in the previous round the order of matches is the same for every pool.

[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 2 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 1 3 Serbia September 28th 2018, h. 21:15 Italy 3 1 Poland [/hide]

Please always write here your "99% sure" predictions so people can bet on the opposite outcome.

By losing today, Serbia also avoided Russia in the next round. Possible groups are: 1) ITA-USA-RUS and BRA-POL-SRB 2) ITA-POL-RUS and BRA-USA-SRB 3) BRA-USA-RUS and ITA-POL-SRB 4) BRA-POL-RUS and ITA-USA-SRB

USA won their group and Italy is now certainly qualified to the next round.

[hide] Preliminary Round September 22nd - September 25th, 2018 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals, the 2nd and the 3rd Nations from each Group will qualify for Quarterfinals Play-Offs Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2018, h. 13:30 South Korea 25 France September 22nd 2018, h. 17:30 Greece 12 Canada September 23rd 2018, h. 11:30 Canada 20 South Korea September 23rd 2018, h. 17:30 France 18 Greece September 25th 2018, h. 13:30 South Korea 8 Greece September 25th 2018, h. 20:30 Canada 8 France Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2018, h. 11:30 Australia 35 Nigeria September 22nd 2018, h. 14:00 Turkey 25 Argentina September 23rd 2018, h. 11:00 Argentina 35 Australia September 23rd 2018, h. 20:30 Nigeria 22 Turkey September 25th 2018, h. 11:30 Australia 15 Turkey September 25th 2018, h. 17:30 Argentina 3 Nigeria Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2018, h. 20:00 Japan 14 Spain September 22nd 2018, h. 20:30 Puerto Rico 25 Belgium September 23rd 2018, h. 13:30 Belgium 2 Japan September 23rd 2018, h. 20:00 Spain 35 Puerto Rico September 25th 2018, h. 11:00 Japan 25 Puerto Rico September 25th 2018, h. 20:00 Belgium 14 Spain Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 22nd 2018, h. 11:00 Latvia 3 China September 22nd 2018, h. 18:00 United States 56 Senegal September 23rd 2018, h. 14:00 Senegal 18 Latvia September 23rd 2018, h. 18:00 China 42 United States September 25th 2018, h. 14:00 Senegal 20 China September 25th 2018, h. 18:00 Latvia 40 United States [/hide]

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