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[hide] Women's Tournament Knockout Round July 23rd - July 27th, 2018 8 Nations, Placement Matches, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 23rd 2018, h. 17:00 Greece 2 Russia July 23rd 2018, h. 18:30 Italy 1 Hungary July 23rd 2018, h. 20:30 Netherlands 14 Germany July 23rd 2018, h. 22:00 France 16 Spain [/hide]

[hide] Men's Tournament Knockout Round July 22nd - July 20th, 2018 16 Nations, Placement Matches, Quarterfinals Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Quarterfinals Play-Offs Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 22nd 2018, h. 17:00 Hungary 3 Netherlands July 22nd 2018, h. 18:30 Germany 7 Greece July 22nd 2018, h. 20:30 Montenegro 4 Romania July 22nd 2018, h. 22:00 France 4 Russia [/hide]

[hide] Preliminary Round July 21st - July 29th, 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 July 22nd 2018, h. 11:00 China 1 Italy July 22nd 2018, h. 17:00 Netherlands 4 South Korea July 27th 2018, h. 18:00 China 2 Netherlands July 27th 2018, h. 20:00 South Korea 0 Italy July 29th 2018, h. 11:00 South Korea 0 China July 29th 2018, h. 13:00 Netherlands 3 Italy Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 21st 2018, h. 14:00 England 3 India July 21st 2018, h. 18:00 United States 2 Ireland July 25th 2018, h. 20:00 United States 1 England July 26th 2018, h. 14:00 India 1 Ireland July 29th 2018, h. 17:00 India 3 United States July 29th 2018, h. 19:00 England 1 Ireland Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 21st 2018, h. 11:00 Germany 2 South Africa July 22nd 2018, h. 13:00 Argentina 1 Spain July 25th 2018, h. 18:00 Germany 1 Argentina July 26th 2018, h. 12:00 Spain 2 South Africa July 28th 2018, h. 12:00 Spain 0 Germany July 28th 2018, h. 14:00 Argentina 2 South Africa Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 21st 2018, h. 20:00 Australia 2 Japan July 22nd 2018, h. 20:00 New Zealand 1 Belgium July 24th 2018, h. 12:00 Japan 1 New Zealand July 24th 2018, h. 14:00 Australia 2 Belgium July 28th 2018, h. 18:00 Japan 1 Belgium July 28th 2018, h. 20:00 New Zealand 1 Australia [/hide]

It would be great if the idea of these Games could be revived at the near future, and I don't think the costs would be that higher if they pick existing venues in Canada or USA.

I know @heywoodu was joking, but he made me remember that once we had a Winter Pan American Games in 1990. But of course USA and Canada won all the medals and the idea has not been revived since - there was only 1 sport anyway (alpine skiing) I wonder if today participation would increase and maybe Brazil could win a medal at something (at least Mexico or Colombia would probably win a bronze medal in Ice Hockey considering a participation of Canada and USA with some Z teams)

I was gonna do a "hips don't lie" joke, but... nevermind. She's great.

Okay, this segment is REALLY similar to Rio's "different tribes" portion. I think there is cleary some inspiration going on here.

And now the speeches

Are all those anthems/flags really necessary?

The judges seem more excited than most athletes. Nice for them to have their moment to shine

Was hoping for some Nicki Minaj for Trinidad

I don't really know any of those songs, but I guess they picked a different song for/coming from each of those nations entering the stadium?

Well, the schedule of these Games is very "tight", so I guess some athletes had to skip the ceremony.

Am I the only one noticing some similarities with the Rio opening ceremony? Especially regarding the design and overall elements (like the stage with singers/dancers/climbers at one side and the place where the flag will be raised at the other)? Anyway, even with some technical issues (lighting and the projection of the images could be better) they're doing a good enough job.

Reports are saying that Kazakhstan's Olympic medalist, Denis Ten, has tragically passed away following an attack in Almaty. If true, this is devastating

Maybe, but there are sports fans who do work during Olympics time and don't have the luxury of staying up all night to watch the events (like me ). I'm not saying it's a good thing, but I see why they did the schedule that way. Of course I will request some vacation time during Tokyo just to watch everything

It will probably favour the american viewers? Which of course is good for brazilians that share the same time zone (in Pyeongchang I slept most of the days because nothing was happening at dawn, except maybe some Cross Country and Curling).

Women's Handball and Volleyball finals are more exciting (to me) than Men's. So maybe for some people the Men's events are better, but not for everyone - I know for a fact that sports fans in Brazil care more about Women's than Men's, and that's a big market if we're talking about Volleyball. + (i'm just fishing here) maybe the time difference favours the Men's events finals to be held on Saturday? (for America viewers, I mean?) Maybe they could create a rotation system, but there's no reason to be so mad at this decision.

Well, yes, but I was referring more to the women's "problem". The new sports are a whole new conversation.

LOL no. The same nations will win other things as usual

I'm not 100% behind IOC changes either (those mixed events are mostly unnecessary and will only be good for the top nations anyway), but at least they're trying to add new things (and nothing extremely radical like what happens on YOG). For some opinions here, it looks like 3 or 4 more women's events will completely ruin the Winter Olympics

It was taking too long before the "women are destroying the Olympics!!!" comments to appear

Some notes: - First competition of the Games will be a Softball match on the Wednesday before the Opening Ceremony; - Football, Archery and Rowing also will start before or at the day of the OC; - It looks like the first medal will come from Shooting, as usual; - Taekwondo will be held on the first 4 days of the Games starting on Saturday, rather than on the last days like in the previous Games. Maybe they changed this because Karate will happen on the days that Taekwondo used to be held; - There will be a Cycling event every single day of the Games, in order: 2 days of Road, 2 of MB, 1 of Road (Time Trial), 2 of BMX, 2 of BMX Freestyle and 7 of Track (which will now have events until the last Sunday); - I think Basketball, Handball and Volleyball all have switched the day of Men's and Women's final. Men's will be on the last Saturday and Women's on Sunday. Beach Volleyball remain the same but finals will be later than usual (last Friday for Women's and Saturday for Men's); - Premilinary rounds and Finals of a given Wrestling category will be played in different days.

Congrats France

Today it starts the Men's and Women's Sitting Volleyball World Championships in the Netherlands. The finalists in both tournaments will qualify for Tokyo 2020. Useful links: official website I facebook page I results (men's / women's)