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Brazil announced its Athletics team with 51 athletes. We have now 477 athletes and this should be our final number pending the possibility of winning the last spot in Men's Rugby.

Table Tennis at the Pan American Games 2019 Lima (PER) - 4 August 2019 - 10 August 2019 Official Website

I think the groups for final round will be: Group A: (host), (3), (4) Group B: (1), (2), (5)

Technically this wasn't the best match (CMR vs NZL), but maybe it was the most exciting? The third-ranked thing might not be ideal, but at least makes for thrilling matches that otherwise would be just "friendlies".

What are you talking about? I agree Europe should have more spots, but 3 for America is fair when we consider USA, Canada and Brazil are among the best.

BTW, with swimming added (at least to the nations we're already know the numbers), USA has now more qualified athletes than Peru. I wonder what was the last time the host nation didn't have the most athletes? Of course that's mostly because Peru withdrew from some sports (like Basketball) and didn't use the full quota in others.

+26 +9 +9 +4 None of these count Open Water, that's why the numbers might be different in the end (especially because in some cases swimmers will compete in both)

Is this number for Cuba?

Also, what about the last qualified team in men's Rugby Sevens

1. Exorbitant ticket prices that don't match our reality (so high that the Brazil opening match has now the best revenue of all time for the team); 2. General lack of interest (not a lot of people seem to care about the team anymore, and the sentiment carries over to other matches, especially when big teams are not involved); 3. Discrepancies between tickets sold x people attending (it is reported that in some cases the sponsors had like 8k seats available in a match and didn't use most of it). In the end, the Copa America committee doesn't care a lot about low attendance, as they still are getting big bucks because of the average ticket price of R$ 300 - which is, in fact, bigger than the 2014 World Cup (!). Brazil is planning of hosting the next Women's WC, and if we get this tournament, I hope the organizing committee is not so greedy.

That's because there was no other south american team interested in this, I think? Brazil, Colombia and Peru were already qualified. This happens a lot in other sports, like Brazil in women's Basketball that had a good ranking for many years thanks to past results. But eventually the team continued with shitty results and now isn't "favoured" anymore. But that's not totally like Argentina, since they can win against any south american team (other than Brazil) when it really matters. Eventually I can see Colombia fighting for 2nd best team of South America - I have more faith in them than Peru, which almost always disappoint (Pan Am Games in Lima will be a good test for them, especially because many nations will go with B teams).

I'm just glad that at the end we'll end with 2 wins here.

This match made me experience something I've never saw before in a women's football match. A lot of people stopped everything to watch this on a week day (!) + Marta's goal was heavily celebrated. In terms of our standings in the competition, this didn't change much, but this win was not only a moral boost for the team, but also great for the general perception of women's football in Brazil. It was a beatiful moment and I'm glad I lived it.

Uruguay was the favourite but I didn't know Ecuador was so weak right now.

Argentina was playing better than Colombia until the first goal, though. Based on what we saw from Paraguay vs Qatar, it's unlikely Argentina will lose points to either one of them.

[hide] Preliminary Round June 21st - July 2nd, 2019 24 Nations, 6 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group and the 4 best 3rd ranked Nations from all Groups will qualify for the Round of 16 Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 21st 2019, h. 22:00 Egypt 2 0 Zimbabwe June 22nd 2019, h. 16:30 Congo DR 1 0 Uganda June 26th 2019, h. 19:00 Uganda 2 1 Zimbabwe June 26th 2019, h. 22:00 Egypt 2 1 Congo DR June 30th 2019, h. 21:00 Uganda 0 3 Egypt June 30th 2019, h. 21:00 Zimbabwe 1 2 Congo DR Group B Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 22nd 2019, h. 19:00 Nigeria 4 0 Burundi June 22nd 2019, h. 21:00 Guinea 2 1 Madagascar June 26th 2019, h. 16:30 Nigeria 2 1 Guinea June 27th 2019, h. 16:30 Madagascar 1 0 Burundi June 30th 2019, h. 18:00 Madagascar 0 3 Nigeria June 30th 2019, h. 18:00 Burundi 0 2 Guinea Group C Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 23rd 2019, h. 19:00 Senegal 2 0 Tanzania June 23rd 2019, h. 22:00 Algeria 3 1 Kenya June 27th 2019, h. 19:00 Senegal 1 1 Algeria June 27th 2019, h. 22:00 Kenya 3 0 Tanzania July 1st 2019, h. 21:00 Kenya 0 1 Senegal July 1st 2019, h. 21:00 Tanzania 0 2 Algeria Group D Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 23rd 2019, h. 16:30 Morocco 3 0 Namibia June 24th 2019, h. 16:30 Cote d'Ivoire 2 1 South Africa June 28th 2019, h. 19:00 Morocco 1 1 Cote d'Ivoire June 28th 2019, h. 22:00 South Africa 2 1 Namibia July 1st 2019, h. 18:00 South Africa 1 1 Morocco July 1st 2019, h. 18:00 Namibia 0 2 Cote d'Ivoire Group E Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 24th 2019, h. 19:00 Tunisia 3 0 Angola June 24th 2019, h. 22:00 Mali 3 1 Mauritania June 28th 2019, h. 16:30 Tunisia 2 0 Mali June 29th 2019, h. 16:30 Mauritania 0 0 Angola July 2nd 2019, h. 21:00 Mauritania 0 3 Tunisia July 2nd 2019, h. 21:00 Angola 1 2 Mali Group F Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 25th 2019, h. 19:00 Cameroon 2 0 Guinea-Bissau June 25th 2019, h. 22:00 Ghana 2 1 Benin June 29th 2019, h. 19:00 Cameroon 2 1 Ghana June 29th 2019, h. 22:00 Benin 1 0 Guinea-Bissau July 2nd 2019, h. 18:00 Benin 1 3 Cameroon July 2nd 2019, h. 18:00 Guinea-Bissau 0 2 Ghana [/hide]

[hide] Preliminary Round June 15th - June 26th, 2019 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals Group A Date & Time (GMT -4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 15th 2019, h. 19:30 Canada 3 0 Martinique June 15th 2019, h. 22:00 Mexico 3 0 Cuba June 19th 2019, h. 20:00 Cuba 2 1 Martinique June 19th 2019, h. 22:30 Mexico 2 0 Canada June 23rd 2019, h. 18:00 Canada 1 0 Cuba June 23rd 2019, h. 20:30 Martinique 0 4 Mexico Group B Date & Time (GMT -4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 16th 2019, h. 18:00 Haiti 2 0 Bermuda June 16th 2019, h. 20:30 Costa Rica 2 0 Nicaragua June 20th 2019, h. 19:00 Nicaragua 0 1 Haiti June 20th 2019, h. 21:30 Costa Rica 3 0 Bermuda June 24th 2019, h. 18:30 Bermuda 1 1 Nicaragua June 24th 2019, h. 21:00 Haiti 1 2 Costa Rica Group C Date & Time (GMT -4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 17th 2019, h. 19:00 Curaçao 1 2 El Salvador June 17th 2019, h. 21:30 Jamaica 1 1 Honduras June 21st 2019, h. 19:00 El Salvador 0 1 Jamaica June 21st 2019, h. 21:30 Honduras 2 0 Curaçao June 25th 2019, h. 20:00 Jamaica 1 1 Curaçao June 25th 2019, h. 22:30 Honduras 2 1 El Salvador Group D Date & Time (GMT -4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 18th 2019, h. 19:30 Panama 2 1 Trinidad and Tobago June 18th 2019, h. 22:00 United States 3 0 Guyana June 22nd 2019, h. 17:30 Guyana 0 2 Panama June 22nd 2019, h. 20:00 United States 2 0 Trinidad and Tobago June 26th 2019, h. 18:30 Trinidad and Tobago 2 0 Guyana June 26th 2019, h. 21:00 Panama 1 2 United States [/hide]

[hide] Preliminary Round June 14th - June 24th, 2019 12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group and the 2 best 3rd ranked Teams between all Groups will qualify for the Quarterfinals Group A Date & Time (GMT -3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 14th 2019, h. 21:30 Brazil 3 0 Bolivia June 15th 2019, h. 16:00 Venezuela 1 2 Peru June 18th 2019, h. 18:30 Bolivia 0 1 Peru June 18th 2019, h. 21:30 Brazil 2 0 Venezuela June 22nd 2019, h. 16:00 Peru 1 2 Brazil June 22nd 2019, h. 16:00 Bolivia 1 2 Venezuela Group B Date & Time (GMT -3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 15th 2019, h. 19:00 Argentina 1 1 Colombia June 16th 2019, h. 16:00 Paraguay 1 1 Qatar June 19th 2019, h. 18:30 Colombia 2 1 Qatar June 19th 2019, h. 21:30 Argentina 2 0 Paraguay June 23rd 2019, h. 16:00 Qatar 1 2 Argentina June 23rd 2019, h. 16:00 Colombia 2 0 Paraguay Group C Date & Time (GMT -3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 16th 2019, h. 19:00 Uruguay 1 1 Ecuador June 17th 2019, h. 20:00 Japan 0 1 Chile June 20th 2019, h. 20:00 Uruguay 2 0 Japan June 20th 2019, h. 20:00 Ecuador 1 1 Chile June 24th 2019, h. 20:00 Chile 1 2 Uruguay June 24th 2019, h. 20:00 Ecuador 2 1 Japan [/hide]

I don't think this championship means that much, there's literally no excitement for it. Even if Brazil wins it, it won't entirely restore the faith in the team (for general perception, though, maybe would be good since we haven't won anything in quite some time).

People are so excited that this didn't even had a thread yet? In all seriousness, people really are not talking about this. In their last friendly before competition, Brazil won 7-0 against Honduras in a half-empty stadium (and I'm being generous, 'cause I think there was like 15k spectators), something that would never happen a few years ago. The recent failures of the team and the whole Neymar scandal might have something to do with this.

Men's Football CONMEBOL Copa América 2019 Various Cities (BRA) - 14 June 2019 - 7 July 2019 Official Website

Compared to 2015, Brazil's level have decreased, so much I don't know if they can even win a bronze medal this time at Pan Am Games.

Actually in the end the male open water swimmers selected won't compete in the pool. So we have 34 in the pool events (18 men + 16 women) and 4 in Open Water (2 each gender), but Viviane Jungblut will also compete in the pool so that equals 37 athletes (the list is in this post). Brazil could have opted to send 2 more female athletes but the level isn't great.

I'm surprised by Italy's win as well, not that they are a bad team, but because I thought Australia had the potential to reach semifinals (and maybe still has). I'm fearful for Brazil at the next match.

Swimming at the Aquatics FINA World Championships 2019 Gwangju (KOR) - 21 July 2019 - 28 July 2019 Official Website