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Post by avid 2.0 on Jun 17, 2024 10:01:09 GMT -5
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Post by bzo on Jun 17, 2024 11:09:30 GMT -5
Isn't Colombia already qualified with their 3rd place in the South American Volleyball Championship 2023? And I thought the inactive penalty score (-50p) was not set until January 1? But maybe they will include it in the ranking they base the WCH qualification on anyway. I don't think it matters though as the other inactive teams won't have enough points to qualify anyway. |
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Post by chatchu-off moksri on Jun 17, 2024 12:47:57 GMT -5
ugh this sucks  but i do think this is a blessing in disguise for the team. they definitely need the rest. i hope they get it together for World Championships |
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Post by kwt on Jun 18, 2024 7:21:00 GMT -5
avid 2.0 kwt mberlanda I saw the men's national team is playing a friendly against Argentina mid-July in Florence. Do any of you happen to know if the women's team will do something similar? I happen to be in Florence at that time, but I'd still prefer to watch the Italian women. Italy - Serbia (Florence, Palazzo Wanny, July 9, 7:00 PM) www.federvolley.it/node/128536 |
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Post by akinradeheaux on Jun 18, 2024 7:22:09 GMT -5
avid 2.0 kwt mberlanda I saw the men's national team is playing a friendly against Argentina mid-July in Florence. Do any of you happen to know if the women's team will do something similar? I happen to be in Florence at that time, but I'd still prefer to watch the Italian women. Italy - Serbia (July 9, 7:00 PM) www.federvolley.it/node/128536Ooh, thanks for the update! Alas, I don’t get in until July 13. |
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Post by akinradeheaux on Jun 20, 2024 18:00:01 GMT -5
Serbia is an interesting NT - they're so confident in their major event performance that they almost never send an A team to secondary tournaments. Crazy to me that the reigning consecutive world champions were in the bottom Olympic seed pot. It also doesn't seem to be a specific coaching choice - Terzic, Santarelli, and Guidetti all seemed to have done this.
A non sequitur fun fact: USA and China have been in the same Olympic group stage pool every iteration since 1996. China won in '96 and '04. USA won every other time.
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Post by volleyb on Jun 21, 2024 20:21:50 GMT -5
U18 Asian Championship Final Four:
Japan, China, Thailand, Chinese Taipei
These 4 qualifies for the 2025 U19 World Championship.
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Post by volleyb on Jun 24, 2024 9:08:49 GMT -5
U18 Asian Championship Final Four: Japan, China, Thailand, Chinese Taipei These 4 qualifies for the 2025 U19 World Championship. Gold: China Silver: Japan Bronze: Chinese Taipei Top 3 is pretty much expected. Before the start of the tournament, I would say Thailand will definitely get the Bronze but when I watched TPE they are a solid roster, stronger than their usual. China getting the GOLD maybe expected as aligned with Seniors if you don't know the results of the previous editions, but I feel bad for the Japanese girls since Japan is the Champion for the last 8 editions, so they are the batch who broke the streak  |
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Post by c4ndlelight on Jun 24, 2024 10:53:04 GMT -5
Serbia is an interesting NT - they're so confident in their major event performance that they almost never send an A team to secondary tournaments. Crazy to me that the reigning consecutive world champions were in the bottom Olympic seed pot. It also doesn't seem to be a specific coaching choice - Terzic, Santarelli, and Guidetti all seemed to have done this. A non sequitur fun fact: USA and China have been in the same Olympic group stage pool every iteration since 1996. China won in '96 and '04. USA won every other time. Part of it is not having a ton of depth from low population - they can't mix in a B squad and win the way USA can (or could, prior to tis quad). The other half I imagine is pressure from Federation - I don't think Turkey/Italy/China coaches would still be employed if they were taking this many VNL losses. |
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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on Jun 24, 2024 21:35:07 GMT -5
Serbia is an interesting NT - they're so confident in their major event performance that they almost never send an A team to secondary tournaments. Crazy to me that the reigning consecutive world champions were in the bottom Olympic seed pot. It also doesn't seem to be a specific coaching choice - Terzic, Santarelli, and Guidetti all seemed to have done this. A non sequitur fun fact: USA and China have been in the same Olympic group stage pool every iteration since 1996. China won in '96 and '04. USA won every other time. Part of it is not having a ton of depth from low population - they can't mix in a B squad and win the way USA can (or could, prior to tis quad). The other half I imagine is pressure from Federation - I don't think Turkey/Italy/China coaches would still be employed if they were taking this many VNL losses. Chinese coaches sent b team to VNL finals like 10 times and none were fired for that reason. |
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Post by c4ndlelight on Jun 24, 2024 21:41:42 GMT -5
Part of it is not having a ton of depth from low population - they can't mix in a B squad and win the way USA can (or could, prior to tis quad). The other half I imagine is pressure from Federation - I don't think Turkey/Italy/China coaches would still be employed if they were taking this many VNL losses. Chinese coaches sent b team to VNL finals like 10 times and none were fired for that reason. Maybe China's federation has softened up, but did they ever go 3-9 though? |
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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on Jun 24, 2024 22:22:14 GMT -5
Chinese coaches sent b team to VNL finals like 10 times and none were fired for that reason. Maybe China's federation has softened up, but did they ever go 3-9 though? No, worst we went was 7-8 in the old system, but we lost to teams like Korea, Poland, and Turkey (back then).
Nobody called for Jenny to be fired - in the end VNL is still not seen as a big event in China.
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Post by genisvel on Jun 25, 2024 15:32:05 GMT -5
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Post by avid 2.0 on Jun 25, 2024 15:35:41 GMT -5
I know this press release is from Omaha but its so weird how the league just ignores the Puerto ricans |
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Post by avid 2.0 on Jun 26, 2024 9:32:04 GMT -5
The Central American Championship is going on now in Honduras. live.app.fivb.com/tournaments/1493/matchesNCAA/USA players (That I can see) Belize: Nisaan Martinez (Alabama A&M), Khaya Gordon (Navarro), Gareth Bruce (Georgetown College) Costa Rica: Ivanny Bennett Blackwood (Northwestern Oklahoma St), Rashanny Solano Smith (St Johns) Guatemala: Naomi Monney (Calumet of St.Joseph College) |
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but i do think this is a blessing in disguise for the team. they definitely need the rest. i hope they get it together for World Championships
