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Post by avid 2.0 on Jun 1, 2024 14:45:25 GMT -5
there's only six matches?? thats lame.
when is the cut off date for WCH? Sweden is in the top 30, right?
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Post by bzo on Jun 1, 2024 14:55:39 GMT -5
there's only six matches?? thats lame. when is the cut off date for WCH? Sweden is in the top 30, right? Yes, only 6 matches in the "league phase". The cut off date is after the Eurovolley 2026 Qualifier matches, where the last match (this year) is played August 29. Sweden will host one of the pools in Eurovolley 2026 so they will not play the qualifiers, but they're ranked 24 now so that should be enough to qualify for WCH.
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Post by avid 2.0 on Jun 1, 2024 14:57:12 GMT -5
there's only six matches?? thats lame. when is the cut off date for WCH? Sweden is in the top 30, right? Yes, only 6 matches in the "league phase". The cut of date is after the Eurovolley 2026 Qualifier matches, where the last match (this year) is played August 29. Sweden will host one of the pools in Eurovolley 2026 so they will not play the qualifiers, but they're ranked 24 now so that should be enough to qualify for WCH. Thats good. That should be the goal rather than the VNL. At least until they can find more consistency (or until there is a surprise passer/setter/libero/middle to play LOL)
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Post by chatchu-off moksri on Jun 1, 2024 20:16:00 GMT -5
Sweden won both of their games this weekend. The Haak's had great matches. Belgium beat the Czechs (Britt had 33 points), Romania swept Croatia. i cant find a replay of belgium vs czechia on eurovolley or youtube... nice. the replays usually appear the day after the match is played i think
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Post by avid 2.0 on Jun 2, 2024 12:30:42 GMT -5
sksksks not Ukraine wasting a 19-14 lead in set 4 to give Sweden a spot in the final four
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Post by uofaGRAD on Jun 2, 2024 12:32:03 GMT -5
sksksks not Ukraine wasting a 19-14 lead in set 4 to give Sweden a spot in the final four I am literally livid
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Post by avid 2.0 on Jun 2, 2024 12:36:19 GMT -5
sksksks not Ukraine wasting a 19-14 lead in set 4 to give Sweden a spot in the final four I am literally livid i will wait for Bella to come out with a 40 point performance to knock belgium out. but otoh, arent they pretty safe via ranking?
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Post by uofaGRAD on Jun 2, 2024 12:36:39 GMT -5
i will wait for Bella to come out with a 40 point performance to knock belgium out. but otoh, arent they pretty safe via ranking? I don’t know how any of this works
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Post by badgerbyproxy on Jun 2, 2024 13:38:19 GMT -5
i will wait for Bella to come out with a 40 point performance to knock belgium out. but otoh, arent they pretty safe via ranking? Yeah, Belgium’s a lock for the Challenger cup based on their ranking alone. A loss in the semis wouldn’t bump their ranking down far enough.
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Post by bzo on Jun 2, 2024 14:23:11 GMT -5
Match results GL: 🇪🇸 Spain - 🇷🇴 Romania: 3-1 (15-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-18) Stats🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - 🇦🇹 Austria: 2-3 (25-22, 25-19, 23-25, 16-25, 8-15) Stats🇺🇦 Ukraine - 🇧🇪 Belgium: 1-3 (21-25, 28-26, 18-25, 23-25) Stats🇸🇰 Slovakia - 🇸🇮 Slovenia: 3-0 (25-21, 29-27, 25-22) StatsSL: 🇬🇪 Georgia - 🇮🇸 Iceland: 3-1 (25-16, 21-25, 25-19, 25-15) Stats🇭🇺 Hungary - 🇫🇮 Finland: 1-3 (17-25, 24-26, 27-25, 24-26) StatsI'm not sure if another weekend with two matches and X amount of swings is what Bella Haak's body needs (apparently the reason why she didn't play against Belgium was that she had sore lymph nodes and some kind of inflammation, likely as a reaction to the her intense match schedule with essentially no rest). But Haak and Sweden has looked better these last matches and maybe some rest and more time training with Bregoli can at least make them put up a decent fight in the semi. There was also some drama in the fight to avoid relegation: Austria beat Azerbaijan 3-2 but they will still be relegated to Silver League (they needed a 3-1 win).
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Post by chatchu-off moksri on Jun 2, 2024 14:41:34 GMT -5
So looks like semis are Belgium-Sweden and Czechia-Romania
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Post by bzo on Jun 8, 2024 11:00:58 GMT -5
It will be 🇫🇮 Finland - 🇵🇹 Portugal in the Silver League finals www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/CompetitionView.aspx?ID=1593&PID=3008Portugal only had to play 4 out of 6 matches due to Bosnia's withdrawal and won 3 of those matches. Hungary had to play all 6 matches and won 5, but apparently the match against the worst ranked team won't be counted in the standings now and Portugal ends up with a better set ratio. Messy...
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Post by bzo on Jun 15, 2024 4:35:41 GMT -5
Semifinals in Golden League today
15:00 CEST / 8AM CT: 🇧🇪 Belgium - 🇸🇪 Sweden (free stream @ ceskatelevize.cz, but geoblocked) 18:00 CEST / 11AM CT: 🇨🇿 Czechia - 🇷🇴 Romania (free stream @ ceskatelevize.cz, but geoblocked)
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Post by avid 2.0 on Jun 15, 2024 10:36:43 GMT -5
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Post by volleyb on Jun 15, 2024 10:45:42 GMT -5
So see you in Manila, Bella?
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