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[drumcorpsboy]

For those of you who are interested, I thought I'd post in one place a list of all the events considered for qualification for the 2012 Olympics. I will post a list monthly so we can follow along as the days tick down. When I have more time, perhaps I can include links to the event websites. Enjoy!

Bold denotes direct qualification available for 2012 Olympics (Note: in most other events, athletes can earn points toward world rankings which in part are used for qualification) Also note that this list is NOT a complete list of events; this list only includes events that are considered for Olympic qualification.

September 2010

Cycling (MTB) – World Championships, Mont Saint Anne, CAN – 8/14-9/5
Cycling (Road) – Vuelta a Espana, Spain – 8/28-9/19
Basketball – Men’s World Championship, Turkey – 8/28-9/12
Winner directly qualifies
Volleyball (Beach) – CEV Continental Cup Sub Zone Pool A, Mellieha, MLT – 9/4-9/5
Volleyball (Beach) – CEV Continental Cup Sub Zone Pool B, Zrece, SLO – 9/4-9/5
Volleyball (Beach) – CEV Continental Cup Sub Zone Pool E, Illichivsk, UKR – 9/4-9/5
Judo – World Championships, Tokyo, JPN – 9/9-9/13
Cycling (Road) – Quebec Grand Prix, Quebec City, CAN – 9/10
Cycling (Road) – Univest Grand Prix, Souderton, PA (America Tour) – 9/11
Triathlon – World Championship Grand Final, Budapest, HUN – 9/11-9/12
Cycling (Road) – Montreal Grand Prix, Montreal, CAN – 9/12
Cycling (Road) – Rund die Nuernberger Altstadt, Nuremberg, GER (Women) – 9/12
Volleyball (Beach) – CEV Continental Cup Sub Zone Pool G, Rhodes, GRE – 9/16-9/18
Cycling (BMX) – Supercross World Cup, Chula Vista, CA – 9/17-9/18
Weightlifting – World Championships, Antalya, TUR – 9/17-9/26
Basketball – Women’s World Championship, Czech Republic – 9/23-10/3
Winner directly qualifies
Cycling (Road) World Championships, Melbourne, AUS – 9/23-10/3
Volleyball (Beach) – CEV Continental Cup Sub Zone Pool H, Alanya, TUR – 9/24-9/26
Judo – Men’s World Cup, Almaty, KAZ – 9/25-9/26
Judo – Women’s World Cup, Tashkent, UZB – 9/25-9/26

[Brekkie Boy]

American dates - so unreadable to us Brits!!! Think the forthcoming European Track Cycling champs act as some sort of qualification too - that's the official reason the British stars are opting for those over the Commonwealth Games. (Wouldn't Team GB qualify a full team automatically anyway as hosts?)


Also anyone know if anything special is planned for the various Olympic Trials in Britain in 2012. I don't know if any sports other than Athletics and Swimming will qualify athletes directly from a trials event, but they're surely an ideal opportunity to act as test events for the venues ahead of the games themselves.

[Athan]

This website from the BBC is really interesting regarding Olympic qualification. It also explains the slots Great Britain has been automatically awarded as the host nation. However, there are several sports missing...

[faster]

This use to be the case, but now is not true of every sport. Full automatic qualification is only granted in the team sports. All other sports allow for a wild card/invite/lesser sports power spot and everything above that is through merit.

Anyways, about 26 countries have qualified so far through the World Shooting Championships and the FIBA World Championships.

[fox334]

Well, some updates:
-Seven European countries are still in contention for the 3 European spots in the men's Football tournament: Denmark, Czech Republic, Iceland, Belarus, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine.
-Five European countries are still in contention for the 2 European spots in the woman's Football tournament: Germany, Sweden, France, Norway and Italy (Italy has to beat the US in two days to stay in contention).
-Brazil and Columbia will represent South America in the woman's Football tournament.
-Pakistan will represent Asia in the men's Field Hockey tournament.
-China and South Korea will represent Asia in the woman's Field Hockey tournament.

[Athan]

Oh, I had forgotten the best teams in some sports at the Asian Games qualified for the Olympics...

Anyway, it's a pity how difficult to find the qualifying events for some sports is. By this time four years ago, all of these events already were on Wikipedia or on the sport federation's website.

[Athan]

The Norwegian women's handball team has just qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games after beating Sweden (25-20) in the final of the European Championships.

[gotosy]

After 84 years Uruguay's football team is back to Olympics

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Uruguay beats Argentina to qualify for Olympics

AREQUIPA, Peru (AP)—Uruguay earned a berth at the 2012 London Olympics after beating Argentina 1-0 in second round South American qualifying for the Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday.

The victory gave Uruguay 10 points from four matches with the one round remaining on Saturday. The top two teams in qualifying earn spots in London and the top four advance to the U20 World Cup later this year in Colombia.

http://sports.yahoo....ericau20roundup

[Athan]

And in my 1000th post, I have the honour to say that the second South American football spot goes to... Brazil!!! Argentina, current Olympic champion, won't be taking part in London.

BTW, the national handball team of France won the World championship two weeks ago and qualified for the London Olympics, too.

[gotosy]

Spain, Switzerland and Belarus qualify for London 2012 football tournament

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Spain, Switzerland and Belarus have all qualified for the football tournament at the London 2012 Olympic Games, following their performances in the European Under-21 Championships.

The trio join hosts Great Britain as the four representatives from Europe in the 16 team tournament.

http://www.insidethe...ball-tournament