Rei Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 For those want to know the qualfying criterios for every discipline in view of Beijing I would suggest you to take a look on the CONI site. Sorry it's only in italan but right now it's the only dedicated site where I've found a complete list of qualifying schedule for every olympic sport. Coni.Beijing.it There you can also find a section updated of the 2007 World Cahmpionships medal tally per country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 interesting medal tally thanks for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athan Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 There, there are the world qualifying events and the European qualifying events (for exemple, in volleyball, there will be more continental championships: the Americas, Africa...). The rest of the tournaments are on wikipedia ... The next Olympic Qualifying Event (if I'm not wrong) will be the Boxing Championships in Chicago and, then, the FIVB World Cup in Japan ... Good luck to Spain! And good luck to all of your countries too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted October 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 Yes there aren't the special qualifiyng events for the other continets but you have all the qualifying criterios for Beijing though. Here next events you find the updated list of the next qualifying events. So next are. Boxing WC 23.10.2007 / 3.11.2007 Chicago Gym WC 02.11.2007 / 04.11.2007 Quebec City Volley WC 2.11.2007 / 16.11.2007 Japan Here ther's the 2007 updated World Chs medal tally per country 2007 medal tally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athan Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Oh, yes: the trampoline gymnastics world championships in Quebec, I forgot! Anyway, I think Spanish athletes have a few possibilities here ... But in the FIVB men's world cup the Spanish team can surprise almost everyone, after they won the European Championships beating Russia in Moscow, I think they can make a great tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted November 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Volley, European Qualifying Tournament (one place available for each) Men's 7.1.2008 / 13.1.2008 Izmir Women's 14.1.2008 / 20.1.2008 Halle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linag Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Very interesting, thank you for your share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted December 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Men's Volley, European Qualifying Tournament (7-13 Jan -Izmir) Draws: Group A Spain Italy Poland Holland Group B Turkey Serbia Germany Finland The first two of each group get the semis. Beside the singular Continental tournaments, there will be also three World tournaments (scheduled from May to June in Germany, Portugal and Japan) for the last three remaining spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Men's Volley, European Qualifying Tournament (7-13 Jan -Izmir)Draws: Group A Spain Italy Poland Holland Group B Turkey Serbia Germany Finland The first two of each group get the semis. Beside the singular Continental tournaments, there will be also three World tournaments (scheduled from May to June in Germany, Portugal and Japan) for the last three remaining spots. Interesting that no Russia or Bulgaria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted December 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 They are already qualified being, rescpectively, second and third classified in the WC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted January 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Mountain bike: publication of rankings by nation and qualification for the Olympic Games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted January 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 January Scheduling: Men's Volley, European Qualifying Tournament-Izmir 7.1.2008 / 13.1.2008 Sailing, WC (Finn Class)-Melbourne 20.01.2008 / 29.01.2008 Taekwondo, European Qualifying Tournament -Istanbul 26.01.2008 / 27.01.2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Venezuela has qualified in both men's and women's volleyball on the same day yesterday. The men upset Argentina at the Argentinian's backyard. Four hours later the women beat traditional South American power Peru, both of whom coming into the Final with 3-0 records, 3 sets to 2 for the sole South American ticket to Beijing. Surely a day to be remembered for Venezeulan volleyball fans. Venezuela Shockingly Qualifies In Both Men's And Women's Volleyball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 (edited) Venezuela has qualified in both men's and women's volleyball on the same day yesterday. The men upset Argentina at the Argentinian's backyard. Four hours later the women beat traditional South American power Peru, both of whom coming into the Final with 3-0 records, 3 sets to 2 for the sole South American ticket to Beijing. Surely a day to be remembered for Venezeulan volleyball fans.Venezuela Shockingly Qualifies In Both Men's And Women's Volleyball I know!! And this kinda plays right into the hands of that half-literate loudmouth, Chavez. And some interesting notes from the blog of Rob Browning, the US Men's Team leader in Puerto Rico: (bolded section is mine) Today, the sun is shining and the island is drying off after a very rainy day yesterday. Before yesterday’s match with the Dominican Republic both teams entered the main court dripping wet after running from the warm-up court to the stadium in a tropical downpour.Tomorrow is the much anticipated match against Puerto Rico. An interesting sidebar to the match is the familiarity that the players from each team have with each other. Many of Puerto Rico’s players played collegiate volleyball in the U.S. Their star player, opposite Hector “Picky” Soto, played at IPFW. Others who played NCAA volleyball are outside hitter Victor Rivera and middle blocker Enrique Escalante (Lewis), outside hitter Jose Rivera and middle blocker Rene Esteves (Ohio State), and outside hitter Ivan Perez and setter Angel Perez (BYU). Five players on USA’s roster have played in Puerto Rico. Clay Stanley, Riley Salmon, Ryan Millar, Scott Touzinsky, and Gabe Gardner all played in Puerto Rico’s Superior League. The league is attractive to USA players because of the short season, good pay and great support and excitement surrounding the league. Moving to another topic, the Cuban team has sequestered itself away from the rest of the teams in an attempt to prevent any defections. Four years ago at this same tournament in Puerto Rico two of Cuba’s players slipped away from the team not long after they lost the qualification match to USA. The match in 2004 came down to the wire with Reid Priddy and Tom Hoff coming up with a stuff block on championship point. Defections have hurt Cuba’s men’s national team in the past 6 years. In 2001 Cuba had arguably the best team in the world. That year, Cuba defeated the USA at the NORCECA Championships in the final match in Barbados, then went on to win the Grand Champions Cup in Japan. Not long after that at a tournament in Belgium, most of the starting lineup for Cuba got hold of their passports and disappeared into the night. Cuba's national team has not returned to that level of play since, although they seem to have a never-ending supply of young talent, including the good young team they have at this tournament. Cuba is staying and eating at the Puerto Rican Olympic Training Center while the rest of the teams are staying at the tournament hotel and eating meals at a dining hall across from the stadium. U can read the full text on: http://www.usavolleyball.org/VolleyballNews/news.asp?id=2038 Edited January 8, 2008 by baron-pierreIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted January 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 To take a quick look at the updated Volley qualifying results. (from the FIVB site) MEN 1. China (host country) 2. Brazil (1st World Cup) 3. Russia (2nd World Cup) 4. Bulgaria (3rd World Cup) 5. COQT - Africa 6. COQT - Asia * 7. COQT - Europe 8. COQT - Norceca 9. Venezuela - South America 10. WOQT - Germany 11. WOQT - Japan * 12. WOQT - Portugal WOMEN 1. China (host country) 2. Italy (1st World Cup) 3. Brazil (2nd World Cup) 4. U.S.A. (3rd World Cup) 5. COQT - Africa 6. COQT - Asia * 7. COQT - Europe 8. Cuba - Norceca 9. Venezuela - South America 10. WOQT - Japan * 11. WOQT - Japan * 12. WOQT - Japan * * The Asian Continental Qualification Tournaments are played combined with the World Olympic Qualification Tournaments in Japan COQT = Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament WOQT = World Olympic Qualification www.fivb.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 well, the NORCECA slot is to be decided in a few hours between the USA and Puerto Rico again. The 5th time they will meet again this year. If the US boys didn't allow PR to beat them in Tokyo, they wouldn't be going thru all this again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Finally got the Live-Stream for the Championship game going!! It's starting 1.5 hrs late and sooooo maaannny F*cking commercials! Will keep everyone psoted!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Game 1, 1st TO: US 16 - PR 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 1st game over: US 25 - PR 20!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Game 2: US 25 - PR 19. 1 to go before Beijing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 (edited) US MEN GO TO BEIJING!! 3rd game: 25- 20!! (This is the 3rd consecutive time the USA men have qualified at this event, beating Canada 3-0 in Winnipeg in 2000, Cuba 3-2 in Puerto Rico in 2004, and now Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico. This also makes USA Volleyball one of the very few federations in the world that has sent both its men’s and women’s teams to every Olympic Games since 1984.) Again, here's a great analysis by Rob Browning of USA Volleyball on how Puerto Rico could've made things a little easier on themselves: A month ago at the first Olympic Qualifying event, the 2007 World Cup in Japan, the Puerto Rican men’s team beat the USA for the first time in 30 years. That match was significant not only because of that historic fact, but because it ultimately kept the USA from qualifying at that event. Puerto Rico’s win was a double-edged sword—it was a great accomplishment to beat the USA, but it ended up making their road to Beijing much more difficult. If Puerto Rico had lost to the USA in Japan (or if the USA had not lost to Spain or Russia), Puerto Rico would likely be packing their bags for Beijing now — and that would be an infinitely greater accomplishment than beating the USA in the World Cup.As soon as the USA lost to Russia, there were a lot of happy teams in the European zone, because two of their teams, Russia and Bulgaria, secured spots in the Olympics. That guaranteed at least 3 spots from the European zone. The USA’s losing to Russia had the opposite impact on the teams in the NORCECA zone. There was only one guaranteed ticket to Beijing at this event in Puerto Rico and someone was going to have to go through the the USA to get it. The NORCECA teams, Puerto Rico, Canada and Cuba in particular, were pulling for the USA to qualify in Japan so that they did not have to meet us here. Unfortunately for them that was not going to happen. Puerto Rico still has a shot at making it to Beijing, but the road gets even harder after this. They will be included in one of three last-chance qualifiers to be held in Japan, Germany, and Turkey, where the highest ranked teams that have not yet qualified will battle for the last three tickets to Beijing. Sometimes, it's better to lose a battle in order to win a war. Edited January 12, 2008 by baron-pierreIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted January 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 MEN's Volley, Updates 1. China (host country) 2. Brazil (1st World Cup) 3. Russia (2nd World Cup) 4. Bulgaria (3rd World Cup) 5. COQT - Africa 6. COQT - Asia * 7. Serbia - Europe 8. USA - Norceca 9. Venezuela - South America 10. WOQT - Germany 11. WOQT - Japan * 12. WOQT - Portugal Spain, Italy and Poland to join the WOQT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 too bad for Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Draw for the women's basketball Olympic qualification in Madrid: Group A--Latvia, Japan, Senegal Group B--Angola, Argentina, Czech Republic Group C--Fiji, Brazil, Spain Group D--Belarus, Cuba, Chinese Taipei Top two in each group go into the quarterfinals with the winners automatically go to Beijing. The quarterfinal losers will go in a group with the top finisher gets the fifth and final ticket to Beijing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted January 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Here it is the updated Medal Tally per Nation considering all the World Championships results (regarding olympic disciplines) in the period going from 2004 (after Athens Games) to 13 January 2008. The first 10 stands: For the the full version, check here http://www.pechino2008.coni.it/index.php?id=573 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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