We want three Polish teams at the Olympics in Rio – Official Lodz

While playing already in a slightly different composition, including without Michal Winiarski and Mariusz Wlazłego, it is difficult to imagine that the world champions could not miss the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro © Sylwia Dabrowa

While playing already in a slightly different composition, including without Michal Winiarski and Mariusz Wlazłego, it is difficult to imagine that the world champions could not miss the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro © Sylwia Dabrowa

in total, we fought for the Olympic qualifications in 12 disciplines team: field hockey for women and men, men and women’s basketball, women’s football and men water polo men, women’s volleyball and men’s handball men and women and in rugby. In most disciplines, our dream ended at the very beginning.

In football, women’s qualification could win the World Cup, which the Polish team did not qualify, and water polo in Rio could win the World Cup and European Championships.

In both cases, the tournaments were held without Polish national team. In field hockey, our hopes ended after the European Championship qualifying women (three games, three defeats, gates 1-23) and the World League men (17th place).

The players foot Olympic hopes took no qualification for the Youth European Championship and basketball players and koszykarkom – poor performance in the Eurobasket. A little closer to the Games were men who ranked in the eleventh place and a place in the qualifying tournament guaranteed ninth position. The basketball lost all the matches of the group stage.

For a long time they fought rugbiści, even though the chances were only theoretical. The sevens tournament in Rio However, they do not see, because they dropped out in the European repasażach.

If you find that the Brazilian Olympics will have three teams, it will be the result, for new times, perfect, because after the political transformation only once – in Beijing in 2008 – had three teams: volleyball, volleyball and handball players. Frequently Polish groups was less.

volleyball and handball players have even the highway to Rio de Janeiro and it is hard to believe that they can not use. Handball in the April 7-10 occur in the qualifying tournament and will face Macedonia, Chile and Tunisia. In the coming days is to be announced that the tournament will be held in Gdansk Ergo Arena, and qualified for the Rio de Janeiro goes off the two best teams. If you will not be among them Poles, it will be a disgrace.

Earlier, on 18-20 March at the Olympic handball players will compete. Team coach Kim Rasmussen in the Russian Astrakhan will play against Rosjankom, Szwedkom and Meksykankom. Of all the teams most in the last World Cup were the Poles, who took fourth place, ahead of, among others, Russia (5) and Sweden (9). Mexicans not competed.

The last Polish team, which – hopefully – will win promotion to the Games will be volleyball, or world champions. After defeats in the World Cup and European skilled white-and-red will play in the tournament world, where you can not lose, because strong rivals will have two (France, Iran), and the qualifications are three (plus one of the best teams from Asia).

rivals in qualifying for the IO

• Handball women (18-20.03, Astrakhan) – Russia (18.03), Sweden (19.03), Mexico (20.03)
• Handball men (7-10.04, Gdańsk?) – Macedonia, Chile, Tunisia
• Volleyball men (28.05-5.06, Tokyo) – Australia, Canada China, France, Iran, Japan, Venezuela