Olympic Roundup & Standings: Thursday 8.14

Okay, so we’ve got some new updates from across the globe.

Let’s start with

BASEBALL: Two rain delays left the game with a USA lead 7-0 into the bottom of the ninth. The excessive rain forced officials to call the game with the Netherlands rallying. Nevertheless, USA gets it’s first win of the tournament and is now set to face Cuba later today.

Standings

Team	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
Cuba	2	0	11	8	1.000	-	-
South Korea	1	0	8	7	1.000	½	-
Canada	1	1	16	7	.500	1	-
United States	1	1	14	8	.500	1	-
Japan	1	1	8	5	.500	1	-
Chinese Taipei	1	1	6	6	.500	1	-
China	0	1	0	10	.000	1½	-
Netherlands	0	2	0	12	.000	2	-

Top Four teams qualify for Medal round.

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BASKETBALL: Both teams are crushing opponents and the Men seem to have the Redeem Team mentality locked up. No one has been close to either team in round-robin team. Is there any competition in this tournament. Up Next both teams to face Spain over the next two days.

USA MEN and WOMEN have qualified for the Quarterfinals already.

MEN STANDINGS:

Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	PD	Pts
USA	3	3	0	1.000	290	215	+75	6
Spain	3	3	0	1.000	238	200	+38	6
Germany	3	1	2	.333	218	225	-7	4
Greece	3	1	2	.333	222	237	-15	4
China	3	1	2	.333	230	254	-24	4
Angola	3	0	3	.000	210	277	-67	3

WOMEN STANDINGS:

Team	G	W	L	Pts
USA	3	3	0	6
China	3	2	1	5
Spain	3	2	1	5
Czech Republic	3	1	2	4
New Zealand	3	1	2	4
Mali	3	0	3	3

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BEACH VOLLEYBALL-WOMEN: We’re in the playoffs now and the USA teams have dominated the fields here as well. The May-Treanor/Walsh team has been superb as expected.

FINAL STANDINGS – WOMEN

Pool B

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Walsh – May-Treanor (USA)	6	3	0	126	85	6	0
2	F. Grasset – L. Peraza (CUB)	5	2	1	116	116	4	2
3	Håkedal – Tørlen (NOR)	4	1	2	108	111	2	4
4	Teru Saiki – Kusuhara (JPN)	3	0	3	88	126	0	6

Pool E

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Branagh – Youngs (USA)	6	3	0	139	129	6	1
2	Pohl – Rau (GER)	5	2	1	117	115	4	2
3	Esteves Ribalta – M. Crespo (CUB)	4	1	2	130	117	3	4
4	Kadijk – Mooren (NED)	3	0	3	107	132	0	6

PLAYOFFS:

Team 1 will face Belgium in a round of 16 match.

Team 2 will face Cuba.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL-MEN: The Playoffs are ahead as well, here. Not quite as dominating a performance as on the women’s side. But the Gibbs/Rosenthal team should make a case for Gold in Beijing.

FINAL STANDINGS – MEN

Pool F

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Gibb – Rosenthal (USA)	6	3	0	142	111	6	1
2	Asahi – Shiratori (JPN)	4	1	2	147	151	3	5
3	Boersma E. – Ronnes (NED)	4	1	2	125	137	3	4
4	Brink – Dieckmann Ch. (GER)	4	1	2	106	121	2	4

Pool B

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	SW	SL
1	Samoilovs – Pļaviņš (LAT)	5	2	1	139	134	4	3
2	Rogers – Dalhausser (USA)	5	2	1	121	92	4	2
3	Heyer – Heuscher (SUI)	4	1	2	120	129	3	4
4	Conde – Baracetti (ARG)	4	1	2	99	124	2	4

Playoff matchups have not been determined.

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FOOTBALL: or Soccer. Well, the Men are done as they faded to Nigeria early yesterday morning. The women are still alive and have a date with Canada early Friday.Tough break for the men who really needed a win or draw against Nigeria.

WOMAN’S KNOCKOUT BRACKET

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

F1

Brazil

G2

Norway

E2

Sweden

F2

Germany

G1

USA

E3

Canada

Bronze medal match

E1

China PR

G3

Japan

WOMEN’S FINAL STANDINGS

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
USA	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Norway	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6
Japan	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

MEN’S FINAL STANDINGS

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
USA	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Japan	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

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FIELD HOCKEY: The USA Women are in trouble if they can’t pull off two straight wins and somehow wiggle their way back into contention. It was  virtual must-win against Germany yesterday and Team USA floundered to a 4-2 loss. A controversial missed call noted by NBC commentators would not have made a difference in this loss. Up next: NEW ZEALAND.

Pool B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Germany	9	3	3	0	0	11	4	+7
Argentina	5	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1
Japan	4	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
Great Britain	4	3	1	1	1	5	8	−3
USA	2	3	0	2	1	5	7	−2
New Zealand	0	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3

Looking at the standings, It doesn’t look good for a medal round as only the top two will advance to the knockout stage.  With 2 wins, Team USA would have 8 points and would leapfrog England. Japan and Argentina still both have to play Germany, so it’s not completely unheard of.

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SOFTBALL: The rain quieted the matchup between USA and Canada last night, so there isn’t much here.  They will play a double header today.

Team	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB
Japan	3	0	9	4	1.000	-
Canada	2	0	15	3	1.000	½
United States	2	0	14	0	1.000	½
China	2	1	18	6	.667	1
Australia	1	2	6	8	.333	2
Chinese Taipei	1	2	5	8	.333	2
Netherlands	0	3	4	22	.000	3
Venezuela	0	3	1	21	.000	3

Nothing to be too worried about, here though. The USA should make the top four in this group and advance to the Semi-Finals.

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GYM VOLLEYBALL:

Admittedly, I haven’t been paying as close attention to the indoor volleyball, but the United States is in the mix here. Both the MEN and WOMEN were off yesterday. The men played earlier this morning against Bulgaria, but will not air on NBC until tonight, so I will not spoil.

For updated Men’s Standings, go here

WOMEN’S STANDINGS

Pool A

Rk	Team	Points	Played	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Cuba	6	3	3	0	276	251	1.100	9	3	3.000
2	China	5	3	2	1	288	230	1.252	8	4	2.000
3	Japan	5	3	2	1	266	238	1.118	7	5	1.400
4	United States	5	3	2	1	246	235	1.047	6	5	1.200
5	Poland	3	3	0	3	263	299	0.880	4	9	0.444
6	Venezuela	3	3	0	3	159	245	0.649	1	9	0.111

Top four teams advance so USA is on the fringe but still hanging on. They will play China in the early morning hours tomorrow.

THAT’S ALL FROM HERE. WOMEN’S SOCCER LIVE ON USA TOMORROW MORNING 3:00am!!!

-Dan

Standings and Brackets courtesy: Wikipedia.