Games Why is Spain a world power in team sports?
Results Spanish athletes this Saturday 31
Trumpeted was, Spain, so rickety in other things, has no equal collectively. Beyond the reasons, the facts. He came with nine selections of the 16 possible. That is, of the 16 sports considered team by the
International Olympic Committee
. Repeating the number of Rio. Only Japan, the host, and Australia and the US, which in addition to being powers do not have the competence of a continent such as Europe, carried more.
Well, he spent more than a week of Games and they are all there. All, without exception, qualified for the quarterfinals (women's handball only missed one carom on Monday). Some are even in the semifinals, such as men's football, which will be seen against Japan in the final. And, many of them, willing to overcome the two collective medals of 2016, where only
basketballs
, silver them, bronze them, managed to get on the podium.
With the baskets we should start, because in the next round they are without even having played the third game of the group stage yet. In the early hours of Sunday (4:00 a.m.),
Lucas Mondelo's team
against Canada, which they have defeated in the previous 17, is worth not falling more than nine to be first, because the machado already was done on Thursday against Serbia That, being first, ensures avoiding the
Yankee
coconut
in the quarterfinals. They must beat
Doncic's
Slovenia
for exactly the same thing
this Sunday (10.20 am)
. A defeat would cross
Scariolo's men
to the USA Team with a 50% chance.
In water polo, the boys count their games (4) by victories, the last one on Saturday, beaten by Australia (5-16), with everything already to be first in the group.
The same as the female
Miki Oca
, who also got up beating Australia from his previous stumble against the Netherlands.
In handball, the Guerreras, despite being complicated by the defeat against Hungary (29-25), are worth a draw against Russia on Monday (7.15 h.) So as not to depend on third parties.
Those of
Jordi Ribera
will be mathematically second group whatever they do against Argentina on Sunday colist (7.15 h.) And face off
against Sweden and Egypt in the
quarter.
In field hockey, they, quarterfinals, have the quarterfinals match this Sunday (11.30 am), an arduous battle against Belgium, which won four of their five games in Tokyo.
Best for the women's team, second in the group, who will seek the medals fight on Monday (2:00 pm), against Great Britain.
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