2008 Men’s World
Olympic Qualification Tournament-
Espinho,
Portugal
The four coaches are
optimistic to win the Olympic ticket
Espinho,
Portugal, May 29, 2008- The coaches of the 2008 World
Olympic qualification to start at Nave Municipal de
Espinho hall here in Portugal on Friday were happy to be
present in this World class competition seeking the last
vacancy in Beijing 2008 and expressed their hopes to
play a successful tournament ending in the successful
way to clinch the Olympic ticket.
Although they have the same ambition to win the
qualification tournament they were very friendly in the
press conference that followed the technical meeting and
hoped that the best performing team will be the
champion.
Portugal head coach Jorge Schmidt said that he is
optimistic to win the Olympic ticket and he will do his
best to win that ticket. “We will do our best but the
qualification will not be easy against these world class
teams. I’m happy also to see those strong teams here in
Portugal but I think it will not be easy for any team to
get the Olympic ticket” Said Schmidt. “We prepared well
for this tournament but if we qualified there will be
another program.”
Head coach of Indonesia team Hu Xinyo mentioned that
this is the first time for his team to play in the
Olympic qualification tournament with these strong
teams. “It is also the first time for my team to play in
Europe and there is a different environment here than
playing in Asia.” Said Xinyo. “I hope to play well her
but I think of course I don’t expect very high standard
with the narrow preparation schedule we had. We’ll do
our best to get this dream as a reality. The local
league lasted three months and didn’t allow the national
team to collect and even there was no possibility of
playing friendly matches.”
The
head coach of Poland team Raul Lozano was very
concentrating on this event to correct what happened in
the European qualifications where they lost twice in a
big surprise. “We want to play better than we did in the
European qualifications, but we can’t expect an easy
competition here in Portugal specially their team with
the expected support of their spectators” Said Lozano.
Puerto Rico head coach Carlos Cardona was excited to
achieve the Olympic vacancy and to qualify to the
biggest sports event all over the World. “We didn’t come
near an Olympic ticket like this time and I think it is
the suitable time for us to get this historic
qualification,” He added that to qualify they have to
win the three matches and he will work on that. “The
only team we don’t know about is Indonesia while we
played before against Poland and Portugal.” He said.
Photo caption
The head coaches shaking hands before the competition
Espinho,
Portugal, May 29, 2008- The coaches of the 2008 World
Olympic qualification to start at Nave Municipal de
Espinho hall here in Portugal on Friday were happy to be
present in this World class competition seeking the last
vacancy in Beijing 2008 and expressed their hopes to
play a successful tournament ending in the successful
way to clinch the Olympic ticket.
The
head coach of Poland team Raul Lozano was very
concentrating on this event to correct what happened in
the European qualifications where they lost twice in a
big surprise. “We want to play better than we did in the
European qualifications, but we can’t expect an easy
competition here in Portugal specially their team with
the expected support of their spectators” Said Lozano.
