1 August 2007 - The Road to the World Cup Final

The Road to the World Cup Final Dover – 1 August 2007   The eliminations matches on Thursday at the Meteksan Archery World Cup Stage 4 in Dover (GBR) will be truly decisive for the qualifications to the World Cup Final. Only the top four archers per category qualify to the World Cup Final! At the end of today’s qualifications, the match charts have now been set. Let’s preview them.   Let’s first recap the World Cup points awarded at each stage:   1st place: 25 points 2nd place: 21 points 3rd place: 18 points 4th place: 15 points 5th place: 13 points 6th place: 12 points 7th place: 11 points 8th place: 10 points 9th place:  8 points Then one point less for each rank until the 16th place.   To note, only the top three results of the four World Cup stages counts for an archer.   Recurve MenThe race is just wide open! Anybody who achieved a great result in Dover could still qualify for the World Cup Final.   Place of main contenders in Dover in the current World Cup Ranking – the 4th place is currently at 25 points:   1 Tsyrempilov (RUS) 51 points* 3 Frangilli (ITA) 25 points 3. Xue Hai Feng (CHN) 25 points 10 Serrano (MEX) 18 points 11 Yong Fujun (CHN) 16 points 12 Nespoli (ITA) 15 points 15 Wu Fengbo (CHN) 15 points 15 Di Buo (ITA) 13 points 23 Dobrowolski (POL)  8 points 26 Wills (GBR)  7 points *already qualified for the World Cup Final   Potential key matches 1/32 Eliminations No matches should have an effect on the World Cup Finalists.   1/16 Eliminations If Dobrowolski (POL) passes the first round he will face Serrano (MEX). Another key match should be Wills (GBR) against Yong Fujun (CHN), if Yong defeats Custers (NED) previously.   1/8Eliminations Di Buo (ITA) will likely face Xue Hai Feng (CHN) Frangilli (ITA) will likely face Tsyrempilov (RUS)   1/4 Finals The winner of Di Buo – Feng could face the winner of Frangilli – Tsyrempilov Dobrowolski or Serano could face Nespoli (ITA)   The race is then going to be terrific between Di Buo, Frangilli, Nespoli, Feng, Dobrowolski and Serrano !   Recurve WomenWorld Cup 2006 Winner, Zhang Juan Juan (CHN) is currently laying at the 5th position in the World Cup Ranking. She needs a great result in Dover to defend her title at the World Cup Final. She had a great start at least, ranking first in the qualifications.   Place of main contenders in Dover in the current World Cup Ranking – the 4th place is currently at 30 points:   1 Erdyniyeva (RUS) 52 points* 5 Zhang Juan Juan (CHN) 27 points 12 Haidn Tschalova (GER) 13 points 12 Folkard (GBR) 13 points 16 Banerjee (IND) 12 points 19 Cwienczek (POL) 11 points 21 Hitzler (GER) 10 points 26 Williamson (GBR)  7 points *already qualified for the World Cup Final   Potential key matches: 1/32Eliminations Hitzler (GER) and Haidn Tschalova (GER) will meet in the first round   1/16 Eliminations The German winner of the previous round will face Cwienczek (POL)   1/8 Eliminations No direct matches   1/4 Finals The survirver among Hitzler, Haidn Tschalova and Cwienczek should go on and face Folkard (GBR) Juan Juan Zhang (CHN) will need to pass Natalya Erdyniyeva (RUS)   1/2 Finals The locals fans certainly hope that Williamson (GBR) would face the winner of Erdyniyeva vs Zhang Banerjee (IND) could face the winner of one of the two Germans archers or Folkard.   Compound MenJimenez (ESA), Brasseur (FRA) and Gellenthien (USA) have an edge entering the matches. The race will be tight between Hofer (SUI), Dos Santos (BRA) and Logan Wilde (USA), whose brother, Reo, won the World Cup in 2006.   Place of main contenders in Dover in the current World Cup Ranking – the 4th place is currently at 34 points:   1 Jimenez (RUS) 53 points 2 Brasseur (FRA) 48 points 3 Gellenthien (USA) 46 points 4 Hofer (SUI) 34 points 5 Dos Santos (BRA) 33 points 6 L. Wilde (USA) 31 points 11 Karsenty (ISR) 16 points 12 Binger (USA) 13 points 12 Freeman (AUS) 13 points 14 Sitar (SLO) 12 points   Potential key matches: 1/32 and 1/16Eliminations No direct matches   1/8 Eliminations Gellenthien (USA) could face Karsenty (ISR) Hofer (SUI) could face Sitar (SLO) Jimenez (ESA) could face Dos Santos (BRA)   1/4 Finals L. Wilde (USA) could face the winner of the match Jimenez - Dos Santos Clint Freeman (AUS) could face the winner of the match Binger (USA) – White (GBR) Brasseur (FRA) could face the winner of Hofer versus Sitar   Compound WomenThe race in Dover is simple to design: there are five women for three places! Goncharova (RUS), Van Natta (USA), Willems (BEL), Ericsson (SWE) and Davis (USA) have all a chance to qualify for the World Cup Final. However, nothing less than a semi-final in Dover should be enough. Moreover, Davis needs basically to win in Dover to qualify. Kazantseva (RUS) is already qualified and is awaiting her challengers. Shabani (IRI) still has hopes.   Place of main contenders in Dover in the current World Cup Ranking – the 4th place is currently at 40 points:   2 Goncharova (RUS) 47 points 4 Van Natta (USA) 40 points 5 Willems (BEL) 36 points 5 Ericsson (SWE) 36 points 7 Davis (USA) 26 points   Potential key matches:   1/32 and 1/16Eliminations No direct matches   1/4 Finals Davis (USA) should face Goncharova (RUS) Van Natta (USA) should face Loginova (RUS), recent silver medallist at the Leipzig World Championships.   1/2 Finals The winner of Van Natta - Loginova could face Willems (BEL) Ericsson (SWE) could face the winner of Davis - Goncharova   In case of ties Ties in the World Cup Ranking will be solved on the basis on:   1) The archers’ position in the FITA World Ranking issued immediately after Dover. 2) If the tie persists, archers position in the latest World Outdoor Target Championships (Leipzig 2007). 3) If the tie still persists or neither of the archers participated in the World Outdoor Championships (Leipzig 2007), the result of the last World Cup stage in which they both participated. 4) If still unresolved, a coin toss will be made.   We will watch some exciting matches on Thursday!   Didier Miéville FITA Communication