current team standings in world chess olympiad?
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http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/tnr3410.aspx?tnr=3410&art=0&lan=1&flag=30
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If you assume that the nation with the most medals to have "won" the unofficial champions would be:\n\n(Number of Gold medals take precedence over total medals)\n\n1996\n\n1. USA -------- 101 (44 Gold)\n2. Russia -----  63 (26 Gold)\n3. Germany ----  65 (20 Gold)\n\n2000\n\n1. USA --------  97 (40 Gold)\n2. Russia -----  88 (32 Gold)\n3. China ------  59 (28 Gold)\n\n2004\n\n1. USA -------- 103 (35 Gold)\n2. China ------  63 (32 Gold)\n3. Russia -----  92 (27 Gold)\n\nLookout for China in '08. It looks as if they'll dominate
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Germany, with 18 medals  (7 gold, 7 silver, 4 bronze)\nNorway, with 16 medals   (2 gold, 7 silver, 7 bronze)\nUnited States, with 14 medals  (7 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze)\n\nThis is as of Monday 2-20-06 at approximately 3:30pm Eastern Time.
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The top 8 teams from the IIHF World Rankings of 2004 were placed in. Host Italy was given a slot, making nine teams. Teams ranked 18 or worse take part in a pre-qualifier split into three groups, the three group winners advance. Those three group winners and internationally ranked teams 9 through 17 (making 12 total teams) are placed into three groups and those three group winners join the 1-8 teams and the host to make twelve total Olympic spots.
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2 vs. 5-game one\n3 vs. 4-game two\nG2 loser vs. G1 loser- winner stays, loser goes (game 3)\n1 vs. winner of G3- game 4\nG1 winner vs. G2 winner- game 5\nloser of G4 vs. Loser of G5-winner stays, loser goes (game 6)\nwinner of G4 vs. winner of G5 (game 7)\nloser of G7 vs. winner of G6-winner stays, loser goes (game 8)\nwinner of G7 vs. winner of G8 (winner of G8 must beat the winner of G7 twice, as it is double-elimination.  winner of G7 must only win once to win the tournament, as the winner of G8 has lost once.)
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Russia is one of my favorite , its obvious that they will be competing for the gold medal at least . I would put Finland on 2 nd place and Belarus on 3rd . Belarus is very strong and potential . So called "dark horse" . You never know what to expect from them , despite recent loss to Sweden . Its because Belarus ruled by dictator like in Soviet Union times . Lukashenko said " You have to get a medal "
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This is the rankings as they are now, direct from FIFA website: http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/index/0,2548,All-May-2006,00.html\n\nThis website explains ranking system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Rankings
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There does not appear to be a published (at least on the web) list that shows the number of participants by country, but the site below does list the competing nations as well as the the total number of competitors...\n\nThere is a published book called "Complete Book of the Summer Olympics" by David Wallenchinsky. Published by Natl Book Network. You might find this in the sports section of your local book store or library, and this has the complete listing of nations taking part along with competitors, but not by nation either, just total
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I don't think you'll find live scores for a challenger event anywhere, but the draw for the tournament you're looking for is in the sources- It's the topmost tournament in the table.
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All of the people who answered before me are wrong in some respect...either not providing a complete answer or just being wrong.\nAccording to the FIFA World Cup Regulations manual, Article 31 states that:\n"The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as\nfollows:\na) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;\nb) goal difference in all group matches;\nc) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.\nIf two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria,their rankings will be determined as follows:\nd) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between\nthe teams concerned;\ne) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the\nteams concerned;\nf) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the\nteams concerned;\ng) drawing of lots by the Organising Committee for the FIFA World\nCup™."\nIf needbe check my source for confirmation, see page 40 - 41.
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GROUP A\n\nMay 31  Seoul      France        v Senegal       0-1\nJun 01  Ulsan      Uruguay       v Denmark       1-2\nJun 06  Busan      France        v Uruguay       0-0\nJun 06  Daegu      Denmark       v Senegal       1-1\nJun 11  Incheon    Denmark       v France        2-0\nJun 11  Suwon      Senegal       v Uruguay       3-3\n\n\n************* P  W  D  L   Gls  Pts\nDENMARK       3  2  1  0   5-2    7\nSENEGAL       3  1  2  0   5-4    5\nUruguay       3  0  2  1   4-5    2\nFrance        3  0  1  2   0-3    1*UNBELIVEABLE France is last!!!\n\n\n\nGROUP B\n\nJun 02  Busan      Paraguay      v South Africa  2-2\nJun 02  Gwangju    Spain         v Slovenia      3-1\nJun 07  Jeonju     Spain         v Paraguay      3-1\nJun 08  Daegu      South Africa  v Slovenia      1-0\nJun 12  Daejeon    South Africa  v Spain         2-3\nJun 12  Seogwipo   Slovenia      v Paraguay      1-3\n\n\n*************P  W  D  L   Gls  Pts\nSPAIN         3  3  0  0   9-4    9\nPARAGUAY      3  1  1  1   6-6    4\nSouth Africa  3  1  1  1   5-5    4\nSlovenia      3  0  0  3   2-7    0\n\n\n\nGROUP C\n\nJun 03  Ulsan      Brazil        v Turkey        2-1\nJun 04  Gwangju    China         v Costa Rica    0-2\nJun 08  Seogwipo   Brazil        v China         4-0\nJun 09  Incheon    Costa Rica    v Turkey        1-1\nJun 13  Suwon      Costa Rica    v Brazil        2-5\nJun 13  Seoul      Turkey        v China         3-0\n\n\n***********P  W  D  L   Gls  Pts\nBRAZIL        3  3  0  0  11-3    9\nTURKEY        3  1  1  1   5-3    4\nCosta Rica    3  1  1  1   5-6    4\nChina         3  0  0  3   0-9    0\n\n\n\nGROUP D\n\nJun 04  Busan      South Korea   v Poland        2-0\nJun 05  Suwon      USA           v Portugal      3-2\nJun 10  Daegu      South Korea   v USA           1-1\nJun 10  Jeonju     Portugal      v Poland        4-0\nJun 14  Incheon    Portugal      v South Korea   0-1\nJun 14  Daejeon    Poland        v USA           3-1\n\n\n*************P  W  D  L   Gls  Pts\nSTH KOREA   3  2  1  0   4-1    7\nUSA           3  1  1  1   5-6    4\nPortugal      3  1  0  2   6-4    3\nPoland        3  1  0  2   3-7    3\n\n\n\nGROUP E\n\nJun 01  Niigata    R.of Ireland  v Cameroon      1-1\nJun 01  Sapporo    Germany       v Saudi Arabia  8-0\nJun 05  Ibaraki    Germany       v R.of Ireland  1-1\nJun 06  Saitama    Cameroon      v Saudi Arabia  1-0\nJun 11  Shizuoka   Cameroon      v Germany       0-2\nJun 11  Yokohama   Saudi Arabia  v R.of Ireland  0-3\n\n\n****************P  W  D  L   Gls  Pts\nGERMANY         3  2  1  0  11- 1   7\nREP. OF IRELAND 3  1  2  0   5- 2   5\nCameroon        3  1  1  1   2- 3   4\nSaudi Arabia    3  0  0  3   0-12   0\n\n\n\nGROUP F\n\nJun 02  Saitama    England       v Sweden        1-1\nJun 02  Ibaraki    Argentina     v Nigeria       1-0\nJun 07  Kobe       Sweden        v Nigeria       2-1\nJun 07  Sapporo    Argentina     v England       0-1\nJun 12  Miyagi     Sweden        v Argentina     1-1\nJun 12  Osaka      Nigeria       v England       0-0\n\n\n**************P  W  D  L   Gls  Pts\nSWEDEN        3  1  2  0   4-3    5\nENGLAND       3  1  2  0   2-1    5\nArgentina     3  1  1  1   2-2    4\nNigeria       3  0  1  2   1-3    1\n\n\n\nGROUP G\n\nJun 03  Niigata    Croatia       v Mexico        0-1\nJun 03  Sapporo    Italy         v Ecuador       2-0\nJun 08  Ibaraki    Italy         v Croatia       1-2\nJun 09  Miyagi     Mexico        v Ecuador       2-1\nJun 13  Oita       Mexico        v Italy         1-1\nJun 13  Yokohama   Ecuador       v Croatia       1-0\n\n\n*********** P  W  D  L   Gls  Pts\nMEXICO        3  2  1  0   4-2    7\nITALY         3  1  1  1   4-3    4\nCroatia       3  1  0  2   2-3    3\nEcuador       3  1  0  2   2-4    3\n\n\n\nGROUP H\n\nJun 04  Saitama    Japan         v Belgium       2-2\nJun 05  Kobe       Russia        v Tunisia       2-0\nJun 09  Yokohama   Japan         v Russia        1-0\nJun 10  Oita       Tunisia       v Belgium       1-1\nJun 14  Osaka      Tunisia
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http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/medals : this website has complete listings, but the top five were, \nGold, silver, bronze, and total \nGermany  11 12 6 29 \nUnited States  9 9 7 25 \nCanada  7 10 7 24 \nAustria  9 7 7 23 \nRussia  8 6 8 22
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Current results, June 16th 2006\nAngola 0 Mexico 0 \nArgentina 6 Serbia and Montenegro 0\nNetherlands 2 Ivory Coat 1
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http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/team/overview.html?team=AUS
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If you go to yahoo sports and click on tennis it will give the current rankings for both men and women. Hope this helps!
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Yes,\n\na team moves up in the rankings due to a formula that takes into account: The result, the number of goals, the match importance (friendly, group stage, knockout stage, final etc.) territory strength. We'll see the effects next month when they update the tables.
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Official rankings, including points, straight from the official web site:\nhttp://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/index/0,2548,All-Jul-2005,00.html