dcro 10,210 Posted July 29, 2018 #61 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Alright, FIH needs to make sure there is not conflict between WC and AG in the future... Scandalous performance from the Asian teams. heywoodu 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 4,499 Posted July 29, 2018 #62 Share Posted July 29, 2018 (edited) New record for us, biggest lost in World Cup's history Edited July 29, 2018 by Gianlu33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,210 Posted July 29, 2018 #63 Share Posted July 29, 2018 So, Ireland has a chance to eliminate home Olympic champions. Probably not going to happen, but still. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,414 Posted July 29, 2018 #64 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Unless England loses the next game, one of Ireland, Italy or India will be in semifinals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,628 Posted July 30, 2018 #65 Share Posted July 30, 2018 and here we go... one between ITA, IRL and IND (all Countries with a name beginning with "I", by the way...for those who like "kabbala" or "cabala", depending on your language) will be in the top 4... and the other team in the same semifinal as ITA/IRL/IND will come from the trio GER/BEL/ESP... the English organizers did build their pathway to the final really shameless...but their girls wasted that gift big time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasit 865 Posted July 30, 2018 #66 Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) Just like at the FIFA World Cup, the upper bracket is the stronger one. Edited July 30, 2018 by Quasit vinipereira 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,414 Posted July 30, 2018 #67 Share Posted July 30, 2018 hace 29 minutos, phelps said: the English organizers did build their pathway to the final really shameless...but their girls wasted that gift big time... What? not really, it was all determined by ranking and serpentine system: pool A: (1st, 8th, 9th & 16th), B: (2,7,10, 15), C: (3, 6, 11, 14), D: (4, 5, 12, 13) The semifinal was supposed to be England-Argentina (2v3), it's just that both teams (and New Zealand too) failed to perform. Quasit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,628 Posted July 30, 2018 #68 Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) 3 minuti fa, LDOG ha scritto: What? not really, it was all determined by ranking and serpentine system: pool A: (1st, 8th, 9th & 16th), B: (2,7,10, 15), C: (3, 6, 11, 14), D: (4, 5, 12, 13) The semifinal was supposed to be England-Argentina (2v3), it's just that both teams (and New Zealand too) failed to perform. really? I thought it was done by (manipulated) "draw"... in this case we can only blame fate and underperforming teams like GBR, ARG and NZL... sorry for my misinterpretation (I hope the local organizers will forgive me for the bad thoughts about them)... Edited July 30, 2018 by phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 858 Posted July 30, 2018 #69 Share Posted July 30, 2018 vor 3 Stunden schrieb phelps: and here we go... one between ITA, IRL and IND (all Countries with a name beginning with "I", by the way...for those who like "kabbala" or "cabala", depending on your language) will be in the top 4... and the other team in the same semifinal as ITA/IRL/IND will come from the trio GER/BEL/ESP... the English organizers did build their pathway to the final really shameless...but their girls wasted that gift big time... So Wikipedia got the draw wrong? According to Wikipedia one of the seminfinals should be Netherlands vs. Germany (the 2 strongest teams in my opinion, so i am not quiet sure what the "" is supposed to say here?) if everything goes according to plan. If Germany would really only have to beat ESP/BEL and ITA/IRL/IND to reach the final, then anything but Germany reaching the final would be a huge shock. Germany vs. Netherlands would be the best final in my opinion, although i am not sure how close it would be (despite Xavier Reckinger doing a great job in continuing the trend that Jamilon Mülders started). Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,628 Posted July 30, 2018 #70 Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) 6 minuti fa, OlympicsFan ha scritto: So Wikipedia got the draw wrong? According to Wikipedia one of the seminfinals should be Netherlands vs. Germany (the 2 strongest teams in my opinion, so i am not quiet sure what the "" is supposed to say here?) if everything goes according to plan. If Germany would really only have to beat ESP/BEL and ITA/IRL/IND to reach the final, then anything but Germany reaching the final would be a huge shock. Germany vs. Netherlands would be the best final in my opinion, although i am not sure how close it would be (despite Xavier Reckinger doing a great job in continuing the trend that Jamilon Mülders started). the graphics by BT Sport after yesterday's matches showed a GER/BEL/ESP vs IRL/ITA/IND top half of the draw (and the other teams in the bottom half)... so, I guess wiki this time is not right... or maybe BT Sport was wrong...I don't really know...however, Italian media also have the BT Sport kind of brackets and not the wiki ones... EDIT: also the FIH official website has the brackets as BT Sport presented...so, wiki is definitely wrong, this time... p.s. the smiley means that ENG haven't been able to take advantage of a very favourable draw (even if it wasn't actually a draw, since all the teams were put into the groups by the serpentime system according to their WR)... Edited July 30, 2018 by phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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