Women's Field Hockey FIH World Cup 2018

[heywoodu 15,997]

36 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

 

No, never been in a world final in a team sport before. And  certainly did not think it would be hockey that would provide us with our first ever appearance in a world final. It's amazing!

 

What did you think it'd be then, water polo?  

[OlympicIRL 5,645]

Juste maintenant , heywoodu a déclaré:

What did you think it'd be then, water polo?  

 

Rugby was always a slightly more realistic option

 

[heywoodu 15,997]

2 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

 

Rugby was always a slightly more realistic option

 

Well I'm rooting for them to go all the way now and write some more history  

[OlympicIRL 5,645]

il y a 3 minutes, heywoodu a déclaré:

Well I'm rooting for them to go all the way now and write some more history  

 

The chance is probably at 1% but then again, before the tournament, the chance of us making the World Cup final probably stood at something like 0.1% so our chances have improved considerably

Edited August 4, 2018 by OlympicIRL

[Dragon 2,026]

 

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

Il y a 10 heures , OlympicIRL a déclaré:

 

No, never been in a world final in a team sport before.

 

 

[heywoodu 15,997]

 

I am 100% sure stranger things have happened than a 12.50 odd team winning a match  

[OlympicIRL 5,645]

Il y a 1 heure , De_Gambassi a déclaré:

 

 

 

Well in that case we won the Snooker World Cup 3 times in a row and also the Golf World Cup twice. A1GP World Cup of Motorsport too (I guess it's a team sport since there was a background team and not just the driver involved ).

 

But you get the idea, first final in a major / Olympic team sport

 

Edited August 5, 2018 by OlympicIRL

[OlympicIRL 5,645]

il y a 9 minutes, heywoodu a déclaré:

 

I am 100% sure stranger things have happened than a 12.50 odd team winning a match  

 

Which scoreline had the shortest odds?

 

Edited August 5, 2018 by OlympicIRL

[heywoodu 15,997]

4 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

 

Well in that case we won the Snooker Workd Cup 3 times in a row and also the Golf World Cup twice. A1GP World Cup of Motorsport too (I guess it's a team sport since there was a background team and not just the driver involved ).

 

But you get the idea, first final in a major / Olympic team sport

 

A1GP  Too bad Ireland won that right in the year when there were fewer and fewer teams and several rounds were cancelled due to a lack of interest, but still  

 

Although I wouldn't count that as a true team sport, just like snooker and golf