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IMAGINARY SUMMER OLYMPICS - Poll #45 - Basketball - Men's Tournament; Basketball - Women's Tournament; Handball - Men's Tournament; Water Polo - Men's Tournament


IMAGINARY SUMMER OLYMPICS - Poll #45 - Basketball - Men's Tournament; Basketball - Women's Tournament; Handball - Men's Tournament; Water Polo - Men's Tournament  

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  1. 1. Event #196 - Basketball - Men's Tournament

    • United States 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1976 1984 1992 1996 2000 2008 2012 2016 2020
    • Russia (USSR) 1972
      0
    • Serbia (Yugoslavia) 1980 1988
    • Argentina 2004
    • I WILL PASS THIS EVENT
      0
  2. 2. Event #197 - Basketball - Women's Tournament (Gold & Silver)

    • Russia (USSR / EUN) 1976 1980 1992
      0
    • United States 1984 1988 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
    • I WILL PASS THIS EVENT
      0
  3. 3. Event #197a - Basketball - Women's Tournament (Bronze)

    • Bulgaria 1980
      0
    • Korea Republic 1984
      0
    • Serbia (Yugoslavia) 1988
      0
    • China 1992
      0
    • Brazil 1996
      0
    • Australia 2000 2004 2008
    • France 2012
      0
    • Spain 2016
    • Japan 2020
      0
    • I WILL PASS THIS EVENT
      0
  4. 4. Event #198 - Handball - Men's Tournament

    • Germany 1936 1980
      0
    • Serbia (Yugoslavia) 1972 1984
      0
    • Russia (USSR / EUN) 1976 1988 1992 2000
      0
    • Croatia 1996 2004
    • France 2008 2012 2020
    • Denmark 2016
    • I WILL PASS THIS EVENT
      0
  5. 5. Event #199 - Water Polo - Men's Tournament

    • Great Britain 1900 1908 1912 1920
      0
    • France 1924
      0
    • Germany 1928
      0
    • Hungary 1932 1936 1952 1956 1964 1976 2000 2004 2008
    • Italy 1948 1960 1992
      0
    • Serbia (Yugoslavia) 1968 1984 1988 2016 2020
    • Russia (USSR) 1972 1980
      0
    • Spain 1996
      0
    • Croatia 2012
    • I WILL PASS THIS EVENT
      0

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Poll #44 is still going on.

 

But I will have a lot of work next week, so I start this one today as well.

#TeamMoura-heywoodu

Basketball - M - USA.

 

I wonder who would get a spot in an all-time Dream Team. This question is good for a new thread, I guess.

 

2. SRB 3. ARG

 

Honorary mentions for CRO & LTU. But in this event I consider SRB as a YUG and RUS as USSR teams from the past, many Croatian and Lithuanian players were in the gold medals teams, but they were not majority there, if I counted well.

 

Basketball - W - USA.

 

2. RUS

3. AUS - tough choice for 3rd, choosing from Olympic silver medalists, but AUS won silver more than once.

 

Handball - M - ..........CRO

 

Why?

Rules here are: who would have won?

That doesn't necessary mean we choose GOAT in each event.

 

So here FRA looks better on paper.

And I cheer for FRA usually.

 

But in my imaginary olympics it will be a final for ages, CRO will win it in overtime, showing their strength against probably better opponent.

So I pick CRO just for the fun of it.

 

1. CRO 2. FRA 3. DEN winning against GER in overtime as well

 

Water Polo - M - HUN

 

I went to water polo junior men's game in Eger once and I have seen how passionate people are there about this sport. I knew they are before but I didn't know they are passionate so much.

 

And 1956 HUN water polo team will probably always be on our minds here in Eastern (or Central - whatever you'd like to call it) Europe.

 

So 1. HUN 2. CRO 3. ITA

 

btw, RUS will not make it to last 4, HUN will beat them in QFs :-P

(in overtime, ofc)

 

 

Next poll in 2 weeks time. Stay tuned.

Edited by rafalgorka

#TeamMoura-heywoodu

Basketball, men's Tournament...that's a no brainer like no other...:USA USA was, is and will be always on another planet when it comes to basketball.

 

Basketball, women's Tournament for Gold...once again, there's no other choice than :USA USA.

 

Basketball, women's Tournament for Bronze...in this case I pick :ESP Spain because their golden generation is probably the best non-US team ever.

 

Handball, men's Tournament...despite all of my personal bias towards the great Jugoslavija of the Eighties and Croatia in between the Nineties and the early 2000's, I just can't pick the golden generation of :FRA France as the obvious pick.

 

Waterpolo, men's tournament...here I have to ignore my personal bias, but tbh :HUN Hungary must be an obvious pick, as they produced so many unbelievably good teams (those with Tibor Benedek in the pool were just a pleasure to watch), even if the Serbian masters of the last 10 years can't be ignored as well.

Basketball, men's Tournament. Since there's no option to vote for the :GBR team that won a demonstration event between European YMCA teams in 1924 I think I might have for vote for :USA ;)

 

Basketball, women's Tournament for Gold. Oh say can you see, by the dawn's early light... :USA 

 

Basketball, women's Tournament for Bronze.  Tempted for vote for the USA again.  But this time  :AUS

 

Handball, men's Tournament.  Vive la :FRA 

 

Waterpolo, men's tournament.  1956 :HUN 

Results

 

BASKETBALL - Men's Tournament

 

1. United States

2. Serbia

3. Argentina

 

BASKETBALL - Women's Tournament

 

1. United States

2. Russia

3. Australia

 

HANDBALL - Men's Tournament

 

1. France

2. Croatia

3. Denmark

 

WATER POLO - Men's Tournament

 

1. Hungary

2. Serbia

3. Croatia

 

Thanks for voting, everyone!

#TeamMoura-heywoodu

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