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

[rafalgorka 1,530]

Poll #44 is still going on.

 

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

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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 December 4, 2022 by rafalgorka

[phelps 7,677]

Basketball, men's Tournament...that's a no brainer like no other... 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.

 

Basketball, women's Tournament for Bronze...in this case I pick  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  France as the obvious pick.

 

Waterpolo, men's tournament...here I have to ignore my personal bias, but tbh  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.

[Dragon 1,844]

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

 

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

 

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

 

Handball, men's Tournament.  Vive la  

 

Waterpolo, men's tournament.  1956  

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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!