Countries you tend to cheer for that you don’t live in

[hckošice 15,029]

Well, I guess it will not be a surprise...

 

 

 

+ because one 27 years old horrid decision made by some stupid politicians cannot and will never divide us. (but yeah apart hockey ofc...because yes, obviously hockey is war )

++ I lived and worked in this country and I have created many relationships and friendships that I will never forget.

and one special mention to Football I was, I am and I´ll be a big fan ! one unbelievable football nation full of absolutely crazy and emotives journey from  #1982Gijon to the 2014 amazing World Cup squad

[hoversaBR 472]

 

 in women's volleyball and in handball are the only ones I can remember. And when I watch I support  in field hockey.

 

In the rest I cheer for any country that has the potential to be a surprise in the competition, especially if it is from South America.

[heywoodu 15,253]

3 minutes ago, hckosice said:

Well, I guess it will not be a surprise...

 

How's that hangover after one of Ecuador's biggest ever successes outside of the Olympics?  

[heywoodu 15,253]

If we're going sports specific: Brazil in most winter sports (with one or two athletes on the opposite and being on the list of cheering against them) and a few Australians in biathlon. Then again, that's all really not because of the nation, but because of the people, so I guess it doesn't really count  

[hckošice 15,029]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

How's that hangover after one of Ecuador's biggest ever successes outside of the Olympics?  

 

 

[NearPup 3,116]

Depends on the sport, for example in hockey when Canada isn’t playing I will usually root for Slovakia, Finland or Latvia because their fans are so passionate. 

[Gianlu33 4,693]

I don't care about the flag... usually I support the athletes, some names are  Sagan,  Palšytė,  Kobayashi,  Kasai,  Soldatova and a lot of other names.

Speaking about countries, i love the small countries and the dutch archery team   

[heywoodu 15,253]

3 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

 Kasai

 

 

The reason this is my UI on a Dutch forum

 

[MHSN 3,645]

for some reasons I don't know I always support Italy when they don't face Iranian teams. I even have a relatively good knowledge about the Italian sport in general (obviously not as good as Italian users but still)

 

beside that I usually support the underdog, I also mostly support other Asian countries except just one

[dcro 10,210]

It's a very mixed bag for me. Sometimes I can for example be a die-had fan of Kyrgyzstan, but then in couple of months not so much. It just comes and goes, and it often depends on the specific situation.

 

Though I also generally like to cheer for specific athletes, and sometimes even for every athlete.