Benolympique 1,914 Posted December 2, 2023 #41 Share Posted December 2, 2023 1 hour ago, EselTheDonkey said: is not yet qualified. They still need to win their game against . I don't see them losing to Wales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpjmcevoy 234 Posted December 2, 2023 #42 Share Posted December 2, 2023 4 hours ago, Nickyc707 said: Scotland and England basketballl didn't seem to have any problem uniting as GB for the Olympics. After all English and Scottish clubs compete together in the same league. The country with the issues this time is Wales. The issue only really arises in some team sports and has more than 150 years of sporting competition behind it with the first recognised international matches in both sports being between England and Scotland - rugby union (1871), football (1872). They had quite a lot of problems uniting, in the run up to 2012, and the team have not been successful since. Indeed, the 'home nations' effectively launched a coup of the GB Basketball organisation a few years later, specifically to protect home nations interests at the expense of GB ones - one of the multiple reasons why GBR international basketball is a bit of a mess. From the leading GBR Basketball website, hoopsfix: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickyc707 328 Posted December 2, 2023 #43 Share Posted December 2, 2023 24 minutes ago, mpjmcevoy said: They had quite a lot of problems uniting, in the run up to 2012, and the team have not been successful since. Indeed, the 'home nations' effectively launched a coup of the GB Basketball organisation a few years later, specifically to protect home nations interests at the expense of GB ones - one of the multiple reasons why GBR international basketball is a bit of a mess. From the leading GBR Basketball website, hoopsfix: I'm not disputing that basketball in GB is appalling badly run but it was Wales not England or Scotland which resisted a merger of the three federations. https://www.bbc.com/sport/wales/18558227 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benolympique 1,914 Posted December 2, 2023 #44 Share Posted December 2, 2023 What happens if France goes to the final? will there be a play-off match to determine the second ticket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsensioWillemsen 124 Posted December 3, 2023 #45 Share Posted December 3, 2023 On 12/2/2023 at 5:16 PM, Benolympique said: What happens if France goes to the final? will there be a play-off match to determine the second ticket? There is a P3 playoff anyway right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpjmcevoy 234 Posted December 3, 2023 #46 Share Posted December 3, 2023 On 12/2/2023 at 1:45 PM, Nickyc707 said: I'm not disputing that basketball in GB is appalling badly run but it was Wales not England or Scotland which resisted a merger of the three federations. https://www.bbc.com/sport/wales/18558227 I often look at how relatively well Great Britain is currently doing in men's ice hockey (in which it has a enjoyable but hardly top tier league and limited grassroots) and baseball (where it has no league to speak of) and wonder why GBR are so fundamentally badly run in basketball - a game with far more reach, and in which, despite everything, they seem to produce a decent number of US College ballers every year...I used to wonder was it because rugby snaffled the tall talents, but I don't think it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EselTheDonkey 773 Posted December 4, 2023 #47 Share Posted December 4, 2023 9 hours ago, AsensioWillemsen said: There is a P3 playoff anyway right? Yes, there will be a small final anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EselTheDonkey 773 Posted December 5, 2023 #48 Share Posted December 5, 2023 On 12/2/2023 at 12:42 PM, Benolympique said: I don't see them losing to Wales I thought they would mess this up somehow, and they almost did. But thankfully, Denmark messed up even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benolympique 1,914 Posted December 5, 2023 #49 Share Posted December 5, 2023 1 minute ago, EselTheDonkey said: I thought they would mess this up somehow, and they almost did. But thankfully, Denmark messed up even more. Iceland's goal saved Germany! I mean it was still hot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,665 Posted December 5, 2023 #50 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Scotland isn't even hiding that they're giving it away, most of the time they're barely even trying by the looks of it CCB and Josh 1 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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