Men's Field Hockey FIH Olympic Games Qualifier 2019

[heywoodu 16,059]

Just now, dcro said:

 

Cameroon definitely comes to mind in women's football. Going from 12th out of 12 at London 2012, to 11th out of 24 in 2015.

Weren't there a lot weaker teams at the World Cup?  I remember them playing against godawful Ecuador for example, who were really, truly, terrifyingly bad. But sure, they did seem to have improved a little (Cameroon, that is).

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Weren't there a lot weaker teams at the World Cup?  I remember them playing against godawful Ecuador for example, who were really, truly, terrifyingly bad. But sure, they did seem to have improved a little (Cameroon, that is).

Ehm... They defeated Switzerland, and lost to only by one goal each...

Edited November 4, 2019 by dcro

[dcro 10,210]

1 minute ago, De_Gambassi said:

 

 

It goes also for the host nation quota. What's the stade of handball or volleyball in the UK in 2019 ?

 

Waste of a quota if you ask me...

 

Meanwhile, they have a good chance to make a comeback in women's basketball.

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

à l’instant, dcro a dit :

 

Meanwhile, they have a good chance to make a comeback in women's basketball.

 

(women) basketball was already a thing in Britain before the olympics.

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, De_Gambassi said:

 

(women) basketball was already a thing in Britain before the olympics.

 

Their only previous championships, according to Wikipedia, were 2011 Europeans, and surely that was already the Olympic effect in motion.

[heywoodu 16,059]

3 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Meanwhile, they have a good chance to make a comeback in women's basketball.

Yeah but they call it netball  

[dcro 10,210]

But anyway, host quotas are most definitely not a waste. Korean women's team started existing around Seoul 1988. What happened to Spain after Barcelona 1992 is completely of the charts. And so on...

[Davids 27]

Any news of SA´s committee?

 

Thanks

[hckošice 15,598]

48 minutes ago, dcro said:

But anyway, host quotas are most definitely not a waste. Korean women's team started existing around Seoul 1988. What happened to Spain after Barcelona 1992 is completely of the charts. And so on...

 

China M Ice Hockey direct host quota for the Winter Olympics is the biggest free wasted quota joke and farce the Olympics ever experienced.  The Chinese ice hockey officialls will have to explain to their nations leaders a lot after the games, because this will be one galactical humiliation of the country infront of the whole world.

[Dunadan 1,103]

1 hour ago, Dolby said:

There is another solution. Ghana/Namibia and other African nations tell South Africa: Enough is enough. If you don't want to take use of continental quota stop participating in continental qualifiers. If Ghana would have won the African qualifiers, their ranking would not have come in picture. 

 

That would be a good solution in all sports and for all world and continental qualifiers that are not world or continental championships but you need IFs and the IOC to enforce it, with the threat of a long ban.

 

Edited November 4, 2019 by Dunadan