Since 98:   Scotland 2x Morrocco 2x Croatia 2x Costa Rica 2x China 1x Turkey 1x Australia 1x Croatia 2x Japan 2x Portugal 1x Ivory Coast 1x North Korea 1x Mexico 1x Cameroon 2x Switzerland 2x Serbia 2x   besides 2010 that was completly different every other year was similar.  

Brazil aways has the same group partners lol   5th time with scotland and almost the same group as 1998   thanks God this time no Switzerland, Serbia, Cameroon or Croatia anymore lol

Stage 5 in Beever Creek (USA)   Men´s Super-G:   1. Vincent Kriechmayr     1:06.77 2. Fredrik Moeller   1:07.33 3. Raphael Haaser    1:07.80   Full Final Results HERE

Shades of 1998 with  and  in the same group but this time it's really a terrible draw for the Thistles. I recall Brazil and Scotland played in the same group in 1974 and 1990 too so that's quite a high probabiliy rate.

I'm not very afraid of Uruguay in their current form tbh

This is the first time  Joanna Jakieła shot 10/10 in the sprint (69th start at World Cup, IBU Cup & IBU Junior level  ).

2025 LEN Short Course European Championships - Lublin    Day 3 and 4 Results (December 4-5, 2025)     Men's 200m Freestyle: 1. Duncan Scott 2. Jack McMillan 3. Evan Bailey 4. Kamil Sieradzki 5. Lucas Henveaux 6. Tomas Lukminas 7. Danas Rapsys 8. Robin Hanson   Men's 1500m Freestyle: 1. Daniel Wiffen 2. Zalan Sarkany 3. Florian Wellbrock 4. David Betlehem 5. Bartosz Kapala 6. Victor Johansson 7. Sacha Velly 8. Kuzey Tuncelli   Men's 100m Backstroke: 1. Thomas Ceccon 2. Mewen Tomac 3. Oliver Morgan 4. Miroslav Knedla 5. Lorenzo Mora 6. Denis-Laurean Popescu 7. John Shortt 8. Jan Cejka   Men's 200m Breaststroke: 1. Carles Coll Marti 2. Caspar Corbeau 3. Luka Mladenovic 4. Filip Nowacki 5. Darius-Stefan Coman 6. Jeremias Alexander Pock 7. Gabriele Mancini 8. Arno Kamminga   Men's 100m Butterfly: 1. Maxime Grousset 2. Noe Ponti   3. Michele Busa 4. Simone Stefani 5. Michal Chmielewski 6. Ksawery Masiuk 7. Simon Bucher 8. Clement Secchi     Men's 100m Medley: 1. Noe Ponti 2. Maxime Grousset 3. Heiko Gigler 4. Luka Mladenovic 5. Miroslav Knedla 6. Robert Pedersen 7. Andreas Vazaios 8. Berke Saka   Women's 200m Freestyle: 1. Marrit Steenbergen 2. Minna Abraham 3. Freya Colbert 4. Freya Anderson 5. Nikolett Padar 6. Snaefridur Sol Jorunnardottir 7. Justina Kozan 8. Maria Daza Garcia   Women's 800m Freestyle: 1. Isabel Gose 2. Simona Quadarella 3. Maya Werner 4. Ajna Kesely 5. Maria de Valdes Alvarez 6. Sarah Dumont 7. Artemis Vasilaki 8. Angela Martinez Guillen   Women's 100m Backstroke: 1. Lauren Cox 2. Maaike de Waard 3. Nina Jane Holt 4. Pauline Mahieu 5. Carmen Weiler Sastre 6. Hanna Rosvall 7. Victoria Bierre 8. Camila Rodrigues Rebelo   Women's 200m Breaststroke: 1. Anna Elendt 2. Angharad Evans 3. Kotryna Teterevkova 4. Kristyna Horska 5. Ellie McCartney   6. Daria Asaftei 7. Clara Rybak-Andersen 8. Roos Vanotterdijk   Women's 100m Butterfly: 1. Martine Damborg 2. Tessa Giele 3. Louise Hansson 4. Anna Ntountounaki 5. Roos Vanotterdijk 6. Angelina Kohler 7. Laura Lahtinen 8. Panna Ugrai   Women's 100m Medley: 1. Marrit Steenbergen 2. Roos Vanotterdijk 3. Anastasia Gorbenko 4. Beryl Gastaldello 5. Tessa Giele 6. Barbora Janickova 7. Ellen Walshe 8. Martine Damborg   Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay: 1. Italy  (Deplano - Zazzeri - di Pietro - Curtis) 2. Hungary  (Szabo - Jaszo - Senanszky - Abraham) 3. Netherlands  (van den Berg - Niewold - Steenbergen - van Roon) 4. Poland  (Ludwiczak - Sieradzki - Wasick - Fiedkiewicz) 5. Denmark  (Pedersen - Moller - Jensen - Damborg) 6. Spain  (de Celis - Hoek le Guenedal - Daza Garcia - Weiler Sastre) 7. Croatia  (Hribar - Cvetko - Pavalic - Mataja) 8. Slovakia  (Dusa - Poliacik - Slusna - Ivan)   Results

this is not funny at all, pal 

I think I can live with the draw , not a bad group at all. just a week ago our mafia coach said his dream group is Belgium, Egypt and Haiti, he almost got that !   but it's really hard for me (and so many others) to cheer for this team, A mafia boss coach, disgusting group of players. I never had this feeling about any NT in any sport before but still the national team is the national team. you have to like it  coaches and players come and go, the team is what matters.   if the team makes it to the competition, I'm sure there will be lots of Iranians in the stadium despite the orange's ban, that will never be a problem.