EupenM 136 Posted December 15, 2020 #1 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 11,949 Posted August 25, 2021 #2 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Situation about the Belgian men's team: https://www.hln.be/sport/grootschalige-fraude-3x3-lions-organiseerden-fictieve-wedstrijden-om-op-olympische-spelen-te-geraken-boic-wacht-af~a808e67d Basically it says there's been a major fraud, in which Belgium entered 27 tournaments in the FIBA systems where their players gained enough points to get into the OQT and eventually qualify for Tokyo. Mongolia-style, basically, but as far as I know the tournaments in Mongolia were at least actually played, whereas here it says the Belgian tournaments were entirely made up and not a ball was actually touched... dcro, De_Gambassi and NearPup 3 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...
De_Gambassi 732 Posted August 25, 2021 #3 Share Posted August 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Situation about the Belgian men's team: https://www.hln.be/sport/grootschalige-fraude-3x3-lions-organiseerden-fictieve-wedstrijden-om-op-olympische-spelen-te-geraken-boic-wacht-af~a808e67d Basically it says there's been a major fraud, in which Belgium entered 27 tournaments in the FIBA systems where their players gained enough points to get into the OQT and eventually qualify for Tokyo. Mongolia-style, basically, but as far as I know the tournaments in Mongolia were at least actually played, whereas here it says the Belgian tournaments were entirely made up and not a ball was actually touched... Would you bet your house on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunadan 1,103 Posted August 25, 2021 #4 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Quote “Whatever the story may be, and I would like to emphasize again that we have no knowledge of possible fraud at the moment, the basketball players have reached fourth place,” says Van Baelen."So they had their place on sporting grounds, as the results show." Nice reasoning. heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunadan 1,103 Posted August 25, 2021 #5 Share Posted August 25, 2021 31 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said: Would you bet your house on it There were hours long daily livestreams from Mongolian school gyms. heywoodu and De_Gambassi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 11,949 Posted August 25, 2021 #6 Share Posted August 25, 2021 38 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said: Would you bet your house on it Like @Dunadan said, they were actually even shown (and posted here I believe), tons of Facebook live streams. It was obscure and it was playing with the rules, but it was definitely not breaking the rules. De_Gambassi 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...
heywoodu 11,949 Posted August 25, 2021 #7 Share Posted August 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, Dunadan said: and I would like to emphasize again that we have no knowledge of possible fraud at the moment Yes, keep emphasizing it again and again, because that makes it more believeable 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...
dcro 9,892 Posted August 25, 2021 #8 Share Posted August 25, 2021 I guess FIBA was only checking the "validity" of teams who qualified via rankings. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunadan 1,103 Posted August 25, 2021 #9 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Yeah I remember the top 10 teams lost points after some verification now and then. The Belgians got away with it by only targeting a place in the QT. On the good side, FIBA now will be forced to change the qualification system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 11,949 Posted August 27, 2021 #10 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Same story emerging about Romania, which is accused of hosting 150 non-existing tournaments. It's in Belgian media though, so, you know, pinch of salt 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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