Handball Qualification for Summer Olympic Games 2016

[Gianlu33 4,726]

Sweden qualified  

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  On 4/9/2016 at 6:19 PM, Gianlu33 said:

Sweden qualified  

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Nope. they will be out if they lose to Spain, even by 1 goal. on other hand Slovenia is 99% qualified,

[LDOG 2,418]

One more lesson for totallympics euro-users that "europe > everything else" isn't always true.  

[OlympicsFan 860]

  On 4/9/2016 at 6:48 PM, LDOG said:

One more lesson for totallympics euro-users that "europe > everything else" isn't always true.  

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1) Who said that?

2) Why? Just because Tunisia won against Macedonia? You shouldn't forget that ...

a) Croatia, Norway and Denmark are in the same group and i am sure that all of them would've beaten Tunisia, so Tunisia got very lucky whit the "draw". 

b) Macedonia was only 11th at the last european championships, other nations like Hungary, Russia or even Iceland are probably stronger at the moment. 

I think Tunisia would barely rank among the top 10 european nations in handball. 

Edited April 9, 2016 by OlympicsFan

[heywoodu 15,334]

  On 4/9/2016 at 6:48 PM, LDOG said:

One more lesson for totallympics euro-users that "europe > everything else" isn't always true.  

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I think you can see most people are happy with Tunisia's win, so your comment is a bit off  

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

  On 4/9/2016 at 6:48 PM, LDOG said:

One more lesson for totallympics euro-users that "europe > everything else" isn't always true.  

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Well Europe is generally speaking the strongest continent in most Olympic sports.

Edited April 9, 2016 by dcro

[LDOG 2,418]

  On 4/9/2016 at 6:57 PM, OlympicsFan said:

1) Who said that?

2) Why? Just because Tunisia won against Macedonia? You shouldn't forget that ...

a) Croatia, Norway and Denmark are in the same group and i am sure that all of them would've beaten Tunisia, so Tunisia got very lucky whit the "draw". 

b) Macedonia was only 11th at the last european championships, other nations like Hungary, Russia or even Iceland are probably stronger at the moment. 

I think Tunisia would barely rank among the top 10 european nations in handball. 

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1) many users, when the draw came in the old forum everyone was sure that Poland and Macedonia were unquestionably going to get the tickets.

 

2) I don't agree that Macedonia is weaker than those specific nations you mentioned (results of mid-level european handball teams seem to vary a lot with each tournament), but it isn't important to my point. I just criticize the eurocentric prejudice that made everyone predict Macedonia when Tunisia has a lot of players based in european clubs and has produced great results in the past.

[LDOG 2,418]

  On 4/9/2016 at 7:06 PM, dcro said:

 

Well Europe is generally speaking the strongest continent in most Olympic sports.

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I agree, but I wrote "isn't always true".

[bestmen 2,831]

Tunisia is Nederland of Africa

they are strong in all sports

[OlympicsFan 860]

  On 4/9/2016 at 7:11 PM, bestmen said:

Tunisia is Nederland of Africa

they are strong in all sports

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Netherlands? They are pretty good considering their size, but ...

1) They have no teams in water polo, rugby or football.

2) Spain or France are (much) stronger overall in team sports.