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Yes, but from one continent?? This is even worse than handball.

lol even inline hockey or indoor field hockey are more competitive and diverse compared to this.

FIH should really change the schedule of the next matches. On the other hand failing to beat China is embarassing for both ENG & IRL.

Canada should have won, they are the better team. Now they will probably go home winless, even if they get through the pool. India disappointed me a bit. This was their opportunity to make an statement but they can never hold the lead in an important match. They will be 1st in the pool but they still will have to play NED or GER in QFs which will be a test.

Montenegro will have a good chance to qualify in that group A.

They didn't refuse, they just sent a complaint letter. News outlets are just putting sensationalist titles. At the end both teams will have to swallow it up and play it there.

They usually concede lots of goals against european teams so it's not shocking to me. I predicted 5 goal difference Anyway they came here to play Pakistan and try to get a result there.

England is just terrible how can you tie with China?

The copa libertadores final return leg will be played in Madrid (Santiago Bernabéu Stadium) on December 9th.

^must be the Wilfredo León of basketball.

[hide] Preliminary Round November 29th - December 5th, 2018 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Main Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 30th 2018, h. 18:00 Denmark 4 Sweden November 30th 2018, h. 21:00 Serbia 3 Poland December 2nd 2018, h. 15:00 Poland 7 Denmark December 2nd 2018, h. 18:00 Sweden 1 Serbia December 4th 2018, h. 18:00 Sweden 2 Poland December 4th 2018, h. 21:00 Denmark 5 Serbia Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 29th 2018, h. 18:00 France 2 Russia November 30th 2018, h. 21:00 Montenegro 4 Slovenia December 2nd 2018, h. 15:00 Slovenia 11 France December 2nd 2018, h. 18:00 Russia 2 Montenegro December 4th 2018, h. 18:00 Russia 9 Slovenia December 4th 2018, h. 21:00 France 3 Montenegro Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 1st 2018, h. 15:00 Hungary 1 Netherlands December 1st 2018, h. 18:00 Spain 6 Croatia December 3rd 2018, h. 18:00 Croatia 2 Hungary December 3rd 2018, h. 21:00 Netherlands 4 Spain December 5th 2018, h. 18:00 Netherlands 5 Croatia December 5th 2018, h. 21:00 Hungary 1 Spain Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 1st 2018, h. 15:00 Norway 7 Germany December 1st 2018, h. 18:00 Romania 2 Czech Republic December 3rd 2018, h. 18:00 Czech Republic 9 Norway December 3rd 2018, h. 21:00 Germany 5 Romania December 5th 2018, h. 18:00 Germany 1 Czech Republic December 5th 2018, h. 21:00 Norway 1 Romania [/hide]

Copa America, Asia and Africa. All three.

Every time you comment here you have a bad day next

Well fought by France, they played toe-to-toe today. It's a pity because this was their best chance to get a point, but I wouldn't rule that out completely against the other two opponents. France is already better than a bunch of other teams that are in this WC, they just didn't have luck with this pool. The team is shaping up nicely for 2024 with the "silver" generation of 2013 junior WCh.

The channel with rights here only shows argentina on tv and they also show other games but for those you have to download their stupid app which I don't have any intention to do so, pirate stream will be arrrrgggh

Wait, there is youtube livestream for this??? I suppose I can't see it because of geoblock.

The world cup has started with a belgian victory over Canada. A little preview... Pool A: for me the most contested pool. I don't know how our team will perform under the new coach, so that's a mystery for me. Good or bad performance wouldn't surprise me. New Zealand is always very hard for Argentina, but don't think they will go far this time. France is the best team from the lower tier and in my opinion they won't leave with 3 losses. Spain has potential to be the surprise of this WC. Pool B: straightforward pool. Australia should be 1st, England 2nd, Ireland 3rd and China 4th. China is the weakest team in the competition. Pool C: two strong teams and two weak teams. India and Belgium will fight for 1st place. Since they host I favor India, also Belgium hasn't been great last few tournaments. On the other hand Canada should beat South Africa for a place in R16. Pool D: another interesting pool but in my opinion not as contested as pool A. Netherlands and Germany are clearly above the asian teams and should fight for 1st place (Netherlands is also my top favorite to win the competition). For 3rd place we will have probably the hardest match to predict in all the pool stage: Malaysia vs Pakistan. Pakistan IMO has better players but their preparation was a disaster and they have changed 2 coaches in the last 3 months.

One of the craziest rumors I'm reading: the final could be moved to UAE and the winner just stays for club WC (!)

And... postponed again

Holland wins the trophy easily with half squad of substitutes. Wraping up a perfect year. In two years things will be very different, many teams that are doing jackshit now will get serious with the olympic carrot. Many teams with young personel will be mature. The dutch have system focused on clubs and not on national team, so they can play pretty much in the same level every year, even if some players retire. Farewell, champions trophy.

River doesn't want to play either. But if they don't play both clubs will be banned for 5 years from international competition. The problem is conmebol and FIFA (Infantino is at the stadium), both are threatening the clubs with punishment if they abandon.

It seems conmebol is forcing Boca to play, even though some players are still suffering pepper gas effects Not even River wants to play in this conditions. But conmebol doesn't care. Sadly, if River wins the match it will be a completely tainted victory.

River-Boca suspended... again. This time due to incidents

Why the quotation marks?

Zverev is the best player of the world.... to the best of 3 sets. If he has to play 5 he's like +40th.