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Not only because of african nations, U17 is a coin toss for all continents. Semifinals could be Guinea-Iraq and Paraguay-Costa Rica and I wouldn't be surprised.

There is a thread in the results forum curiously, i think vinipereira may be interested. If not then maybe I will make it.

Points for guessing difference should be reduced in some sports (or conversely points for right winner should be increased), yes. But giving the same 0 points to someone who gets the result wrong (but kind of "guesses" the match will be close) and to someone who also predicts a wrong winner (but by a large margin), will increase the randomness/luck factor. Especially in sports where matches are most often decided by a small margin of points/goals like handball, waterpolo or field hockey.

Historic day for our BMX in Santiago del Estero, first time an argentine rider wins a world cup stage. And on top of that, it was a 1-2 finish by Torres and Molina (respectively Junior World champion 2015 and runner up of 2014). Good future for our cycling

^Yes

But it's not Argentine NOC deciding this alone, also international federations and IOC. I think it's ok since "it's the youth olympics" and no one cares and also because they need to fill the venues with spectators.

Seems IOC allows Argentina to play both men and women's beach handball. Rules happen to be flexible now...

You mean women only? I don't have the exact ranking but I'm pretty sure Clijsters had worse when she won US Open 2009.

They had 30 shots and almost 80% possession today, problem is they are jinxed and play with fear of losing since minute 1..

It's better if we don't go to WC, maybe that will make people care less about football and more about other sports.

Bye bye wc

I made a little research and apparently it entered the country through German inmigrants in early XX century. Then two guys from Buenos Aires travelled to San Juan and founded a hockey club there and the people from the province just took a liking to the sport and it grew from then to these days.

Also Burkina, Cabo Verde, Congo leading I love African qualifier, it's the opposite of Asia, all unpredictable.

In Argentina it's the opposite: The world championship hasn't been broadcasted on any nation-wide channel in years (since 2009 I think lol), but suddenly ESPN is broadcasting these Rink Hockey games! This sport is only popular in one province (San Juan) and nowhere else in the country. Almost all our players are from there.

Syria kick Uzbeks out in the last minute

The end. Korea is again in going to a World Cup (to lose all games like almost always )

haha because of you guys' comments I was starting to wonder if my livescore was wrong (i'm not following the FIFA one).

Which one?, they change every edition. The one from 2010 was awful and favored Italy heavily, the one from 2014 was good except for that useless 3rd round. The best one was the one from 2006, which was the same as 2014 but without that silly round.

wow I can't believe this result, I stopped watching in 2nd set to be honest. Still hoping for an final between the tower and the dwarf

Actually Uzbekistan has to score 3, because they are -1 at the moment. About the rest, it's probably coming down to draw of lots.

We lost the americup after leading by 20 pts against a USA team with majority of D-League players

takes the last south american quota for WCh after beating Chile and Venezuela.

[hide] Knockout Round August 30th - September 3rd, 2017 12 Nations, Playoff Round, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match Bronze Medal Match Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 September 3rd 2017, h. 17:30, Tauron Arena, Kraków Serbia 3 2 Belgium Gold Medal Match Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 September 3rd 2017, h. 20:30, Tauron Arena, Kraków Germany 0 3 Russia [/hide]

My post on page 2 guess Russia is gonna win.

What a robbery Riner should have lost.