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Russia won't be allowed as long as it isn't financially profitable for IOC, that's about it. IOC doesn't care about any other reasons (human rights, deaths, etc are not their real concern). If NATO countries won't participate as long as there are russian athletes, then Russia won't ever come back. IOC are not dumb, they know who is their main cash cow.

Why did you change the format of previous field hockey contests? (Guessing GD instead of the exact score). This sport has more goals than football and just a little less than ice hockey. Last men's WCs average goals per game in each sport: Football 2.69 Hockey 4.36 Ice hockey 5.86 Guessing the correct score in match is just a bit easier than winning the lottery...

[hide] Group Stage January 13th - January 20th, 2023 16 Nations, The 1st-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. The 2nd and 3rd-Placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Cross-overs. Group A Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 13th 2023, h. 13:00 Argentina 4 2 South Africa January 13th 2023, h. 15:00 Australia 3 0 France January 16th 2023, h. 17:00 France 4 3 South Africa January 16th 2023, h. 19:00 Argentina 1 3 Australia January 20th 2023, h. 13:00 Australia 5 1 South Africa January 20th 2023, h. 15:00 France 1 3 Argentina Group B Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2023, h. 17:00 Belgium 5 0 South Korea January 14th 2023, h. 19:00 Germany 3 0 Japan January 17th 2023, h. 17:00 South Korea 1 2 Japan January 17th 2023, h. 19:00 Germany 1 2 Belgium January 20th 2023, h. 17:00 Belgium 5 1 Japan January 20th 2023, h. 19:00 South Korea 0 4 Germany Group C Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2023, h. 13:00 New Zealand 4 1 Chile January 14th 2023, h. 15:00 Netherlands 7 2 Malaysia January 16th 2023, h. 13:00 Malaysia 3 1 Chile January 16th 2023, h. 15:00 New Zealand 1 3 Netherlands January 19th 2023, h. 13:00 Malaysia 0 2 New Zealand January 19th 2023, h. 15:00 Netherlands 7 0 Chile Group D Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 13th 2023, h. 17:00 England 5 1 Wales January 13th 2023, h. 19:00 India 2 1 Spain January 15th 2023, h. 17:00 Spain 4 0 Wales January 15th 2023, h. 19:00 England 2 2 India January 19th 2023, h. 17:00 Spain 0 1 England January 19th 2023, h. 19:00 India 6 1 Wales Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation Australia Netherlands Germany [/hide]

Btw is it not possible to vote 3/4 options per event?

People here giving us a medal in skateboarding and I have literally no idea who that guy is or if he has achieved anything in his career

Well, they never gave a shit when stuff gets blown up in some middle east country so it would be consistent.

Just a bit (read parts of his two main works) but not a fan of him, anyone from the same branch or "analytic" philosophy in general.

One page of discussion about zzzemantics? You guys must be bored. He wrote: "Another interesting topic could be using human feces as a resource." Whatever "resource" means there.

It's cuz he said south american teams couldn't win WC last few times because they don't play "high level matches". That quote got a lot buzz and backlash here so probably the players were waiting to have their "comeback". Also, there were rumors that Mbappe wanted all the south americans out of PSG to have his own group as majority so maybe there's something on that as well.

Haha I saw this but it's just a mistranslation of "vamos carajo" which is more like "let's fucking go".

What? This has nothing to do with Mbappe. He made a similar gesture after the copa america last year.

Konig doesn't live in Buenos Aires but I'm literally in the middle of this.

I will only say... that I hope you guys will never have to watch a team you support in a final like this one Ya somos campeón mundial

You're a bit blind, don't know what else to tell you, those brilliant 80 minutes were all him. Every pass, every line broken.

Unfortunately it's 99% France win. Our players are dead tired and theirs look like they can run a marathon. Penalties or a Messi moment my only hope.

What match have you been watching I wonder.... he's doing everything.

I believe they are ranked inside the top 10 in almost every summer olympic team sport, so yeah. Only W volleyball and hockey outside. No one else has that.

[hide] Knockout Stage December 3rd - December 18th, 2022 Third-Place Match Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 17th 2022, h. 18:00 Croatia 1 2 Morocco Final Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 18th 2022, h. 18:00 Argentina 2 1 France [/hide]

It doesn't have much meaning... it's like you're accompanying the rhythm of the song, nothing else. But it has become an habit among the people here when they cheer for anything (sport teams, musical groups, politician rallies, anything that has a "fanbase").

If there is relatively strong contact and the keeper misses the ball it's very unlikely the ref will be forgiving. You're just giving him the perfect excuse. Just like Perisic handball in 2018. Nowadays they are giving those 100% of the time. Just seems to be the current criteria, favor the attacker.

There is no way France won't win.

Slave trade wasn't as massive in the southernmost parts of America compared to caribbean/Brazil. In Argentina afro descendants are just too mixed at this point (they weren't that many to begin with and a lot of time has passed since african migration was a common thing) so they are indistinguishable from the mestizo and european majorities.

Yeah I thought it was very exaggerated but players often will look for anything to motivate themselves. Also, maybe the usual dutch bluntness is not well received or understood in some places. Here you simply don't point out weaknesses of opponent players/teams before a game. Even if it's something mild and evident like "Messi doesn't press". You are expected to always "stay humble" and only praise them or not say anything.

France and Morocco is actually an european derby. Very few people with a birth certificate signed in african soil will enter that pitch.

[hide] Knockout Stage December 3rd - December 18th, 2022 4 Nations, The Winners of each Semfinal will qualify for the Final. The Losers of each Semifinal will play the Third-Place Match. Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 13th 2022, h. 22:00 Argentina 1 0 Croatia December 14th 2022, h. 22:00 France 2 0 Morocco [/hide]