LDOG

First results Group A 0 - 3 1 - 2 Group B 1 - 0 1 - 0

Meaningless. Those island nation will never improve because they simply don't have enough people. Only in rugby it would have any purpose.

Yes. Who would vote against anyway?

A lot of good players missing this tournament. I think I can make an entire XI of argentinian players denied by clubs. Honestly, I think anyone except Bolivia could qualify.

It's unbelievable that they didn't plan a 7th place game. Spain-Croatia-Germany are getting 1-2-3 for sure. The other 3 teams are too weak. I think Slovenia will be in semis, then maybe Hungary or Portugal will decide 7th place on points/GD against... Austria?

[hide] Main Round January 16th - January 22nd, 2020 12 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Semifinals Group 1 Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 16th 2020, h. 16:00 Spain 9 Czech Republic January 16th 2020, h. 18:15 Croatia 4 Austria January 16th 2020, h. 20:30 Belarus 5 Germany January 18th 2020, h. 16:00 Belarus 1 Czech Republic January 18th 2020, h. 18:15 Spain 6 Austria January 18th 2020, h. 20:30 Croatia 3 Germany January 20th 2020, h. 16:00 Croatia 6 Czech Republic January 20th 2020, h. 18:15 Belarus 10 Spain January 20th 2020, h. 20:30 Austria 7 Germany January 22nd 2020, h. 16:00 Croatia 2 Spain January 22nd 2020, h. 18:15 Belarus 2 Austria January 22nd 2020, h. 20:30 Czech Republic 9 Germany Group 2 Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 17th 2020, h. 16:00 Slovenia 2 Iceland January 17th 2020, h. 18:15 Potugal 3 Sweden January 17th 2020, h. 20:30 Norway 4 Hungary January 19th 2020, h. 14:00 Slovenia 1 Hungary January 19th 2020, h. 16:15 Norway 1 Sweden January 19th 2020, h. 18:30 Potugal 2 Iceland January 21st 2020, h. 16:00 Norway 1 Iceland January 21st 2020, h. 18:15 Potugal 3 Slovenia January 21st 2020, h. 20:30 Hungary 5 Sweden January 22nd 2020, h. 16:00 Norway 2 Slovenia January 22nd 2020, h. 18:15 Potugal 2 Hungary January 22nd 2020, h. 20:30 Iceland 1 Sweden [/hide]

Talking about Joker... I watched the korean movie and it conveys the same message as Joker (strong criticism of meritocratic society) in a more subtle (and in my opinion stronger) way. But of course, Joker is about a popular comic book villian with an A-list Hollywood protagonist.

I feel like the people that say Joker is the BEST MOVIE EVAH is the same people outraged about Avengers Endgame getting only one nomination for the Oscars. Of course, saying Joker is mediocre is also silly. The truth is in between.

Yeah, the bad performance at the world cup last year actually helped Canada avoid this group. I was hoping that Cuba would win yesterday just so France would move to the other side. I was really mad when they collapsed

All teams qualified, according to ranking the groups will be like this: Group A Group B

All teams qualified, according to ranking the groups will be like this: Group A Group B

What an unexpected roller coaster of emotions this tournament was. 2nd participation in OG.

If you ask for norceca it's number of wins > points standing > point ratio > set ratio > result between the tied teams.

When they gather all their best players and train a little they are better than Chile. Chile scheduled this match on the first day on purpose because they thought they would arrive unprepared like always, but this time they played several friendlies with Cuba.

Again our troll quota in women's volleyball Good luck in Tokyo ladies, nobody back at home will be watching your games but good luck anyway

Yes, but they barely lost in the 5th set of the final match to Poland IIRC. The difference in performance when he is in vs when he doesn't is atonishing. He played European championship 2017 and Germany won a medal out of nowhere. Then he didn't play WCh qualification and Germany failed to qualify. Last euro in 2019 he didn't play and Germany even lost to teams like Spain... All of this coached by Giani.

Only one player matters in german team: Grozer. When he plays Germany wins medals in World and european championships. When he doesn't play, Germany doesn't even qualify to anything. Probably the team most dependant on a single player in the world.

Tunisia and Egypt have alternated qualifications in men's volleyball since 1996. Neither has been able to qualify two times in a row. This ping pong has lasted since Algeria qualified in 1992.

It's pretty obvious that the director has a preference of one character over the other. I thought the Benedict portrayal was pretty poor as a result and the other character is exaggerated.

[hide] Preliminary Round January 9th - January 15th, 2020 24 Nations, 6 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Main Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2020, h. 18:15 Croatia 7 Montenegro January 9th 2020, h. 20:30 Belarus 4 Serbia January 11th 2020, h. 16:00 Montenegro 2 Serbia January 11th 2020, h. 18:15 Croatia 8 Belarus January 13th 2020, h. 18:15 Serbia 2 Croatia January 13th 2020, h. 20:30 Montenegro 1 Belarus Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2020, h. 18:15 Czech Republic 3 Austria January 10th 2020, h. 20:30 North Macedonia 7 Ukraine January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Austria 4 Ukraine January 12th 2020, h. 18:15 Czech Republic 4 North Macedonia January 14th 2020, h. 18:15 Ukraine 2 Czech Republic January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Austria 3 North Macedonia Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2020, h. 18:15 Spain 10 Latvia January 9th 2020, h. 20:30 Germany 9 Netherlands January 11th 2020, h. 16:00 Latvia 3 Netherlands January 11th 2020, h. 18:15 Spain 1 Germany January 13th 2020, h. 18:15 Netherlands 7 Spain January 13th 2020, h. 20:30 Latvia 10 Germany Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2020, h. 18:15 France 8 Portugal January 10th 2020, h. 20:30 Norway 12 Bosnia and Herz. January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Portugal 2 Bosnia and Herz. January 12th 2020, h. 18:15 France 3 Norway January 14th 2020, h. 18:15 Bosnia and Herz. 14 France January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Portugal 5 Norway Group E Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 11th 2020, h. 16:00 Denmark 6 Iceland January 11th 2020, h. 18:15 Hungary 2 Russia January 13th 2020, h. 18:15 Iceland 1 Russia January 13th 2020, h. 20:30 Denmark 3 Hungary January 15th 2020, h. 18:15 Russia 4 Denmark January 15th 2020, h. 20:30 Iceland 2 Hungary Group F Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2020, h. 18:15 Sweden 1 Switzerland January 10th 2020, h. 20:30 Slovenia 3 Poland January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Switzerland 4 Poland January 12th 2020, h. 18:15 Sweden 12 Slovenia January 14th 2020, h. 18:15 Poland 7 Sweden January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Switzerland 6 Slovenia [/hide]

Is homosexuality a crime in Bulgaria? Like, by law?

Doping of an uruguyan rower. With this Argentina gets another gold medal and finally climbs to 5th place above Cuba

Sadly, Messi...

Olimpia awards (picked by sport journalists from ) Luis Scola was voted as sportperson of the year.

I hate European championships contests (other than football), so I would rather not have either but ok, handball....