thepharoah

no I'm not worried about beating Hong Kong. Iran is just good in beating those kind of teams. they are small and can't match the physical play of Iran.
 
but Bahrain is a different story. Bahrain itself is not good in beating minor teams. they even struggled against Cambodia ! but when they want to defend they are tough to beat. and they will park the bus against Iran, we have some very bad memories against Bahrain. and we also have to play Iraq at home. and it doesn't matter if they are already qualified before that match, they always play against Iran like their lives are depend on that.
 
the only positive outcome today was everybody realized the danger, Iran will be more prepared next time. what happened here is unbelievable. they just packed and came to Amman without training at home. their first training session was in Amman and that's when our genius coach found out some of his starters are slightly injured and can't play !!!! and it was supposed to be our most important match.

That's new, I only see them in those long white 'dresses' usually (on TV)  

They always do that when they're outside their countries 

Nadal 
 
Amazing comeback today against Medvedev!

Yes, Egypt can win both quotas in 10m Air Pistol. 

Go Égypt Cameroon and côté ivoire 

Damn, just finished watching now so also here I'm late to the party, but I'd like to nominate that insane 264kg as one of the moments of 2019 in sports  
 
So happy I managed to avoid spoilers all the way to now
 
Well, I hope he does as expected in Tokyo and confirms the gold with his 1st attempt in CJ, so then he can go for 267kg and the all-time record  

I was looking for results of "Galeb Belgrade Trophy" in Serbia because the whole Iranian squad is there, while watching the live results I saw something very surprising, a familiar name, former World and Asian Games champion Mehdi Khodabakhshi but not for Iran, he is representing Serbia !
 
he was off the radar in past few months, so after a little search it seems he is married to a Serbian girl ! (former Serbia NT member Tanackovic) I'm not sure if he can represents Serbia in official tournaments anytime soon because he was participating for Iran a year ago. and if I'm not wrong he even tried his chance in Iranian nationals few months ago but he got injured and withdrew (and he was upset our coach didn't give him a second chance) this is kind of funny because Milad Beigi left Iran because of him !! even though I know this is a different case and this is not for money.
 
I wonder if this is a permanent change for Khodabakhshi or this is just temporary for this tournament ?!

The German Supercup match between SCC Berlin and VFB Friedrichshfen was played on specially installed LED-panel floor, covered in invisible anti-slip glass. This type of floor was tested earlier in some minor sports, like squash, however this is the first time it was tested during a important game of any Olympic team sport, so it was a bit of a historical event.
 
 

I forgot to add the last day events, so there are a finals missing, but you can probably find them. Here’s a list of replays: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AGY34YtB4rgMlxuqVN-bvtqYe84c23IjZuBFlMXcXo4 

...because they haven't played the Copa Libertadores final yet.

Yes I think he can win gold too but always u can't know what will happen in Egyptian sport I don't doubt if he says after 2 months that the federation is fighting with him and he decides to work in a Supermarket in Romania or Georgia or something 

Actually I won't be surprised if he wins the gold in Tokyo . he is one of the favorites for sure and deserved a bronze this year in Astana (and I believe he got robbed)

AUSTRALIA 12   SPAIN 11   SLOVENIA 10   MALTA 9   EGYPT 8   IRELAND 7   MEXICO 6   TUNISIA 5   INDIA 4   FINLAND 3   CROATIA 2   SWEDEN 1  
    These were the votes of Indonesia. Thank you all! 

My votes:
 
12- Ireland
11-Slovakia
10- Lithuania
9- Egypt
8- Poland
7- Kazakhstan
6- Chile
5- Tunisia
4- Netherlands
3- Mexico
2- Italia
1- Great Britain
 
Reserves
1) Algeria
2) Denmark

IRELAND 12   SPAIN 11   HUNGARY 10   SLOVAKIA 9   CROATIA 8   LITHUANIA 7   FINLAND 6   EGYPT 5   POLAND 4   SERBIA 3   SWEDEN 2   KAZAKHSTAN 1  
    These were the votes of Argentina. Thank you all! 

Grand Final Scoreboard
 
   NETHERLANDS  194    BRAZIL 64    AUSTRALIA  172    MEXICO 63    SWEDEN  171    SLOVENIA 61    HUNGARY  167    LITHUANIA 59    UNITED STATES  127    KAZAKHSTAN 58    SPAIN 118    SLOVAKIA 57    NORWAY 113    TUNISIA  54     ROMANIA 110    GREAT BRITAIN 48    ALGERIA 109    ARGENTINA 47    PORTUGAL 98    INDONESIA  42     SERBIA 87    MOLDOVA 41    IRELAND  81    POLAND 39    FINLAND  81     CHILE 37    FRANCE  79     INDIA 37    CROATIA 78    GREECE  29     CANADA 74    EGYPT 28    MALTA 74    P. R. OF CHINA 25    DENMARK 73    NEW ZEALAND 20    ITALY  71       The Host Jury and the Organizing Commitee can now reveal the final scorboard for TOISC 2019. 
Top 3
1. The Netherlands
2. Australia
3. Sweden
A huge congratulations to the top 3!
 
Lastly, a big thank you to all entries and their delegations, national juries and of course the fans for have created an amazing atmosphere here in Arena Fyn, Odense, today.
 
 
Please notice me if there are any mistakes in the scoreboard. I will then fix them tomorrow. 
May you all have a good day, evening or night.  
I'm tired, so it's goodnight from me!

first time we got points from wandered since he was naturalized by NZL 

Again, huge congrats to @heywoodu and Netherlands on a very impressive victory  
 
And big thanks to the Danish hosts @Wumo and @Agger for all their hard work in organising another fantastic and entertaining contest!! And @Wumo time to take a breath now and enjoy a well deserved break after your fine hosting duties, you gave us all a very enjoyable day here on the forum 
 
 
Thanks so much to all who voted for Ireland, especially Argentina for the 12 points and Egypt for awarding a beautiful bronze . Very happy with our performance and again, thanks to all who at least enjoyed Moya Brennan's song on some level
 

Thank you very much Egypt!

Yesss!! Thank you @thepharoah !! Finally a medal

Kolding Station - Photo: S.Juhl - Wiki
With the Grand Final getting close, we can welcome @dezbee2008, @Olympian1010, @thepharoah and @DaniSRB to Kolding, hometown of Blaue Blume who competed at the 2015 Annual Contest.
Kolding dates to the second half of the 1100s and for most of the medieval times it was one of the most important cities of the country, including having the castle Koldinghus as an occasional Royal residence for a few hundred years. Due to wars and Plague the city suffered and had trouble growing due to taxes. During the Napoleonic wars, some Spanish mercenaries started a fire at Koldinghus by accident burning major parts down to the ground. Only in the 1890’s restoration of the castle began, finishing about a 100 years later. During these years the city grew steadily becoming the 7th largest city of our country.

Koldinghus - Photo: Hubertus - Wiki
Kolding is most known for its men’s handball team who has won the Danish Championships a record 14 times. Among the major athletes from the city, two-times Olympic Silver Medalist in heaveweight boxing, Søren Petersen and former Liverpool midfielder Jan Mølby.

Kolding Castle Lake - Photo: Hubertus - Wiki
As you may have guessed, Koldinghus would be a place that we recommend to visit. Both to see the historic building in a new form but also due to its highly interesting exhibitions. Trapholt Arts museum, a look around in the historic center or by Kolding fiord are also worth the time. And how about bit of pizza? Kolding likes to call themselves Slice-town for a reason!!