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Again an impressive showing (ignore the 1st position thing, it's the only pair so far).

So you count music from 1990 as part of the eighties? What the hell.

The 2010 and 2014 World Cups go a long way here. Netherlands beating Brazil on a comeback and then winning a nailbiter semi final against Uruguay to qualify for a World Cup final, I never thought I'd live to see the day Then in 2014, beating Spain 5-1 in the opening match, oh boy In terms of things I've witnessed in person, my highlight might be the epic, epic, epic Champions League comeback of Füchse Berlin (handball) against Ademar Leon in 2012. Füchse had lost 34-23 in Spain so needed something absolutely huge in Berlin...where they went on full-attack from the very first minute, won 29-18 and qualified for the Final Four. That was completely, totally nuts. I get goosebumps just thinking about it.

Ok, you go and try convince everyone to change their calendar, we'll keep living in reality. Deal?

This is already the thread with the most unexpected turn of the 2020's.

Plus nowadays we can sort of see whether or not Schrodinger's cat is alive without actually killing said cat https://www.livescience.com/schrodingers-cat-can-be-peeked-at.html

I can't wait for the "Best Sports Moments of the Century" thread to be opened in December 2099. Oh the discussion.

Jesus Christ. It's like talking to someone who says "This is a group of five red birds, really!". "But it's not, look! It's no opinion, it's a fact that it's not a group of five red birds!" "Nope, it is. Five red birds, clear as day."

Too bad half the 10's were basically wasted due to World War I

Yes, I have no idea where you got it in your mind that I think otherwise because I entirely agree on that (as far as 'agreeing' is a thing when it's about actual facts). The 2010's started in 2010, the 21st century started in 2001.

Not in my awesome decade

No it wouldn't. The overall accepted method: The decade called the nineties consists of the years 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999. That's ten years. So is the decade 2007-2016.

Huh what? Zonderland was in 2012, I really don't see how that falls outside of the decade in any way whatsoever Plus, it is just generally accepted the decades start at 0. The fifties didn't start in 1951, the eighties started in 1980, and so on.

Best sports moments of the decade thread - where we can discuss anything from geopolitical history to IndyCar racing, as long as it has nothing to do with the best sports moments of the decade.

I ended the 2007-2016 decade a while ago indeed.

Kim Huybrechts utterly destroyed 2018 world champion and number two seed Rob Cross and it wasn't even interesting What a tournament already.

Are you sure about that? Could you count them out for me in a table?

The "Life has no use anymore" on Dutch TV right now was the big one though. Could London police please guard the local bridges for a while?

"I'm nothing but an amateur apparently. I'll hate myself, I'm disgusted by myself. It doesn't matter anymore, whatever I do after this doesn't matter anymore. Life has no use anymore." Jesus, he is in worse shape than ever.

We have zero sentimental things in our tree, just the same balls every year

And he did indeed lose. That's the end of a rather amazing career. Thanks RvB, literally everyone in the Netherlands earning their living with darts in one way or another, and everyone who likes darts, has him to thank for it. Without him, darts in the Netherlands would be what it is in most countries: barely existing.

Eternal negativity guru is on his way to lose.

Ah, Raymond van Barneveld. Always good if you want to dampen those festive spirits

22.35 and still two matches to go, come on Time for the Barney Army

Zoran Lerchbacher just missed 8 match darts in one leg