Rio 2016 Olympics (4 Viewers)

[zizinho]

Serbia won its 1st gold at the Olympics in Waterpolo. they started the tournament slow, had an elimination game vs Japan in the last match of the group stage but won, and then outplayed and won vs Spain, Italy and Croatia. well deserved

congrats @Dostoevsky

 

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[Dostoevsky]

Serbia won its 1st gold at the Olympics in Waterpolo. they started the tournament slow, had an elimination game vs Japan in the last match of the group stage but won, and then outplayed and won vs Spain, Italy and Croatia. well deserved

congrats @Dostoevsky

but we always rock it, it's not a big surprise. We won Euros, WC and everything out there over the recent years. But this just nailed it, I'm glad for some veterans.

But we did fairly well at big sports unexpected finals against US in basketball.

 

[Völler]

Is water polo big in the balkans?

 

[Dostoevsky]

Is water polo big in the balkans?

Big as we have many amazing players & clubs, yeah.

But I wouldn't say people follow it closely, only big tournaments.

But Montenegro, Croatia, Hungary, Greece and Serbia are all great (but we dominate a lot more ofc ). It's almost always those teams fighting for gold. Italy is very strong too.

Phew, I'm so glad we won it now. We won everything.

 

[zizinho]

but we always rock it, it's not a big surprise. We won Euros, WC and everything out there over the recent years. But this just nailed it, I'm glad for some veterans.

But we did fairly well at big sports unexpected finals against US in basketball.

the best waterpolo nation last 10 years or so imo, always winning or getting very close to at these big tournaments. and they always win vs Croatia

tbh id be lying if i said that im surprised to see Serbia in a basketball tournament final, theyre just amazing at it. they looked weaker than usual without Bjelica, Marjanovic and some others but still did it. the only thing that would surprise me about them is if they beat Americans

 

[Völler]

Big as we have many amazing players & clubs, yeah.

But I wouldn't say people follow it closely, only big tournaments.

But Montenegro, Croatia, Hungary, Greece and Serbia are all great (but we dominate a lot more ofc ). It's almost always those teams fighting for gold. Italy is very strong too.

Phew, I'm so glad we won it now. We won everything.

I've never seen a water polo game in my life, so in comparison I guess it's pretty big. It's funny how each country has a 'weird' sport that they specialize in.

 

[Dostoevsky]

the best waterpolo nation last 10 years or so imo, always winning or getting very close to at these big tournaments. and they always win vs Croatia

tbh id be lying if i said that im surprised to see Serbia in a basketball tournament final, theyre just amazing at it. they looked weaker than usual without Bjelica, Marjanovic and some others but still did it. the only thing that would surprise me about them is if they beat Americans

We had ups and downs in basketball. We can beat many but we can always pull a Roma and choke out of nowhere. Our current coach is brilliant.

Finals is a huge success. I'm gonna be proud even if we lose against United Steroids.

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I've never seen a water polo game in my life, so in comparison I guess it's pretty big. It's funny how each country has a 'weird' sport that they specialize in.

No, I think it's quite weird. Our population is obsessed with football and all kids train it. Yet football is our weakest spot

 

[lgorTudor]

Forza Srbija

 

[Völler]

No, I think it's quite weird. Our population is obsessed with football and all kids train it. Yet football is our weakest spot

But everyone is obsessed with football. That's why it's difficult to be the best at it. If a small country wants to win something, it's much smarter to pick a strange sport like water polo and specialize in it.

 

[Dostoevsky]

But everyone is obsessed with football. That's why it's difficult to be the best at it. If a small country wants to win something, it's much smarter to pick a strange sport like water polo and specialize in it.

It has a great competition, though. It's not like we're talking about wrestling

 

[zizinho]

We had ups and downs in basketball. We can beat many but we can always pull a Roma and choke out of nowhere. Our current coach is brilliant.

Finals is a huge success. I'm gonna be proud even if we lose against United Steroids.

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No, I think it's quite weird. Our population is obsessed with football and all kids train it. Yet football is our weakest spot

yeah, final vs USA is great, as good as winning the whole thing in any other sport probably. agree about your coach, hes running the team so well last 3 tournaments

 

[Völler]

It has a great competition, though. It's not like we're talking about wrestling

@king Ale

 

[king Ale]

@king Ale

lol one of their only two golds is in wrestling Was an undeserved gold though, but I'm happy that wrestling helped Serbia have a spot among top 30 countries

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Big as we have many amazing players & clubs, yeah.

But I wouldn't say people follow it closely, only big tournaments.

But Montenegro, Croatia, Hungary, Greece and Serbia are all great (but we dominate a lot more ofc ). It's almost always those teams fighting for gold. Italy is very strong too.

Phew, I'm so glad we won it now. We won everything.

Italy is traditionally good at water polo. I haven't followed water polo in the past few years though but I remember there were two brothers who used to play for Italy, and I loved them

 

[Völler]

lol one of their only two golds is in wrestling Was an undeserved gold though, but I'm happy that wrestling helped Serbia have a spot among top 30 countries

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Italy is traditionally good at water polo. I haven't followed water polo in the past few years though but I remember there were two brothers who used to play for Italy, and I loved them

http://www.medalspercapita.com/

 

[zizinho]

what i hate about these sports like Waterpolo and Handball is that players can change their NT so easily. so you get Garcia playing for Croatia after playing for Spain for years or bunch of exYu guys playing for Brazil at these Olympics. or that Qatar Handball NT

 

[Völler]

what i hate about these sports like Waterpolo and Handball is that players can change their NT so easily. so you get Garcia playing for Croatia after playing for Spain for years or bunch of exYu guys playing for Brazil at these Olympics. or that Qatar Handball NT

Word, zizi! The Qatar handball team is a disgrace. @Fred

 

[Osman]

Aren't Qatar a disgrace in all sports?

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[Völler]

Aren't Qatar a disgrace in all sports?

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[lgorTudor]

I'm a little sad that sports like water polo didn't get covered by our media at all. We get hours of stupid horse jumping instead

 

[king Ale]

http://www.medalspercapita.com/

The only interesting and meaningful comparison is the one between medal count of countries with similar populations. The US would have needed 3000 to equal Grenada and more than 1000 medals to beat NZ in that table, so they were losers even before the games started

It's fine though, if that's the only way Denmark can top Iran