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Total Threads: 35 | Replies: 148
Beijing Olympics Draw
Category: The Beautiful Game - 2008 Olympics
Created by: acmilan Create Date: July 29, 2008 Last Comment: August 3, 2008
Group A: Serbia, Argentina, Australia, Ivory Coast
Group B: Netherlands, Nigeria, USA, Japan
Group C: China, Brazil, Belgium, New Zealand
Group D: South Korea, Honduras, Cameroon, Italy
Ranking the Groups
Group A = Wow. Good luck picking that group.
Group D = Pretty Interesting.
Group B = Good luck USA, could be a tough crop for them.
Group C = Joke. Brazil should win this in a cake walk and China would not have a chance in any other group.
Would you bet against Brazil taking this medal?
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What About US TV Rights?
Category: The Beautiful Game - Business and Media
Created by: dynamo Create Date: July 30, 2008 Last Comment: August 1, 2008
How much would it cost for ESPN to get into Major European Football so that we could see all of the big leagues without having to dish out money for Setanta, FSC and GOL TV individually?
What would it take for ESPN to add an ESPN-Euro like they did with Deportes, Classic Sports and ESPN News?
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Why No Womens' Teams
Category: The Beautiful Game - 2008 Olympics
Created by: footiegirls Create Date: July 29, 2008 Last Comment: July 30, 2008
Why isn't anyone talking about womens' soccer in here?
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Beijing Teams
Category: The Beautiful Game - 2008 Olympics
Created by: dynamo Create Date: July 29, 2008 Last Comment: July 30, 2008
Was somewhat surprised that a thread wasn't available sooner. The 16 teams are listed below with their qualifying criteria, and it should be a great tournament.
China PR - Host Nation
Serbia, Belgium, Italy, Holland - 2007 UEFA U-21 Championship
Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon - CAF Preliminary Competition
S Korea, Japan, Australia - AFC Preliminary Competition
Brazil, Argentina - 2007 South American Youth Championship
USA, Honduras - CONCACAF Preliminary Competition
New Zealand - OFC Preliminary Competition
Associations affiliated with FIFA are invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate. Men's teams are allowed to augment their squad with three players over the age of 23.
Anyone know each team's over-age exceptions?
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Why No UK Team?
Category: The Beautiful Game - 2008 Olympics
Created by: dynamo Create Date: July 29, 2008 Last Comment: July 29, 2008
I don't know if this has been brought up before, but why doesn't Great Britain field an Olympic team? I think that they would be a pretty good side, with players from England, Scotlan, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
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