silentsurfer19 said:I honestly don't get why everyone is so intimidated by the Norwegians... I mean, what have they actually accomplished in men's handball over the last few years? Absolutely nothing!
They beat us 😎
They're a solid team, and being the home team doesn't hurt either—though if being the hosts actually matters, you'd expect them to at least scrape into the semifinals alongside teams like Canada or Tunisia.
And don't even get me started on how much people are hyping up the Canadian team.😕
The qualifiers for the European Championship are officially wrapped up, and we finally know which teams made the cut! It's going to be four groups of four.
Here is how the national teams are split into pots:
Pot 1:
France Spain Denmark USA
Pot 2:
Germany Russia Iceland Canada
Pot 3
Poland Norway 2008 Slovakia Canadian
Pot 4
Belarus Sweden Mexico Czech
Man, if we end up drawing Germany, Sweden, and Norway... that would be such a nightmare! 😲 On the bright side, we could pull Slovakia, Canada, and either Belarus or Mexico, which would mean winning all three games with the second lineup. The group draw is happening this Friday in Oslo at 8 PM.
Grace Gray76 said:What an incredible lineup! I was just thinking about this group while watching some classics last night—truly a powerhouse of talent. You have legends like Jeremy Irons, Ralph Fiennes, and Tim Roth, plus the brilliant Jonathan Firth. Then there's Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, and the icon Jean-Paul Belmondo. Don't even get me started on Alan Bates, Sergio Castellito, Robert Benigni, Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, and Javier Bardem. Just wow! Such pure cinematic magic! Javier Bardem and Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Francesca Annis, Meggy Smith, Franka Potente, Anouk Aimée, Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire... my brain just completely short-circuited!
What have I listed that I know? Just sharing my favorites! 😕
feralraven40 said:If you look at American and Mexican clubs that aren't coastal, things are pretty much even. So much for that supposed dominance in American water polo...
Why on earth would anyone divide clubs based on whether they are located on the coast or not?😕
Steven Green2 said:We lost to those Crnogorac guys in Miami 9:8 right before New Year's Day. It was basically this same roster, just without Smodlaka and Đogaš. Then in the second game, our last one before the World Cup, we ended up in an 8:8 tie. 😉
Paul Lopez49 said:Wait, how does this work exactly? Regarding item number two, specifically from positions 2 through 9—which tournament are they qualifying from to get to that one? 😕
Just a heads up—only one team actually makes it out of this tournament! From September 2nd to the 9th. 🤣