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So again manila to the rescue...we would like to give cebu a try but the arena isnt build yet..(I see Lithuanians connect a flight to Manila via cebu last woprld cup)
Brazil, Philipines and Spain are ready to host. Then one tournament is hosted by Qatar or United Arab Emirates.
BTW; everybody is guessing does Embiid play for USA or France. Is he said somewhere that he is not playing for Cameroon? They qualified to OQT. And what about Siakam?
Because nobody else doens't want to pay 3M to Fiba. I wouldn't be surprised If both of them will host.Qatar and UAE didn't even qualify for the OQT, how they are going to host?
Wow new fiba rankings is something.I have no clue how they are calculating.
Latvia suddenly is 8th in rankings from 30th place in February
with 5th place finish Latvia in world cup in rating jumped over Slovenia,France,Lithuania,Greece,Italy
By new fiba rankins strenght pots for olympic qualification should look like this:
pot 1 Spain,Latvia,Lithuania,Slovenia
pot 2 Brasil,Italy,Greece,Poland
Wow new fiba rankings is something.I have no clue how they are calculating.
Latvia suddenly is 8th in rankings from 30th place in February
with 5th place finish Latvia in world cup in rating jumped over Slovenia,France,Lithuania,Greece,Italy
By new fiba rankins strenght pots for olympic qualification should look like this:
pot 1 Spain,Latvia,Lithuania,Slovenia
pot 2 Brasil,Italy,Greece,Poland
This is a joke, like everything in Fiba. Latvia had great WC, but you can go from 30 to 8 just because you beat Lithuania in meaningless game for 5th place. Lithuania was first in the group winning against USA. On the other hand you have silver medalist Serbia behind Australia. Something is wrong.
This is a joke, like everything in Fiba. Latvia had great WC, but you can go from 30 to 8 just because you beat Lithuania in meaningless game for 5th place. Lithuania was first in the group winning against USA. On the other hand you have silver medalist Serbia behind Australia. Something is wrong.
So if basketfan is right this how fiba counts rankings
This counting system is most idiotic I have ever seen
So basically Latvia got more points winning one group game vs France than France themself got for winning silver medal last year?![]()
Latvia beat Spain(nr1), France(nr6), Lithuania(nr8), Italy(nr10), Brazil(nr13)!
Only Canada and Latvia(beat nr1) and many other good teams!
Latvia(as nr 30) beat many favorites, and beat with huge margins.
You get most points if you are very low seed, and win by big margins!
Latvia lost only to two teams outside top10(which is good), if they lost to top 3 teams(they don't get points as much)
We can thank to other two latvian coaches(they didn't play in 2019 World Cup, 2022 Eurobasket)!
So basically latvian ranking consists only Eurobasket 2017, World Cup 2023!
Most top20 teams played in 4, 5 tournaments!(where they get more losses)
So if basketfan is right this how fiba counts rankings
This counting system is most idiotic I have ever seen
So basically Latvia got more points winning one group game vs France than France themself got for winning silver medal last year?![]()
But this's laughable, you can't have ratings for games 6 years ago.
So you're telling me, that Slovenia would have been 1st, if they didn't play any other tournament before 2017 and after?![]()
I’m still confused on how Argentina is till in the top 10 after missing on the WC and Olympics.