2012 Olympic test event [Aug 16-21 London]

[Kings]

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Aug 16 Australia 71 - China 43
Aug 16 Croatia 83 - Serbia 71
Aug 16 France 82 - Great Britain 60
Aug 17 Serbia 87 - China 53
Aug 17 France 71 - Australia 67
Aug 17 Croatia 75 - Great Britain 70
Aug 18 France 76 - China 59
Aug 18 Austarlia 78 - Croatia 66
Aug 18 Serbia 97 - Great Britain 95
Aug 20 France 83 - Croatia 60
Aug 20 Great Britain 64 - China 56
Aug 20 Australia 78 - Serbia 69
Aug 21 Croatia 83 - China 53
Aug 21 Australia 91 - Great Britain 90
Aug 21 France 80 - Serbia 77

[sinobball]

Aug 16 Australia vs. China
Aug 16 Seriba vs. Croatia
Aug 16 Great Britain vs. France
Aug 17 China vs. Serbia
Aug 17 France vs. Australia
Aug 17 Croatia vs. Great Britain
Aug 18 France vs. China
Aug 18 Austarlia vs. Croatia
Aug 18 Serbia vs. Great Britain
Aug 20 Croatia vs. France
Aug 20 Great Britain vs. China
Aug 20 Serbia vs. Croatia
Aug 21 China vs. Croatia
Aug 21 Australia vs. Great Britain
Aug 21 France vs. Serbia

How many of these teams won't qualify to the Olympics?

[CKR13]

For the London Olympics, I want to see Serbia qualify.

[Mindozas]

How many of these teams won't qualify to the Olympics?

I'd say 1, maybe 2 and it'll be NTs from Europe

[Dtown]

How many of these teams won't qualify to the Olympics?

Britain of course is in

Australia should be in barring shocking upset.

China isn't the lock they usually are, then again if they actually have Yao back like they're saying they're still the favorite.

I expect at least one of Serbia, France and Croatia to be there. Wouldn't be shocked if two are there.

So yeah 1-2 teams.

[sinobball]

How is security in London these days?

[CKR13]

A friend living in London told me that Civil Defense Forces and Riot Dispersal Squads are constantly patrolling.

[aussieasker]

Australia beat China 71-43 without Andrew Bogut, David Andersen, Nathan Jawai, Julian Khazzouh, Patty Mills, Brad Newley, Joe Ingles, Aleks Maric and Matthew Nielsen. What's going on with China this year?!

[CKR13]

Australia beat China 71-43 without Andrew Bogut, David Andersen, Nathan Jawai, Julian Khazzouh, Patty Mills, Brad Newley, Joe Ingles, Aleks Maric and Matthew Nielsen. What's going on with China this year?!

I'll quote sinobball.

Wang Shipeng out of the Asian Champs because an unidentified Aussie player stepped on him and broke his arm today. BTW, China was leading 14-11 at that point but got destroyed 43-71 in the game, which is about how good they are without Wang Shipeng, Zhu Fangyu (back injury), Liu Wei (back injury), Wang Zhizhi (recurring injury), Ding Jinhui (some injury who should come back in a week), Zhou Peng (serious injury who may not come back in time for the Asian champs).

[Dtown]

Oooh that's tough luck for China. They really look ripe for the picking this year in the Asia championships only advantage for them is they have the longest time out of all these teams before their tournament.

On another note Croatia handling Serbia was something a surprise to me.

[greenarcher]

Where are the NBA players that can supposedly play for Great Britain? Are none of them playing?

[CKR13]

Where are the NBA players that can supposedly play for Great Britain? Are none of them playing?

Luol Deng will play while Ben Gordon will not play due to insurance issues.

[greenarcher]

What about Pops Mensah Bonsou?

[CKR13]

What about Pops Mensah Bonsou?

Mensah-Bonsu will miss Eurobasket due to a shoulder injury.

[aussieasker]

I'll quote sinobball.

Cool, but what's the excuse for all the other matches they have lost this year?