It's not a difficult bet.

EU countries medals total places the European Union at the top of the medal table of every single Olympic Game, summer and winter, since Baron Pierre de Coubertin woke them up in 1896 and 1924.

This is only an adecdotal symbol of what the Europeans can do when they are united.

After Athens in 2004, Let's see for Turin, day by day.

Roll On Europe!

For the newbies, the following issues have already been adressed in the 26 pages of a similar thread for Athens:

www.fuckfrance.com . . .

No need to bring them back again, those arguments have already been thoroughly discussed and debunked or relativized:

- The EU is not a country
- It's normal, the more athletes you send, the more medals you get
- The impact of team-sports events
- The limited numbers of athletes a country can send.
- The impact of Gold medals versus Silver/Bronze
- The ranking method with the prority on Gold
- The Olympics suck anyway

Apart from the last one, those issues have already been adressed on the page Wikipedia dedicates to the subject too:
en.wikipedia.org . . .
and there: www.idsia.ch . . .


Other reminder:

The original Olympic charter forbade a medal count that included a ranking per country. All medal counts published by the media are inofficial; so is the one I propose to you.

But this time, this little simulation is a Game too, with up to 40 K to win!
Rules in next post.

Until now only one Silver for the European Union. Austria in the Nordic Combination.


Silver and Bronze for Norway in Biathlon

and these two GOLD MEDALS ARE NOT EUROPEAN MEDALS

they belong to

MICHAEL GREIS

and GEORG HETTICH

from




DEATH TO THE BRUSSELS POLITBURO

GO EUROPE????

GO DEUTSCHLAND!!!!

THEY ARE THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE...

SEE THE GERMAN MEDAL COUNT, THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT COUNT FOR EUROPE, THEY FINISHED FIRST PLACE THE LAST OLYMPICS, AMERICA SECOND, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY...

DEUTSCHLAND UBER ALLES!!!!

Btw unlike France we don´t need the European Union to win a Medal Table

Salt Lake City, Utah 2002


Germany 36 Points (12,16,8)
USA 34 Points(10,13,11)
Norway 25 Points (13,5,7)

Atlantic, let's not be idiots.

Our medals are our medals, your medals are your medals. It's not an European Olympic team.

Following the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the President of the European Commission Romano Prodi issued a press release congratulating EU athletes for their success

en.wikipedia.org . . .

This man is a known asshole.

Once again, you are a fucking idiot!

Rules

The game is simple:

The first player to guess:

1. The EU total, Gold and Silver (and therefore Bronze) medals tally: K+40

If no winner in situation 1. :

2. The EU total and Gold medals tally: K+20

If no winner in situation 1. and 2.:

3. The EU total medals tally: K+10

If no winner in situation 1. to 3. :

4. The EU Gold medals tally: K+5


- Only propositions containing the Gold, Silver, Bronze and Total bet are valid.
- In case of several bets for a given member, only the 1st valid one counts.
- Bets are open until Sunday February 26th, 8:00 CET (Paris and Turin time, 1:00 AM board time)
- You must give 1K to this post to accept the rules and validate your bet.

Good Luck!

To help you placing your bets, flash-back to Salt Lake City where 79 Gold medals were given. There are 84 events in Turin:

Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 European Union 34 40 33 107
2 Norway 11 7 6 24
3 USA 10 13 11 34
4 Russia 6 6 4 16
5 Canada 6 3 8 17
6 Switzerland 3 2 6 11
7 Croatia 3 1 0 4
8 China 2 2 4 8
9 Korea 2 2 0 4
10 Australia 2 0 0 2
11 Bulgaria 0 1 2 3
12 Japan 0 1 1 2
13 Belarus 0 0 1 1



EU detail:

1 Germany 12 16 7 35
2 France 4 5 2 11
3 Italy 4 4 4 12
4 Finland 4 2 1 7
5 Netherlands 3 5 0 8
6 Austria 2 4 10 16
7 Spain 2 0 0 2
8 Estonia 1 1 1 3
9 Great Britain 1 0 1 2
9 Czech Republic 1 0 1 2
11 Sweden 0 2 4 6
12 Poland 0 1 1 2
13 Slovenia 0 0 1 1



Source: www.olympics.org.uk . . .

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not recognise global ranking per country; the medal tables are displayed for information only.

The medal tables by country are based on the number of medals won, with gold medals taking priority over silver and bronze. A team victory counts as one medal.

www.torino2006.org . . .

Funny, there doesn't seem to be a "EU Winter Olympic Team", except for the one in your addle-pated cranium.

What game is next...recounting EU military victories?

EU countries medals total places the European Union at the top of the medal table of every single Olympic Game, summer and winter, since Baron Pierre de Coubertin woke them up in 1896 and 1924.

This is only an adecdotal symbol of what the Europeans can do when they are united.

That's a typical retard rant from a French, kids. EU countries are COMPETING against each other in the Olympics. And here comes a retarded French talking about thsi as an example of some united Europe

Btw unlike France we don´t need the European Union to win a Medal Table

And the EU doesn't need Germany to win Salt Lake City either.
France's, Italy's, Finland's and Holland's combined medals would have been enough to win!

I'm not quite sure you understood it was a game, though...

Ratlantic

There is no such place as the "European Union". It's not a country you cunt...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not recognise global ranking per country; the medal tables are displayed for information only.

So the IOC doesn't recognize global ranking per country...how about fictional political entities?

C'mon Atlantic, European Union???? An oxymoron if I ever saw one. If true, french stores would not be boycotting Danish products. European Union...that's a good one.

Following the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the President of the European Commission Romano Prodi issued a press release congratulating EU athletes for their success

Yeah, Berlu, I know... he is a bit slow.
I pre-emptively congratulated the EU athletes BEFORE the games started.

atlantic you are boring, and incorrect.

European Union???? An oxymoron if I ever saw one.

Well, when I see the Blue States/Red States arguments on this board or elsewhere, and what some of you post about NYC, Seattle, Detroit or San Francisco, your States don't seem to be more united than ours!

If true, french stores would not be boycotting Danish products

Well, if you mean the Carrefour store in the middle east, it's not a French store.
Maybe you need to learn about how Franchized stores work, and what level of independence their local management have.
Besides, maybe you should not do like the "mussies" and confuse political decisions engaging countries and private individual initiatives. This is a dangerous amalgam, as we can see.

Any medals won by British competitors will count as EU medals?

I hope the Brits win nowt as usual.

FUCK THE EU!

And the EU doesn't need Germany to win Salt Lake City either.
France's, Italy's, Finland's and Holland's combined medals would have been enough to win!

Fine for you, Mr. Erbsenzähler

Besides who won the FIFA Worldcup in 98? YURP? LOL

Any medals won by British competitors will count as EU medals?

If any...

Well, you got 2 in Salt Lake!

Two too fucking many.

I´m backing British Olympic failure until the day the EU collapses, ie, when the Germans get bored of subsidising you and invade you again.

I´m backing British Olympic failure until the day the EU collapses, ie, when the Germans get bored of subsidising you and invade you again.

Man, I do love this board!

K

France's, Italy's, Finland's and Holland's combined medals would have been enough to win!

Hey Atlantic ask Prescott and Berlu about the medals of Italy and Holland. Oops France and Finland are now ALONE. Sorry

Hey Atlantic ask Prescott and Berlu about the medals of Italy and Holland.

Why, are they some kind of dictators in their country?

Why, are they some kind of dictators in their country?

Ok, forget Prescott. Do you know the Holland result of the EU Referendum? Ouch