Olympics 2020/2021 : Discussion & Predictions

[Juggy777]

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I am not sure about any squad news but this is competition for Under-23, favorites should win and I think that Japan have small advantages.

Egypt - Spain
Mexico - France
Ivory Coast - Saudi Arabia
Argentina - Australia
Japan - South Africa
Brazil - Germany
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Damn, didn't check the 6-6-free promotions page. Was busy doing things for the summer (yard work and BBQing) so totally missed it.
Looks like Brazil has a comfortable lead against germany 3-0 at HT.
South Africa is holding it's own against the hosts Japan especially with them being 21.00x odds to win. So it is quite impressive.
The surprise is Argentina going down to Australia 0-2. I turned it off once it reached the 83' mark as they were on a red card since the 45' of the first half. It is their U23 squad so didn't expect to much from them.
The other matches were way to early for me to justify waking up an extra 4 hours and losing sleep to watch being a work day but seen Ivory coast beat Saudi Arabia.

@rdbase I guess we’re in the same boat as I too missed this promotion, and how I wished they had mailed users about this promotion, but I hope they’ll launch more promotions soon. Furthermore when it comes to U23 teams I feel underdogs can cause more upsets here, as there’re no proven player’s playing at this level hence always be careful while wagering on these teams.

[cygan]

and here are the first soccer final results from the 1st matchday at the olympic games.
Richarlison (fc everton) scored a hattrick in a 4-2 win against germany. and argentina loses 0-2 against australia (which is of very little significance)


https://www.eurosport.com/football/olympic-games/calendar-result.shtml

[barota]

sixteen nations are vying for olympic soccer gold at the 2021 tokyo Games. the usual european and South American heavyweights are positioned as pre-tournament favorites: spain, france, germany, brazil and argentina. t the Men’s football tournament kicks off with a round-robin group stage in which each team plays three matches against the others in the group (July 22, July 25 and July 28). teams collect three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. the top two finishers in each group advance to the quarterfinals, which will have predetermined pairings. matches of todays are over and next matches 25 july

[Pmalek]

Thanks, that's really interesting. Whenever I see handball (only in the Olympics really), it looks like a great sport. It's not very well known here (UK) but it should be. I'd love to give it a go one day.

I have always wondered myself why the British don't play handball considering how popular it is all over Europe. But even basketball doesn't have that big of a following in the UK. No British teams participate in Euroleague, Eurocup, or the Basketball Champions League. From the top of my head, I can only remember two NBA players that I am 100% certain come from England: Ben Gordon who used to play for the Bulls and Luol Deng (not sure where he played).

Still not as fun looking as volleyball;)

Especially women's volleyball.

[Ratash]

and here are the first soccer final results from the 1st matchday at the olympic games.
Richarlison (fc everton) scored a hattrick in a 4-2 win against germany. and argentina loses 0-2 against australia (which is of very little significance)


https://www.eurosport.com/football/olympic-games/calendar-result.shtml

It was a first interesting day with some unpredictable results such as spain draw against egypt they really dominated the game but they were not able to score the winning goal and mexico win 4 1 against france was inpredictible too and lucky for me i did not bet on them it was a really competitive round.

[buwaytress]

Egypt made a splash today, but apparently not for you if you were expecting an Egyptian victory.  I was also surprised by the confident victory of Mexico over France, I did not expect such a large number of goals from Mexico against France. But still, the Olympic Games are young players, so absolutely any outcomes in matches are possible...

Yeah, failed as it turned out, narrow S Africa loss to Japan also smashed my chances today, shame as I got the Brazil leg right and that was whopper of a value bet.

@toma: yeah I guess I enjoy losing a lot and try to save them all with a big upset. Didn't work out today. When is Hubbard? 5/1 looks goooood.

@rdbase: damn man, I should have reminded everyone, I knew there was something I forgot. I already lost it on almost all the legs though;)

[joker_josue]

Yeah, failed as it turned out, narrow S Africa loss to Japan also smashed my chances today, shame as I got the Brazil leg right and that was whopper of a value bet.

At the Olympic Games, it is not enough to place bets based on the name of the national teams. The players are totally different from those who usually line up in other competitions. Therefore, the bets have to be more weighted and better analyze the teams.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Brazil really surprises me with the way in which they have defended the title, but the one that most impressed me was Argentina against Australia, Australia came with everything in these jousts and got an excellent result, I wonder if Argentina has been seen in any way somewhat affected, although the result is beginning is a cold water valley for the national team, here are the events that in a few hours will start the greatest of the emotions of the Olympic games:

The Olympic events you'll want to watch on Friday
From CNN's Alyssa Kraus

The Olympics Opening Ceremony will take place tomorrow, signaling the official start of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.

With many events following throughout the day tomorrow, here are some major events you'll want to watch live on Friday:

Opening Ceremony: The Opening Ceremony will take place at 8 p.m. local time in Japan, which is 7 a.m. ET. If you miss the live broadcast, the roughly four-hour event will also be replayed at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Tennis: The first rounds of men's and women's singles, along with the first rounds of men's and women's doubles will be broadcast live from 10 p.m. ET to 2 a.m. ET on Friday. The matches will be replayed on Saturday between 7 a.m. ET and 4 p.m. ET.
Water polo: The US women's water polo match against Japan will be live at 1 a.m. ET on Friday. The event will be replayed on Saturday, along with events such as 3x3 US women's basketball, rowing, archery and men's cycling, between 10:45 a.m. ET and 2:45 p.m. ET.
In case you missed it, here are some events from earlier this week that will be replayed on Friday:

Softball: Two Team USA softball games will be replayed on Friday, including US vs. Italy and US vs. Canada, from 8 a.m. ET to 1:30 p.m. ET on Friday. The events took place on Wednesday and Thursday respectively in Japan.
Football: The US women's football team's match against Sweden will be replayed on Friday at 1:30 p.m. ET. The match took place on Wednesday in Japan.

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/tokyo-2020-olympics-07-22-21-spt/index.html

[KTChampions]

At the Olympic Games, it is not enough to place bets based on the name of the national teams. The players are totally different from those who usually line up in other competitions. Therefore, the bets have to be more weighted and better analyze the teams.

This is true for any sport and any championship, for example, before Magnus Carlsen, chess in Norway was not even considered a sport, and then everything changed very dramatically. But there are always some exceptions, like athletes from Kenya, if I choose between them and some other middle country, then I will choose Kenya because they have a very strong school and traditions (judging by their sports results).

[Harkorede]

At the Olympic Games, it is not enough to place bets based on the name of the national teams. The players are totally different from those who usually line up in other competitions. Therefore, the bets have to be more weighted and better analyze the teams.

This is true for any sport and any championship, for example, before Magnus Carlsen, chess in Norway was not even considered a sport, and then everything changed very dramatically. But there are always some exceptions, like athletes from Kenya, if I choose between them and some other middle country, then I will choose Kenya because they have a very strong school and traditions (judging by their sports results).

I guess @Joker_Josue was making reference to football activities in Olympic games rather than all sports in general, If yes, I'd agree with him. Most football teams don't come with their best players from the national team, it's an U23 event with only a few players over that age allowed within the squad. So, technically teams that have most of their best players from national side over that age limit or not a strong U23 side might fall short of the expectations which one would have had on National team.

[wheelz1200]

Olympic soccer(football) is much different than all other major soccer events.  Because the team barely resembles a typical national team it's hard to get a feel in such a small amount of time together on who would have  an advantage over the other team.  Betting on Olympic soccer seems to be a dart throw to me I wouldn't go near it.

[Slow death]

Olympic soccer(football) is much different than all other major soccer events.  Because the team barely resembles a typical national team it's hard to get a feel in such a small amount of time together on who would have  an advantage over the other team.  Betting on Olympic soccer seems to be a dart throw to me I wouldn't go near it.

I will definitely not be placing any bets on these Olympic games, unless I had some way of betting on which athlete would be last in the 100 meter race I would definitely bet that my country's athletes will be in last place. if before my country's athletes didn't perform well, now with covid that forced them not to train for many months I imagine they'll just shame my country

[Woodie]

Olympic soccer(football) is much different than all other major soccer events.  Because the team barely resembles a typical national team it's hard to get a feel in such a small amount of time together on who would have  an advantage over the other team.  Betting on Olympic soccer seems to be a dart throw to me I wouldn't go near it.

Very true and I realized this today when I was watching the match played between Brazil and Germany.

Richarlison scored a hatrick in the first 30 minutes and missed a couple of good chances which made Germany look like a team that was being taught how to play football. When I tried to see if I recognized some names, I think I saw less than 10 familiar names from both sides, Which doesn't help in building strong team's.

[Harkorede]

Olympic soccer(football) is much different than all other major soccer events.  Because the team barely resembles a typical national team it's hard to get a feel in such a small amount of time together on who would have  an advantage over the other team.  Betting on Olympic soccer seems to be a dart throw to me I wouldn't go near it.

Very true and I realized this today when I was watching the match played between Brazil and Germany.

Richarlison scored a hatrick in the first 30 minutes and missed a couple of good chances which made Germany look like a team that was being taught how to play football. When I tried to see if I recognized some names, I think I saw less than 10 familiar names from both sides, Which doesn't help in building strong team's.

Yeah, they're not so many familiar name in the squads, only Spain and Brazil have a bit of their squads already in the national team, Some of Spain players even played in the just concluded Euro 2020 tournament, I think Italy and England too would have a luxury of familiar players if they were in the tournament because most of their players are under 23.

[tomahawk9]

@toma: yeah I guess I enjoy losing a lot and try to save them all with a big upset. Didn't work out today. When is Hubbard? 5/1 looks goooood.

August 2 i think. I'd like to read what someone who follows weightlifting closely have to say about the main fav to win (1.16 odds), Li Wenwen, and Hubbard who's the second favorite in the bookies at 4 odds followed by the rest of the competitors who start at double digits odds. I'll keep an eye on the the line movement over the next few days

[Woodie]

@toma: yeah I guess I enjoy losing a lot and try to save them all with a big upset. Didn't work out today. When is Hubbard? 5/1 looks goooood.

August 2 i think. I'd like to read what someone who follows weightlifting closely have to say about the main fav to win (1.16 odds), Li Wenwen, and Hubbard who's the second favorite in the bookies at 4 odds followed by the rest of the competitors who start at double digits odds. I'll keep an eye on the the line movement over the next few days

These are my kind of games, going against the bookies favorite ...bet on the second and third favourites and hope for the best,  by the way I have seen one or two athletes withdraw from their games because they tested positive for Corona and in such a case would the bookie pay at full odds if Wenwen was forced to pull out and my winner came from my picks??

[LUCKMCFLY]

One of the curiosities is that in a few hours when the games start at the inauguration it will be broadcast by Goku and Vegueta, this because they are icons of Japan and because it is a very representative anime of Japan and with a lot of fame worldwide, many are with more eager to see the broadcast:

Our way to Tokyo 2020 begins, where we will be the #ProtagonistasOf the best stories of the Olympic Games! Don’t miss the stellar presentation! #ProtagonistasRumboATokyo Enjoy it LIVE HERE: https: // bit.ly/3q5AYBe
TV Azteca explains that their coverage of the Olympics Games will begin when Azteca Deportes presents Los Protagonistas heading to Tokyo 2020, an hour and a half program on Azteca 7. Every broadcast day will be filled with fun, humor, culture, and entertainment in addition to coverage of the 339 events from the 33 Olympic disciplines, they said.

Source: https://animehunch.com/2021/06/22/goku-and-vegeta-confirmed-to-newscast-the-tokyo-olympics-games-in-mexico/

These are some of the great things that are coming for this inauguration and everything that the Olympic Games will bring, without a doubt for all Dragon Ball fans they will like the news very well.

[Vaskiy]

Olympic soccer(football) is much different than all other major soccer events.  Because the team barely resembles a typical national team it's hard to get a feel in such a small amount of time together on who would have  an advantage over the other team.  Betting on Olympic soccer seems to be a dart throw to me I wouldn't go near it.

I will definitely not be placing any bets on these Olympic games, unless I had some way of betting on which athlete would be last in the 100 meter race I would definitely bet that my country's athletes will be in last place. if before my country's athletes didn't perform well, now with covid that forced them not to train for many months I imagine they'll just shame my country

With Olympic games it isn't possible to make predictions on the win. Most players will be unknown identity, and we don't know much about their previous set of performance. I prefer to bet on China and USA, because they'll be dominant in the medals tally for sure.

[aoluain]

Thanks, that's really interesting. Whenever I see handball (only in the Olympics really), it looks like a great sport. It's not very well known here (UK) but it should be. I'd love to give it a go one day.

I have always wondered myself why the British don't play handball considering how popular it is all over Europe. But even basketball doesn't have that big of a following in the UK. No British teams participate in Euroleague, Eurocup, or the Basketball Champions League. From the top of my head, I can only remember two NBA players that I am 100% certain come from England: Ben Gordon who used to play for the Bulls and Luol Deng (not sure where he played).

Still not as fun looking as volleyball;)

Especially women's volleyball.

I guess it has to try and compete with Soccer, Rugby, Cricket, Cycling and Athlethics.
The above sports dominate the sporting calendar and draw the most participation,
revenue and interest.

It could just end up being another minority sport with limited competition and competitions,
then it would probably have the uphill battle of trying to get recognised as part of the U.K Olympic
team setup.

[joker_josue]

With Olympic games it isn't possible to make predictions on the win. Most players will be unknown identity, and we don't know much about their previous set of performance. I prefer to bet on China and USA, because they'll be dominant in the medals tally for sure.

That's a very general way of speaking.
They are lesser known athletes, for those who do not follow the various sports in detail. For those who like to follow, many athletes are well known and know their history.

Now, it's true that in Olympic games there is greater unpredictability. There are several surprises in certain modalities.

Of course, betting that the US will win more medals is a sure bet. They have so many athletes, well, in almost every sport, that the probability of winning is on their side.