| Incoming: Potentially Stupid Question 17:05 - Nov 15 with 1167 views | WarkTheWarkITFC |
I have had a long day and I feel like I must be missing something obvious as nobody else has mentioned it to the best of my knowledge.
Delighted to see El Mizouni score for the Tunisia Olympic side but it got me thinking. Why is there an Olympic side outside of the Olympics?
I thought that in 2012, 2016 and 2020 there was a football tournament at the Olympics involving 'Olympic' teams but these are only formed for the Olympics. So why would he be playing for an Olympic team two years after / before the Olympics?
It's not like they've ever played friendlies have they? Great Britain never did to my knowledge. You turn up at the Olympics and play don't you?
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| Incoming: Potentially Stupid Question on 17:15 - Nov 15 with 1116 views | Pendejo |
qualification... if ALL Olympic countries entered a team directly into the finals it would take a year... |  |
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| Incoming: Potentially Stupid Question on 17:18 - Nov 15 with 1102 views | WarkTheWarkITFC |
| Incoming: Potentially Stupid Question on 17:15 - Nov 15 by Pendejo |
qualification... if ALL Olympic countries entered a team directly into the finals it would take a year... |
But the link above seems to suggest that 3 berths are given to Africa from the qualification held between 8-22 November 2019.
That's a years time. So the point still stands that this is not the Olympics, nor Olympic Qualification? | |
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| Incoming: Potentially Stupid Question on 17:22 - Nov 15 with 1084 views | JakeITFC |
| Incoming: Potentially Stupid Question on 17:18 - Nov 15 by WarkTheWarkITFC |
But the link above seems to suggest that 3 berths are given to Africa from the qualification held between 8-22 November 2019.
That's a years time. So the point still stands that this is not the Olympics, nor Olympic Qualification? |
It’s the qualification for the U23 African Cup if Nations, which in turn is qualification for the Olympics. |  | | |
| Incoming: Potentially Stupid Question on 17:58 - Nov 15 with 1018 views | factual_blue |
| Incoming: Potentially Stupid Question on 17:15 - Nov 15 by Pendejo |
qualification... if ALL Olympic countries entered a team directly into the finals it would take a year... |
I'm putting a team together.... |  |
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| Incoming: Potentially Stupid Question on 19:34 - Nov 15 with 931 views | PhilTWTD |
As per the article, the games are preparation for the African U23 Nations Cup next year which also serve as the qualfiers for the Tokyo Games.
Portman Road hosted a pre-Olympics friendly in 1959 between Great Britain and the Caribbean FA:  Will We Be Watching Brazil? 17th Dec 2009 09:03The Brazilian football team could base itself in Ipswich and play pre-tournament games at Portman Road ahead of their 2012 Olympic campaign, according to chief executive Simon Clegg. Brazil’s gymnastics squad are already basing themselves in town and Clegg says their footballing counterparts, which would be an U23 side, could join them in Suffolk ahead of the London Games.  13
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