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ghost
Joined: 06 Dec 2006
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 Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject: Korea is crushing Canada in Volleyball! |
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Anyone watching the Volleball match between Korea and Canada right now on KBS channel 9. Men's match. It is 2:30pm, Korea time. Watch this and support Canada, guys!
Goodness gracious, those Korean giants (yes Korea has guys over 6.5!) are crushing Canada, at the moment. This is embarrassing.
Watch out for the Korean giant Y.H. Kim the huge guy with the big baby eyes from Korea - the guy is a monster throwing down smashes which the Canadians can do nothing about!
Game not over yet, but I think Canada will have a tough time.
Ghost
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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Isn't that just a tape of yesterday's CLOSE match: 26-24, 26-24, 20-25, 25-23 ?
#18 world ranked S. Korea takes on #20 world ranked Canada in three exhibition matches in Winnipeg June 10th-12th in warm up for Olympic qualifiers. |
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ghost
Joined: 06 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: reply |
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Not the same match - this game today, Korea won in the end with scores of about 25-19 in the three sets played.
The Canadian coach was getting more and more frustrated, but nothing could be done. The Koreans were clearly superior.
At the end of the day, the only sport Canada is competitive in is hockey, a game played by a very limited number of nations.
In other sports, Canada is nowhere. Canada, despite a population of 30 million plus, cannot field competitive sports teams. We are too nice, and not willing to be aggressive enough.
The sports fans in Korea are curious to see. They look like a bunch of 'nerds' but they do show a certain amount of passion, in a nerdish kind of way. It is a family oriented type of sports fan.
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:56 pm Post subject: Re: reply |
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| ghost wrote: |
At the end of the day, the only sport Canada is competitive in is hockey, a game played by a very limited number of nations.
In other sports, Canada is nowhere. Canada, despite a population of 30 million plus, cannot field competitive sports teams. |
Canada has an Olympic medal in beach volleyball, though just a bronze.
Canada's Olympic gold medal in curling sure was nice in 2006. 
And Canada won gold in Lacrosse the only two times this aggressive physical sport was an Olympic event.
In the water, Canadian teams in rowing and syncronized swimming have won medals galore.
Steve Nash's back-to-back NBA MVPs was nice to see. But, yeah, that wasn't a team Canada performance.
Canada, with a mere 30 million, is surprisingly competitive in worldwide competition. India, now there is a lame country when one wants to look at per capita success in sport competition. |
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Zulu
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:04 pm Post subject: Re: reply |
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| ghost wrote: |
Not the same match - this game today, Korea won in the end with scores of about 25-19 in the three sets played.
The Canadian coach was getting more and more frustrated, but nothing could be done. The Koreans were clearly superior.
At the end of the day, the only sport Canada is competitive in is hockey, a game played by a very limited number of nations.
In other sports, Canada is nowhere. Canada, despite a population of 30 million plus, cannot field competitive sports teams. We are too nice, and not willing to be aggressive enough.
The sports fans in Korea are curious to see. They look like a bunch of 'nerds' but they do show a certain amount of passion, in a nerdish kind of way. It is a family oriented type of sports fan.
Ghost |
Hmmm, I think you're being a bit hard on yourself.
All-time Olympic Medals (Winter):
Canada:96
South Korea: 20
All-time Olympic Medals (Summer)
Canada: 230
South Korea: 154
On a per capita basis Korea will look even worse.
Sure, everyone knows Canada rules in ice hockey because that's pretty much the only sport they go crazy for. Maybe if they took other sports seriously they'd do well in those, too. But let's see, has Korea ever won a single world championship in soccer, basketball, baseball, ice hockey or any other pro team sport? By the way, Steve Nash (the two-time NBA MVP) is also a Canuck.
Volleyball!? Yawn - when's the last time you saw a good punch-up in a volleyball game? 
Ghost, I have to say your comments sound very non-Canadian. |
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cosmo
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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Desert Curling? |
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Ilsanman
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Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:40 pm Post subject: Re: reply |
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Not to mention that we were 3rd in medals at the Turin Olympics. This is from a country that barely sponsors their athletes. If we did, look at Australia. We'd be somewhere around that level.
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| ghost wrote: |
Not the same match - this game today, Korea won in the end with scores of about 25-19 in the three sets played.
The Canadian coach was getting more and more frustrated, but nothing could be done. The Koreans were clearly superior.
At the end of the day, the only sport Canada is competitive in is hockey, a game played by a very limited number of nations.
In other sports, Canada is nowhere. Canada, despite a population of 30 million plus, cannot field competitive sports teams. We are too nice, and not willing to be aggressive enough.
The sports fans in Korea are curious to see. They look like a bunch of 'nerds' but they do show a certain amount of passion, in a nerdish kind of way. It is a family oriented type of sports fan.
Ghost |
Hmmm, I think you're being a bit hard on yourself.
All-time Olympic Medals (Winter):
Canada:96
South Korea: 20
All-time Olympic Medals (Summer)
Canada: 230
South Korea: 154
On a per capita basis Korea will look even worse.
Sure, everyone knows Canada rules in ice hockey because that's pretty much the only sport they go crazy for. Maybe if they took other sports seriously they'd do well in those, too. But let's see, has Korea ever won a single world championship in soccer, basketball, baseball, ice hockey or any other pro team sport? By the way, Steve Nash (the two-time NBA MVP) is also a Canuck.
Volleyball!? Yawn - when's the last time you saw a good punch-up in a volleyball game?
Ghost, I have to say your comments sound very non-Canadian. |
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shaunew
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Calgary
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:06 am Post subject: |
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| All I got to say is Canadian Football. Hands down the best sport ever. The Americans stole the sport from us. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:30 am Post subject: |
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| Oh the horror! Canada lost in volleyball! |
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Zulu
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:59 am Post subject: Re: reply |
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| Ilsanman wrote: |
| Not to mention that we were 3rd in medals at the Turin Olympics. This is from a country that barely sponsors their athletes. If we did, look at Australia. We'd be somewhere around that level. |
Right. I heard the Canadian Women's hockey team - which would probably clean a lot of national men's teams (yes, Korea comes to mind) - is largely composed of waitresses and so on. Pretty amazing.
Australia invests heavily in their sports and it shows - especially in swimming! Only 19 million people and they come out ahead of just about every other nation, except, maybe, the US. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:05 am Post subject: Re: reply |
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| Zulu wrote: |
| I heard the Canadian Women's hockey team - which would probably clean a lot of national men's teams (yes, Korea comes to mind) - is largely composed of waitresses and so on. Pretty amazing. |
No.
The canadian women's hockey team is primarily composed of full-time hockey players, though indeed there are some part timers. Players like Haley Wickenheiser can easily beat the Korean national team, and I say that as someone who has watched a lot of Canadian women's hockey games throughout the nineties as well as Korean men's hockey over the last four winters here.
That said, the Canadian women's team lose handily against even low tier men's college hockey teams, and could not be competitive against Canadian Major Junior teams comprised of teenagers. Not even close.
The Korean men's ice hockey team has gotten much better just over the last few years, and sits a gear below Japan and two gears above China.
But let's not compare apples and oranges. Canadian women's ice hockey is the best in the world alongside the U.S. women. The Korean men's hockey team should be compared with other (East) Asian men's hockey teams, and they are decent in that regard.
Your point remains: Canadian women's ice hockey IS underfunded, requiring many to get jobs to get through the year, especially those not young enough/eligible to still play college hockey. So there's been an RCMP officer by day/ ice hockey player at night. That's life in amateur sports outside of funding-rich countries like America and Germany, which do it for a sense of national pride that Canadians feel but don't feel comfortable bragging about or supporting with taxpayer dollars. |
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VanIslander
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"I crush you! I crush your head. I crush you!"
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Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 3:01 am Post subject: |
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| Korean v-ball players can jump really high (like 40 inch vertical)... |
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Zulu
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 3:44 am Post subject: Re: reply |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
The canadian women's hockey team is primarily composed of full-time hockey players, though indeed there are some part timers. Players like Haley Wickenheiser can easily beat the Korean national team, and I say that as someone who has watched a lot of Canadian women's hockey games throughout the nineties as well as Korean men's hockey over the last four winters here.
That said, the Canadian women's team lose handily against even low tier men's college hockey teams, and could not be competitive against Canadian Major Junior teams comprised of teenagers. Not even close.
The Korean men's ice hockey team has gotten much better just over the last few years, and sits a gear below Japan and two gears above China.
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Thanks for the information, I knew at least some of them had regular day-jobs. But the key term there is Canadian low-tier teams. Let's face it, that's like saying the Chinese C team in ping pong. I've watched a few Korean games and I'd still easily bet on the Canadian women to trounce the Korean men. But it would be interesting to see who would come out on top in such a game if a bench-clearing brawl were to erupt. That'd be closer. |
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ghost
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat wrote: |
| Korean v-ball players can jump really high (like 40 inch vertical)... |
Yes, you're right on that. That was apparent in the game, that the Koreans could jump a lot higher and more consistently than the Canadians.
The only Canadian who impressed me was the Afro haircut guy with the French sounding name - he could really jump and throw down smashes.
The Canadians almost seemed to give up and concede the match in the last set.
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