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After hearing a debate on tv, i wondered what everyones opinion was on what they think is the best tournament in the world in any sport?

...think the vast majority are going to say the World Cup, although the WSOP is like heaven.

Elephant Polo

US Masters, I love the BBC coverage, and its one of those tournies where less is better

I loved the World Cup and I probably shouldn't say it but I'd love it if Sky had coverage of the matches.  I think some of the commentary on the BBC and ITV (especially ITV) is appalling.  I appreciate they are piggy backing on other peoples pictures but no one does footy like Sky.

The World Cup is the best for me, a whole month of football.  I get a bit disappointed when the group games are finished and we're down to one game a day at best but it's a fantastic tournament.

That and the Olympics.

LOL agree about the world cup and the change to 1 game a day, but the worst part for me is the REST DAY ... after all that footy there is a day in the middle with no games ... i get depressed ffs :)

It would have to be the world cup for me.

Yep rest days suck.

WC for me too

Olympics

World cup for me too

Well before it actually starts I would also say the World cup but it invariably lets itself down with crap matches, early knockouts and loads of cheating bastards, a big anticlimax generally.

The Olympics for me has so many subplots and fantastic stories.

The World Cup isn't even the best tournament in football, the Champions League is far superior IMO.

I even prefer the European Championships to the WC which never lives up to the hype, the last decent one was in Mexico 86.

What is ScottishDave doing on Teacake's account?

The Olympics sees me become the most avid fan of weightlifting, gymnastics, cycling, and other sports I would never normally watch.  I draw the line at the bloody dressage though, and sailing is not the most TV-friendly sport in the world.

'Lympics for me.

So much wierd and wondeful pisch you've never heard of, but get into every four years. I don't know what Olympic comissioner was bribed to allow Beach Volleyball to get in, but god bless his corruptness coz that s*** is awesome. There's even something for the missus, she can watch the camel-toed championships  gymnastics, you can't say this about the World Cup.

Aswell as the bizarre, there's the true litmus tests of our species. The 100m sprint where the fastest c*** in the world is crowned. The heavyist class of weightlifting, where the strongest c*** in the world is honored, and lawn bowling where we discover who the saddest c*** in the world is.

If the Americans didn't always win, it would be even more fantastic. A per capita medal table should be introduced in some crazy Sky graphic, just to gove Togo a reason to get more excited. (and to piss of the Welsh that they play as Great Britain)

Seriously though, it's one of the few things where England and Scotland can put aside their differences for a few weeks and compete under the same flag. I knew of no little kid in Aberdeen, who was ABLC. (Anyone but Linford Christie)

Long live the 'lympics.  ;surrender;

I was a great fan of the olympics in days gone by, Ovett & Coe and then Cram etc etc ... but now all i can do is watch it with suspiscion thinking that anyone who does really well is pumped up on some banned substance or another ... the olympics despite their values and ideals are sadly tainted .

hahahaha, love it tank. For me its probably the World Cup though, if only we(england) could do well for once in it and not be a let down to all the hype before it.

Nice topic Ginner, i like it.

I would have to say either the Ryder Cup or The World Series of poker.

The Ryder Cup is brilliant viewing. And in the wsop, not only the main event, i love tracking the progress of all the top players, and all the blondes.

The world cup is ok, but England are over-rated and full of players from all the top teams like Chelsea and Man Utd, teams which i dislike strongly.

That's true in many of the events, but not so much in others.  I was going to point out Paula Rafcliffe, but the Olympics is the one medal she is still in the hunt for.  The amount of time and effort some athletes put in to get to where they are (like Paula) is immense. 

But when you see them line up for the 100m final, those thoughts do go through my mind.  Which is sad really.

Not at all mate, I think Dave was still in nappies when Mexico 86 was on  :D

I'm with Kev on the Olympics I view it all with suspicion which is a shame really as the vast majority of athletes will be clean.

BTW the Olympics aren't strictly a tournament  ;)

I'd have to go with the champions league...either that or the 5k freeroll on bet365

I don't think the Olympics are any more bent than they ever were.

They just appear to be, as more of the perpetrators (steroids, collusion, multi-accounting etc) are caught. When they are, big story, all over the global press for everyone to have a good tut.

I mean, you want proper nine bob note territory, you gotta go and look at the Berlin Olympics in the 30s. The good old days gone by weren't that rosy at all.

Going back even further, I mean they all used to play in the nip didn't they, how bent is that. ;)

It's probably tougher now than it ever was to scam a gold medal.

So so true.

I cant remember the last 100m champion who dominated and wasn't on drugs or suspected of being on them.

Honourable mentions go to the Champions League, the Word Cup, Euro Championships, the Snooker Worlds, the Ryder Cup, Cricket World Cup and anything athletics related.

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Ryder Cup

closely followed by the world cup.

The Ryder cup always lives up to the hype with fantastic matches and heroes created coming down the stretch every other year.

1) World Cup
2) Euro Cup
3) Winter Olympics
4) Summer Olympics

World Cup has to be #1. I just don't see myself getting nearly as excited about the olympics as about the world cup to be honest. Was fantastic this year, saw the Germany-Argentina match outside on a hotel terrace with lots of friends and all my former teachers (was my younger brothers' graduation day), which was a little strange but a great atmosphere. It's a whole month of football, you always get the great side-plot (south-korea in 2002 or ghana this year, anyone?), nobody ever expects anything from the German team, which makes every victory even sweeter, there's enough time to teach your girlfriend all the names of the Swedish team and she _will_ know the offside rule. Hour long auto-corsos (or whatever the word for that is in English) after every game, drinking with police officers in the streets, learning lots of new football songs and loosing your voice the day after the group stage. It's just the best time of your life and happens every two years (Euro is almost as good).

If you're still not convinced:

THE song for the worldcup. Makes more sense if you understand the lyrics, but I suppose the title gives the main concept away. Used to be '54, '74, '90, 2006 ... sadly it had to be changed to '54, '74, '90, 2010 in the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9CyXgFcjbU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9CyXgFcjbU)

Very German music, but lots of nice goals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olm3Ze-xte0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olm3Ze-xte0)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvY6sf-3wtY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvY6sf-3wtY)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvO_PU-C3lI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvO_PU-C3lI)

In no particular order:

NHL Playoffs (To live in a country that loves ice hockey for just those 2 months)

WSOP

March Madness (NCAA basketball, cannot beat 64 teams in bracket formation and staying up until 2 in the morning to watch Troy State play U of Hawaii two teams that mean nothing but your friend picked them in his bracket)

NCAA Football (I know, I know, not a tourney and there should be, but having Bowl games played around the clock from Chrsitmas to New Years culminating in the BCS championship....ahhh, true Love)

Champions League (Never knew the difference between it and UEFA Cup when I lived in Canada, but I still watched all the games, I think it is a brilliant idea)

World Cup (Watched every game and knew about 4 players. Now I know most of them and I still watch every game)

and of course The Olympics (Winter is better but summer is great too) - When Canada beat the USA in Salt Lake City in the final of the mens and womens ice hockey it was my proudest moment as a Canadian. Ahhh, it was beautiful.

I saw a good bit of this years tournry & really got caught up in it, fantastic spectacle. The yanks really know how to put on a show.

Its just a pity their teams are rubbish!! ;)

C'MON the Coyotes!!

Has to be the SUNDAY SIZZLER  ;)

I just did that thing where u vomit a little in your mouth and then swallow it


Forever and Always
(http://www.icejerseys.com/images/vintage_collection/toronto_maple_leafs/heritage_jersey_dark_big.jpg)
No better team

they may have been good back in the 1880's when they wore that was their replica jersey - but then there were only 2 teams competing back then!!! ;)

Oooh, them's fighting words.

When the Canadian army get's back from it's fishing trip, Matt may be in trouble.

A Coyotes fan, A COYOTES FAN, telling me about the lack of success of my team.

I laugh sir. Oh do I laugh.

i just don't get the spectator value of ice hockey.

As soon as someone has whacked it i spend 20 secs trying to figure out where the fecking thing has gone. The only way i know someone has scored is a forlorn net minder or a jubilant attacker.

You just can't see the puck, they should get one the size of a football, play on grass, have bigger goals and kick it with their feet.

Admit it Hockey fans, it's all about the big rucks innit?

About 8 years ago Fox Sports, to cope with American fans not being able to follow the puck on the screen, introduced a glow puck which was a specially designed puck with electronic gadgets and gizmos in it which allowed computers to track its progress. When the puck traveled at an average speed ie player carrying it or passing it, the puck would glow blue. If the puck traveled fast ie a shot, it went red.

It was a massive joke in Canada and many beer adverts made fun of it.

I have watched and played hockey since before I can remember. I was on skates before I could walk. And its weird because I have no problem following it, yet it is a problem for many new or not too familiar with the game which is unfortunate.

It is the best sport to watch, play and follow. 'Soccer' has nothing on it.

Do they play Ice Hockey in Sweden?

hey, we're not the worst team in the league - thats good enough for me!!! :D

Thats what happens when you bring in the greatest player of all time as GM :) we raise our game so we're 2nd/3rd worst!!

and Ladislav Nagy always gets me a bunch of dream team points because no bugger else picks coyote players:)up

Had a roommate in college, his sister used to date Nagy as he played for the Saint John Flames in the AHL before hitting the big time. He always picks him as well in his fantasy leagues and everyone always says who?

and every year if he stays injury free he's always there abouts for top points scorer for the season - always bagfulls of assists and still no-one picks him :)

In England, when you fly over built up areas and you look down, you can see loads of footy pitches.  In Sweden, it's like that but for ice hockey.  We flew up to the north once and on landing, out the window was loads of hockey pitches (lit up, it was dark)  Never seen so many.

I like ice hockey.  Used to play a bit in my younger years but was never any good, great fun to play though.

I wonder how they fair in the Winter Olympics then.

Most swedes fair pretty well, but some are brunettes.

It's allright, Canuck isn't biting.

very tricky topic to decide on, especially given that I am a sports NUT!!

for drama... I've seen nothing better than the end of season playoffs to get into the Premier League... there has been some absolute classics, as well as some total drama in the other playoff finals ( I certainly cant forget Man City's comeback 2-0 down with 1 min + injury time to go and go on to win on penalties.. watching replays today STILL brings a lump to my throat)

for entertainment value... nothing like the NHL/NBA/MLB all star games...

overall tho... it HAS to be the Olympics... so many sports.. so many amazing stories.. and soooo many bloody funny events ( one that springs to mind is USA losing at basketball/baseball!!)

Brilliant, sums it up perfectly :D

Tank is refering to the fact that Sweden and Finland played in the finals of the last Olympics beating out Canada.

However I reuse to bite sir, I am taking the high road. ;nana; ;bumwiggle; ;bat;

And we will see who laughs last. 2010, Vancouver, Canada will take both mens and womens hockey again on home soil and I will be there to see it. Cannot wait. It is going to be fantastic.

If they win it on soil they're cheating (and their skates won't work).

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You sound like my students at school

I told a girl today to take a seat and after the 8th time, she took my advice.  The lovely little girl grabbed a seat and proceeeded to throw it across the room.

Lovely.

My folks were teachers (retired now), when it came time for me to be thinking about a career and what I wanted to do my Dad had a nice chat with me:

"Son, whatever you want to do your Mum and I will support you and encourage you, but if you say you want to be a teacher I'm taking you out in the back garden and beating the sh*t out of you, then bringing you back in and asking you what you want to be again."

I didn't take up teaching :D

lol...weird hwo that goes really. I always feel soo old when I hear about kids throwing chairs in class. I'm 32 but all we did was spit TP wads at the substitute teachers. We wouldn't even dream of throwing a chair in class. and teachers had a fairly easy life I reckon...When I came to the UK in 99 I saw a few teaching jobs people were recruiting for and I though "30k£? 60K£? (headteachers) Jesus they pay their teachers a lot of dosh in this country.

and then I found out why...you have to be nuts to be a teacher these days. Kids get away with murder and if you're a bloke people look at your funny because you work with kids (apparently a lot of male teachers are now quitting because of the countries obsession with spotting peadophiles everywhere).

Respect to everyone that does it on a daily basis..Lord knows I wouldn't move into teaching unless it was at a uni.

Wtf is this????????? I am pretty sure you just paid Chiprich a complement.

hahahahahaha. com.

wtf is with my answer too. Golf and poker are pretty boring really,  its defo the world cup.

or the johnstones paint trophy.

anything on the TPT best poker tour out there imo

this is such a great comment from tank. almost 3 years before sd finally went bonkers teacake's post reads exactly like one of dave's

+1 this ruins the World Cup for me.... North Bucks County Trophy gets me excited!

World championship snooker for me... Lol

Ryder cup and the Australian NRL

Ryder cup needs to come back to terrestrial TV ... !!

Ryder Cup is one of the few sporting events I can watch without being financially involved.

not a tournament but the lions tour in rugby union is incred

agreed this tourney is sick to watch, bring steve rider bk though go away lineker