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Pre-Olympic tournament 2012
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[quote name='ZEUS' timestamp='1341750520' post='38358']

Well that's kind of shitty tournament you get from a country that isn't on the basketball map... Venezuela <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Rolleyes' />



How can the crappiness of officiating just go like that unnoticed and no comments from anyone, at least not having heard anything from the press so far.

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Here in the states this entire tournament has gone under the radar. Last year's Eurobasket and Tournament of the Americas were both broadcasted on ESPN3 and you could find mention of the results on any sports page.



With teams playing in those tournaments for the right to play in this tournament it is a bit crazy that there is no mention of Russia and Lithuania's qualification yesterday in the media let alone the results throughout the tournament.



I don't think that Venezuela was a good selection. I don't think that it got the revenues FIBA could have gotten out of Lithuania or even FYROM. It didn't spur fan interest after Venezuela's early exit. The arena was unfit for basketball in my opinion and the officiating was atrocious (however, to be fair that likely would have been the result irrespective of where the tournament was located). The only good aspect of this tournament besides coinciding perfectly with my work schedule <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Cool' /> was that it was about the closest thing to a neutral court that you could ask for. I don't think that any team had a virtual home court advantage once Venezuela was knocked out.



With that said I think that it is nearly certain that the 2016 Pre-Olympic tournament will be in Africa.
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Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Sep 25, 2011, 7:34 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by Black Urum - Sep 25, 2011, 7:36 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by straight forward - Sep 25, 2011, 7:44 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Sep 25, 2011, 8:48 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by straight forward - Sep 25, 2011, 9:19 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Sep 25, 2011, 9:48 pm
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Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Sep 25, 2011, 10:26 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by straight forward - Sep 25, 2011, 11:13 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Sep 25, 2011, 11:33 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by straight forward - Sep 25, 2011, 11:45 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Sep 26, 2011, 12:03 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by straight forward - Sep 26, 2011, 12:06 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Sep 26, 2011, 12:26 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by ZEUS - Sep 26, 2011, 12:36 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by straight forward - Sep 26, 2011, 12:41 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by ZEUS - Sep 26, 2011, 12:48 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Sep 26, 2011, 1:00 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Sep 26, 2011, 2:12 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Sep 26, 2011, 3:01 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Sep 26, 2011, 3:05 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by straight forward - Sep 26, 2011, 11:39 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Sep 26, 2011, 12:47 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Sep 26, 2011, 12:50 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by Fivepack - Sep 26, 2011, 11:41 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by Fivepack - Sep 27, 2011, 8:33 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by straight forward - Sep 27, 2011, 2:50 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by ZEUS - Oct 9, 2011, 9:41 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Oct 9, 2011, 4:01 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by ZEUS - Oct 9, 2011, 8:30 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Nov 13, 2011, 3:07 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by straight forward - Nov 14, 2011, 4:16 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Dec 9, 2011, 1:08 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by Black Urum - Dec 9, 2011, 1:57 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by straight forward - Dec 10, 2011, 1:30 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by straight forward - Dec 10, 2011, 1:31 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Dec 10, 2011, 9:14 pm
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Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Dec 10, 2011, 9:46 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Dec 10, 2011, 10:05 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Dec 19, 2011, 5:48 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by ZEUS - Dec 20, 2011, 4:15 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Dec 20, 2011, 7:41 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by Black Urum - Dec 20, 2011, 10:12 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by ZEUS - Dec 21, 2011, 1:10 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Jun 14, 2012, 2:13 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by ZEUS - Jun 20, 2012, 3:28 pm
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Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by ZEUS - Jun 23, 2012, 4:18 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Jul 3, 2012, 12:59 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by Raze Lupin - Jul 3, 2012, 1:14 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Jul 3, 2012, 2:11 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Jul 3, 2012, 2:46 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Jul 3, 2012, 2:48 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Jul 3, 2012, 2:55 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Jul 3, 2012, 6:39 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Jul 4, 2012, 2:56 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Jul 4, 2012, 2:32 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Jul 5, 2012, 12:29 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Jul 5, 2012, 1:51 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Jul 5, 2012, 2:01 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Jul 5, 2012, 2:47 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Jul 5, 2012, 2:56 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Jul 5, 2012, 2:59 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Jul 5, 2012, 3:04 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Jul 5, 2012, 3:08 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by ZEUS - Jul 5, 2012, 12:58 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Jul 5, 2012, 2:24 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by ZEUS - Jul 5, 2012, 3:01 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Jul 5, 2012, 5:01 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by Fivepack - Jul 5, 2012, 10:06 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by ZEUS - Jul 5, 2012, 10:48 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by TeoTheGreek13 - Jul 5, 2012, 11:36 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Jul 7, 2012, 12:25 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Jul 7, 2012, 2:16 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Jul 7, 2012, 3:01 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Jul 8, 2012, 3:01 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by straight forward - Jul 8, 2012, 4:32 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Jul 8, 2012, 6:01 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Jul 8, 2012, 6:27 am
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by ZEUS - Jul 8, 2012, 1:28 pm
Pre-Olympic tournament 2012 - by skangles - Jul 9, 2012, 2:57 am
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