Display MoreOMG, it doesn't seem such a difficult concept to grab.
For every European teams (for whatever reason! May be it's just for tradition, may be it's because we can't compete in the world as you said, it doesn't matter!) the ECh matter most than this tournament.
Period.
We may discuss the reasons for it (I think it's for tradition), but there's no arguing with that. May be is stupid, may be it's not fair, may be is silly, but It's a fact, deal with it.
Obviously that doesn't mean we think this tournament is useless or that the Ech is a stronger/better tournament: we just care for it more.
For the record, that's our 'priority list' (as you can notice, ECh isn't at the top)
- OG
- WCh
- ECh
- WC?*
- WL/WGP
- all the rest
*I admit I would't know how to place the World Cup, which matter beacuse is a way to qualify to the OG but isn't that important on itself (ask the Polish if they're happy of their third place at the last WC!).
The possibilities for placing it in the list are: right before or righr after the ECh (imho).
Probably - at least in Italy - it's after the ECh, since you have other chances to qualify for the OG. And in the WC being first or second (and once third) doesn't make much difference. Plus it's always in Japan so a bit hard to follow in Europe, that may be a factor.
Ps I couldn't follow the match, but now I'm very curious to watch at least the tie break!!!
Thank you ! Some of the comments in here are just ridiculous. European teams and fans consider the ECH more important than the WGCC, it is just a fact that people should accept.
No European users are trying to argue that European teams are the best, that is just clearly wrong. No one is saying fans shouldn't enjoy the WGCC, it is obviously very high level volleyball so of course fans should enjoy it. And no one is saying that the players don't care about the WGCC, they are professionals at the top of their sport and I'm sure they want to win as many matches as possible.
To me the WGCC is just random. I mean why are Japan and Korea here? Why not just do a competition between the 4 continental champions, it would make a lot more sense