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<blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 1151672" data-attributes="member: 73144"><p>When we talk about tier 2 we often think about the Pacific Islands, but realistically their populations are so small that they are never going to have consistently competitive teams and no real domestic infrastructure with their players being scattered abroad. From time to time as Fiji have now they'll have golden generations but not consistently. Not to say they shouldn't get exposure, of course they should, just to manage expectations. Samoa population 200K, Tonga 100K, Fiji 900K.</p><p></p><p>The likes of the US and Canada, Spain, Germany etc are different questions. But even Italy with all the exposure they've had haven't really gone beyond winning the occasional game against T1 teams. </p><p></p><p>Look at the football World Cup. Much broader game, but the finals all tend to be traditional powerhouses- Arg, Fra, Bra, Ger etc. Croatia made one final but fundamentally it's the teams from the heartlands - which I think applies in most team sports, although much less so in individual ones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vieux Talonneur, post: 1151672, member: 73144"] When we talk about tier 2 we often think about the Pacific Islands, but realistically their populations are so small that they are never going to have consistently competitive teams and no real domestic infrastructure with their players being scattered abroad. From time to time as Fiji have now they’ll have golden generations but not consistently. Not to say they shouldn’t get exposure, of course they should, just to manage expectations. Samoa population 200K, Tonga 100K, Fiji 900K. The likes of the US and Canada, Spain, Germany etc are different questions. But even Italy with all the exposure they’ve had haven’t really gone beyond winning the occasional game against T1 teams. Look at the football World Cup. Much broader game, but the finals all tend to be traditional powerhouses- Arg, Fra, Bra, Ger etc. Croatia made one final but fundamentally it’s the teams from the heartlands - which I think applies in most team sports, although much less so in individual ones. [/QUOTE]
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