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<blockquote data-quote="Tooting Carmen" data-source="post: 1152686" data-attributes="member: 78546"><p><strong><u>Underachievers</u></strong></p><p></p><p>-The South Asian countries (except in cricket).</p><p>-To a lesser extent China, albeit they are particularly good in table tennis and in recent decades have done well in gymnastics too.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Overachievers</u></strong></p><p></p><p>-Wales (rugby and to a lesser extent football).</p><p>-Scotland (football and to a lesser extent rugby).</p><p>-Nordic countries (hockey).</p><p>-New Zealand (rugby and to a lesser extent cricket).</p><p>-Uruguay (football and increasingly even rugby - they are now the 2nd best team in the Americas in the latter).</p><p>-Fiji/Samoa/Tonga (rugby).</p><p>-Jamaica/Trinidad & Tobago (athletics).</p><p>-Also of arguable note is the success of Puerto Rico and Nicaragua in baseball, as well as Costa Rica in football (at least when compared to the rest of Central America).</p><p>-As for Ireland, it is complicated by the fact that (1) their most prominent sports, Gaelic sports, are only played there and (2) in some sports there is one team for the whole island, while in others there are separate teams for the North and the Republic.</p><p></p><p>N.B. My main criteria for 'overachievers' are countries that have fewer than ten million people which, nevertheless, are at least fairly successful and noteworthy in certain sports. Therefore, Cuba and the Dominican Republic, which like Puerto Rico and Nicaragua are also good at baseball, don't quite qualify.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tooting Carmen, post: 1152686, member: 78546"] [B][U]Underachievers[/U][/B] -The South Asian countries (except in cricket). -To a lesser extent China, albeit they are particularly good in table tennis and in recent decades have done well in gymnastics too. [B][U]Overachievers[/U][/B] -Wales (rugby and to a lesser extent football). -Scotland (football and to a lesser extent rugby). -Nordic countries (hockey). -New Zealand (rugby and to a lesser extent cricket). -Uruguay (football and increasingly even rugby - they are now the 2nd best team in the Americas in the latter). -Fiji/Samoa/Tonga (rugby). -Jamaica/Trinidad & Tobago (athletics). -Also of arguable note is the success of Puerto Rico and Nicaragua in baseball, as well as Costa Rica in football (at least when compared to the rest of Central America). -As for Ireland, it is complicated by the fact that (1) their most prominent sports, Gaelic sports, are only played there and (2) in some sports there is one team for the whole island, while in others there are separate teams for the North and the Republic. N.B. My main criteria for 'overachievers' are countries that have fewer than ten million people which, nevertheless, are at least fairly successful and noteworthy in certain sports. Therefore, Cuba and the Dominican Republic, which like Puerto Rico and Nicaragua are also good at baseball, don't quite qualify. [/QUOTE]
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