greece deserved the first prize in mudobasket in japan 2006?
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GET OVER IT...IF THEY DESERVED FIRST PRIZE THEY WOULD HAVE WON FIRST PRIZE....BE A SPORT....\n\nIts not all abt winning and losing, its about participating...
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greece\n\ncoz, democracy is a greek word !! :-)
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I can't believe FINLAND won...they were hedious!!\nIf they were judging a costume party...then I would understand!!!
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Oh Goshhhh! The results !!! People say that Finland won cuz young people voted this year, but I am young and do not think that they were the ones who deserved it. It was really a different show by Finns but the song was just a casual rock song. \nAnyways, the contest should last forever cause it would be nice to see a drastic change in voting  when a war or economic crisis among north countries;) Peace!
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Yugoslavia, they have taken two trophys in a row. 1998 in Greece and 2002 in Indianapolis,USA
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Greece, (Greek: Ελλάδα, Elláda (IPA: [e̞ˈlaða]), or Ελλάς, Ellás (IPA: [e̞ˈlas])), officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Ellinikí Dimokratía) is a country in southern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan peninsula. It is bordered by Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania to the north and by Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of mainland Greece while the Ionian Sea lies to the west. Both, parts of the eastern Mediterranean basin, feature a vast number of islands.\n\nRegarded as the cradle of western civilization and being the birthplace of democracy, philosophy, the Olympic Games and of the arts and drama including both tragedy and comedy, Greece has a very long and remarkably rich history during which its culture has proven to be especially influential in Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East. Today, Greece is a developed nation, member of the European Union since 1981 and a member of the Eurozone since 2001.\n\nHistory\nMain article: History of Greece \n[edit]\nPrehistory and Antiquity\nThe shores of Greece's Aegean Sea saw the emergence of the first civilizations in Europe, namely the Minoan and the Mycenaen. After this, a Dark Age followed until around 800 BC, when a new era of Greek city-states emerged, establishing colonies along the Mediterranean, and a new alphabet was introduced.[3]. Plato described how the Greeks live round the Aegean Archipelago "like frogs around a pond"; their name has always been associated with the sea. After the internal struggle between Spartans and Athenians, all parts of Greece were united under the rule of Alexander the Great and aimed at the defeat of the 'eastern threat' of the Persians. Alexander led the Greeks to a victorious campaign which established a Greek Empire and introduced a new era in world history, the Hellenistic.\n\n[edit]\nByzantine period\nMilitarily, Greece itself declined to the point that the Romans conquered the land (168 BC onwards), though, in many ways, Greek culture would in turn conquer Roman life. Greece became a province of the Roman Empire, but Greek culture continued to dominate the eastern Mediterranean. When the Roman Empire finally split in two, the Eastern Roman Empire, known as the Byzantine Empire, centered around Constantinople (known in ancient times as Byzantium), remained Greek in nature, encompassing Greece itself.\n\n \nThe most famous of the surviving Byzantine mosaics of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople — the image of Christ on the walls of the upper southern gallery. Christ is flanked by the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist. The mosaics were made in the 12th century.During the period of the Byzantine Empire Greece experienced fluctuating fortunes. In the early years many of its works of art were looted by the emperors and taken to Constantinople. Furthermore, although the Byzantines retained control of the Aegean and its islands throughout this period, during the seventh and eighth centuries direct control did not extend far beyond the coast. From about AD 600 the old cities of Greece shrank considerably due to barbarian raids by the Avars and Slavs, and were often reduced to shadows of their former selves. As the seventh century progressed, much of Greece was overrun by Slavic peoples from the north, and a period of uncertainty and insecurity followed.\n\nFrom the late 8th century, the Empire began to recover from the devastating impact of successive invasions, and the reconquest of Greece began. Greeks from Sicily and Asia Minor were brought in as settlers. The Slavs were either driven out or assimilated. By the middle of the 9th century, Greece was dominated by those of Hellenic ethnic heritage once more, and Greek cities began to recover due to improved safeguards against barbarous incursion and restored central governance.\n\nThe invasions of the Turks after the battle of Manzikert in 1071 and the en
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no no no. please dont give the greece example. it was one in a lifetime miracles what happend. it was a shame discrace for the europian soccer because that last final game of the europian championship was the most boring game i have ever seen. now having said all that difense is not the winner nor the offense but the combination of both. the offense will keep the ball away from your goal so the team wont be in danger of loosing the game. if you want ta winner for this upcomming summer check out italy, england and a have to include the scaaaary brasil. look for sleepers like germany or argentina too.
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mmmmm u should get sumthing from the greek olympic games.......thall be fun........look it them up on wkipedia or sumthing.......yah haha.
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Planning to travel to Bejing? Good luck. The face value of a ticket will vary depending on the event and whether it's a preliminary or final event.\n\nFor example, the Athens tickets ranged between 10 to 300 euros, while for the opening ceremony from 100 to 950 euros and for the closing ceremony from 50 to 750 euros.\n\n1 euro = 1.27764 USD
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Turkey. Has to be Turkey. They almost won it like 20 years in a row. Or maybe Brazil.
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first olympic sport? that was the foot race. (sprinting) in athens i think
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Greece and Australia  (The US boycotted the Olympics in 1980 due to the Soviet invasion of Afganistan in 1979)
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Yes , i heard the mexican team were able to play.I will be watching them to see how good they are.Greece won Euro 2004 and not too many saw that coming.
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hate Greece... they beat Portugal and France in euro2004....
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2006 Olympic ceremony is the first link the second link is to past olympic ceremonies...
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contrary to the previous message, the usa made the round of 16 before losing to eventual champion brazil.  seems like the poorest country economically was probably cameroon or bolivia although greece was poorest on field.
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brazil..  {it was runner  urugvay is winner} held in 1950 after world war 2