UEFA EURO 2016 - Final Tournament

[JimboA]

Question for the Swedes: is Zlatan by far the most famous athlete in Sweden? Are there any hockey players who even come close in terms of popularity? Karlsson? Lundqvist?

Yes, Zlatan is by far the most famous. Lundqvist is household (Karlsson isn't IMO), but not even Hank is close to Zlatan at all.

Not a popularity list, but one of the big newspapers made a list of the most prominent Swedish athletes. Three hockey players in the top 30:

http://www.dn.se/sport/150-framsta-svenska-idrottarna-genom-tiderna/

 

[Tryamkin]

Question for the Swedes: is Zlatan by far the most famous athlete in Sweden? Are there any hockey players who even come close in terms of popularity? Karlsson? Lundqvist?

I would think so. Football is Europe's most popular sport.

 

[jniklast]

All kids can see of Lundqvist and the other NHL stars is a few highlight clips usually, while they can watch Zlatan in the national team regularly.

 

[Virtanen18]

Just made the league: 62245HIJ

Sign up here: http://eurofantasy.uefa.com/en/fantasy16

Euro 2016 fantasy here.

 

[Ivan13]

Yes, Zlatan is by far the most famous. Lundqvist is household (Karlsson isn't IMO), but not even Hank is close to Zlatan at all.

Not a popularity list, but one of the big newspapers made a list of the most prominent Swedish athletes. Three hockey players in the top 30:

http://www.dn.se/sport/150-framsta-svenska-idrottarna-genom-tiderna/

Wislander only 18th

 

[Bakayoko Ono]

Here's the Nike ad "the Switch"



Way too Ronaldo-centric IMO.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Referee appointments have been made for the first three days of the tournament. Hungarian ref Viktor Kassai will be given the opening match

FRA-ROU: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
ALB-SUI: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
WAL-SVK: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
ENG-RUS: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
POL-NIR: Ovidiu Hategan (ROU)
GER-UKR: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
TUR-CRO: Jonas Eriksson (SWE)

Other officials include: Felix Brych (GER), Cuneyt Cakir (TUR), Mark Clattenburg (ENG), William Collum (SCO), Sergei Karasev (RUS), Pavel Kralovec (CZE), Bjorn Kuipers (NED), Szymon Marciniak (POL), Milorad Mazic (SRB), Damir Skomina (SVN), Clement Turpin (FRA)

 

[JimboA]

All kids can see of Lundqvist and the other NHL stars is a few highlight clips usually, while they can watch Zlatan in the national team regularly.

Yeah, but it wouldn't matter.

 

[ProPAIN]

Here's the Nike ad "the Switch"



Way too Ronaldo-centric IMO.

Ronaldo tracking back. Yeah right, totally fake

 

[Highlander23]

Welcome to France everyone !!

Btw, there are strikes all over the place right now (planes, trains, garbage workers...)

 

[cgf]

Welcome to France everyone !!

Btw, there are strikes all over the place right now (planes, trains, garbage workers...)

This part of your post seems a little redundant

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

Gerum þetta!!!

Go Ãsland!

 

[joe89]

Yes, Zlatan is by far the most famous. Lundqvist is household (Karlsson isn't IMO), but not even Hank is close to Zlatan at all.

Not a popularity list, but one of the big newspapers made a list of the most prominent Swedish athletes. Three hockey players in the top 30:

http://www.dn.se/sport/150-framsta-svenska-idrottarna-genom-tiderna/

Sarah Sjöström won the people's athlete of the year twice in a row, so hardly "by far" in sheer popularity. But definitely in famousness. "Ainec".

 

[JimboA]

Sarah Sjöström won the people's athlete of the year twice in a row, so hardly "by far" in sheer popularity. But definitely in famousness. "Ainec".

Well, I answered the "famous" part of the question. I never said he was the most popular.

 

[Deficient Mode]

 

[thehangover]

Sarah Sjöström won the people's athlete of the year twice in a row, so hardly "by far" in sheer popularity. But definitely in famousness. "Ainec".

The price you are referring to has only been given to an individual in a teamsport once since it was first given out in 1979. That one time was 2007 when Zlatan won it. Two times has it been given to a soccerteam, one time to a handballteam.

 

[Halladay]

it starts tomorrow. cant wait.

 

[Live in the Now]

Gonna make individual threads for each game as well. Makes things easier to keep track of.

 

[Power Man]

Oh by the wayI'm gonna win the Euro fantasy league

Just wanted to let you know

 

[maclean]

Seeing those game day threads up almost made me **** my pants, it is OOOOOONNNN

 

[SB164]

Gonna make individual threads for each game as well. Makes things easier to keep track of.

You da real MVP

 

[maclean]

am I allowed to laugh at this? england supports already up to no good - http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/euro-2016-violent-start-england-8153611

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

 

[Luigi Habs]

Gonna make individual threads for each game as well. Makes things easier to keep track of.

Maybe better to have one thread for each group, same was done for last WC.

 

[Power Man]

Maybe better to have one thread for each group, same was done for last WC.

I agree