The worst team in international sport?

Eurosport - Mon, 08 Sep 11:26:00 2008

Bulgaria were beaten 82-0 by Slovakia in a women's ice hockey qualifier for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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Bulgaria conceded a goal every 44 seconds in the Latvian town of Liepaja. They trailed 7-0 after five minutes, 19-0 after ten and 31-0 after one period.

In their previous matches, they had lost 30-1 to Croatia and 41-0 to Italy.

Bulgaria has a population of 7.4 million but only three indoor ice rinks and 37 registered female players.

SOME OF THE BIGGEST DEFEATS IN SPORTING HISTORY:

Football: Bon Accord suffered the worst defeat in any British senior match, losing 36-0 to Arbroath on September 12, 1885 in a first round match of the Scottish Cup. Thirteen goals were scored by centre-forward John Petrie.

Football: The highest international football scoreline is Australia's 31-0 win over American Samoa in 2001 with a record 13 goals for Aussie striker Archie Thompson.

Cricket: England beat Australia by an innings and 579 runs at The Oval in August 1938. The home side posted an innings of 903-7 declared before a Bradman-less Australia were all out for 201 and just 123.

Rugby Union: Australia scored 22 tries in their game versus Namibia at the 2003 World Cup, winning 142-0.

American Football: The record score is the 220-0 pasting given to college side Cumberland by Georgia Tech in 1916.

Baseball: Japanese high school Kawamoto Technical School side forfeited a game versus Shusukan when trailing 66-0 after just two innings.

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  1. What about Eddie 'The Eagle' and his exploits­ for English Ski Jumping in those Olympic Games some­ years ago? A German ski jumper claimed that he should­ never have been allowed to take part. All things­ considered, Eddie ought to have been the only one that­ was allowd to take part. He was the only true amateur­ to participate I feel sure.
    Terry.S

    From tshelford, on Thu 18 Sep 3:23AM

  2. Actually, Cumberland lost 222-0 to Georgia Tech but­ hey, when you have a score that high, you might be­ forgiven for having lost count somewhere...

    From Zagros Sadjadi, on Wed 10 Sep 12:42PM

  3. Micheal S well said nothing is as bad as the England­ football team, just think what better facilities and­ support our atheletes would have had if they had­ diverted all the money they get paid into supporting­ them, its the likes of Chris Hoy and co who desrve good­ wages at least they are making us a proud nation on the­ sporting stage.

    From Nick E, on Tue 9 Sep 6:18AM

  4. 82-0 is a pretty good score. However, in a under-18­ tournament in 1998 South Korea beat up on Thailand­ 92-0. Of course, the fact Thailand even has an ice­ hockey team is even more shocking than the score.

    I­ wonder how Canada would do against Bulgaria?

    From Alex, on Tue 9 Sep 5:19AM
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    Are people here insane? They lost 82-0!!! I don't­ care how amateurish they are, if you're going to­ represent your country you really should practice a lot­ more beforehand. I would never agree to represent my­ country in baseball (considering that I never held a­ baseball bat in my life), I would respectfully decline­ and say my country deserved to be represented much­ better than I ever could.

    I swear, the way some people­ around here write, I'm starting to think that if­ they have lost 150-0 people would say they should have­ statues built in their homage.

    From Jorge T., on Tue 9 Sep 12:01AM

  6. How can they possibly be as bad as the English national­ football team who, despite being paid MILLIONS, were­ drawing 0-0 with Andorra at half-time in their World­ Cup qualifier. I mean that's got to be much worse,­ comparatively, than the Bulgarian side, surely.

    From Michael S, on Mon 8 Sep 9:39PM

  7. thats a british point of view at least you tryed i say­ if you aint good dont do it sport is for winners dont­ embarrace yourself if your going to hammerd

    From gary, on Mon 8 Sep 9:30PM

  8. At least they turned up and had a go. I once tried ice­ hockey (having formerly been a county grass hockey­ player) and could not walk for 3 days afterwards, even­ though there were only 6 of us having a bit of fun on­ the ice. One of them, however, was a former college­ player from Canada (Jilles Gallichand - he retired­ after someone took his teeth out with their stick­ thrust into his mouth!!! Ouch)

    From Oliver, on Mon 8 Sep 8:42PM

  9. harmless fun, lovely.

    From ellewellwell, on Mon 8 Sep 7:34PM

  10. I am in total agreement with Geoff Gable.These women­ deserve better than some of the derisive being levelled­ at them at least they had the guts to participate and­ judging by the limited facilities they have to work­ with and the limited number of registered players to­ choose from.They did well, I also noticed there was no­ mention of the faxcilities or player pool of their­ opponents. Maybe that should be mentioned in future­ articles just to level the playing field or rink . As­ for the dissenters if they're so good why dont they­ go out and do better instead of sitting at their­ computers ridiculing these brave women. To the team­ ,"Dont lose heart ladies I for one am proud of you­ as I'm sure many others are. From an Offshore Jock

    From Jim, on Mon 8 Sep 7:31PM
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    This News makes no sense

    From gbiden, on Mon 8 Sep 6:25PM
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    oh well if criminals get convicted for crimes they­ committed then and people get ban from driving for­ drinking whilst on the wheels then this shameful ice­ hockey nation and the whole management including­ players should be convicted for bringing the game into­ disrepute its either a gambling move or they are not­ good to represent any club talkless a country and all­ their names should be in the hall of fame and they­ should be hounded so they know that playing for their­ country is a pride not a joke

    From victorodus a, on Mon 8 Sep 6:25PM

  13. Absolutely loved Geoff Goble's reply. He is spot­ on. Well done Bulgaria for your sportsmanship (or­ sportswomanship)!

    From Maureen K, on Mon 8 Sep 6:25PM

  14. Well done Bulgaria ladies. At least you took­ part.....and thats what it is supposed to be all about.­ Well done again ladies.

    From old_git, on Mon 8 Sep 6:22PM

  15. Sorry for the Scots, there is not a Scot team but a­ all-UK team. By the way, they also played women's­ ice hockey qualifier for the 2010 Winter Olympics last­ week. Results :
    Norway - UK : 1-3
    UK - Slovenia :­ 5-1
    UK - Austria : 4-3 after extratime
    They finished­ 2nd behind Norway and are eliminated.

    From tiouic, on Mon 8 Sep 6:19PM

  16. the bulgarian women bet on themselves to lose!

    From mumps9, on Mon 8 Sep 6:14PM

  17. Considering what used to be the case with some­ Bulgarian Olympic competitors, can we be sure that they­ were indeed ladies?

    From Ian, on Mon 8 Sep 6:10PM

  18. I bet England wish they had Bulgaria Womens hockey team­ in there World Cup qualifying group might be a bit­ easier to beat than the Andorra Arms XI :-)

    From art_tidesco, on Mon 8 Sep 6:03PM

  19. The Bulgarian team's participation in this event­ restores one's faith in the Olympic ideal.

    In­ these days of money-grabbing professional athletes in a­ competition which was originally intended to be for­ amateur performers who were more concerned with taking­ part than being involved in the desperate­ win-at-all-costs attitude so prevalent today, it makes­ a refreshing change to discover that there are still­ genuine sports lovers for whom simply to compete is the­ aim.

    To the Bulgarian Women's Ice Hockey Team:­ Ladies, I salute you.

    From Geoff Goble, on Mon 8 Sep 6:01PM

  20. Well Bulgaria lost 82-0 womens Ice hockey. Just imagine­ My country Malta, they would be thrashed at least 164-0­ meaning it to be the VEREY WORST Ice Hockey team in the­ WHOLE World !

    Yes I admit its a very high score to­ lose by but Malta will be much worse I am pretty sure­ at that.

    From Joseph, on Mon 8 Sep 5:59PM
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