# Histories of recent European national winners in their countries

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**Created:** [April 22, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/histories-of-recent-european-national-winners-in-their-countries/1258 "2025-04-22T14:48:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/histories-of-recent-european-national-winners-in-their-countries/1258/2 "2025-04-23T01:40:23Z")

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The hum-drum uniformity of some of those countries’ championships makes the NCAA tournament look like a hobgoblin of inconsistency in comparison. (I’m looking particularly at you, Italy and Greece.)

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/histories-of-recent-european-national-winners-in-their-countries/1258/3 "2025-04-23T02:11:36Z")

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Ironically, a team being very good ends up being a problem in this type of competition since there are no surprises and consequently less excitement.