Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Czech Republic men's national water polo team


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The result was withdrawn; speedy keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Dclemens1971 (talk) 13:55, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Czech Republic men's national water polo team

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I cannot find evidence that a "Czech Republic men's national water polo team" actually exists. A few clues: Open to other sources that editors may find, but until they appear I cannot even confirm that this subject exists. Dclemens1971 (talk) 01:41, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * According to European Water Polo Championship, a men's team from Czechia hasn't been fielded since ~1993 when competition was in the name of Czechoslovakia.
 * The sole source on the page links to the women's team. The men's team link is blank going back to 1993.
 * The name of the team on the page, "Český svaz vodního póla," is actually the name of the Czech Water Polo Federation, which organizes domestic competition. The only international competition it references is junior/U16 men, not a senior men's national team.
 * No other reliable sources that I can find, in Czech or English, refer to any variant of a men's national water polo team that actually competes internationally.
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Organizations, Sports,  and Czech Republic.  WC  Quidditch   ☎   ✎  05:08, 29 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Keep, if the only question is whether the team exists. Per this article on the Czech Water Polo Federation website, the Czech Republic competed in December 2023 against Moldova, Lithunia and Moravia (second Czech team). This article from 2017 writes about the former Czech national team member Martin Faměra and about the low chance of the Czech team to participate in the Olympics. It's true that the Czech national team maybe stopped working for a short time, but it's working at the moment, and with the U19 team that made it to the European Championship, the future looks promising. FromCzech (talk) 05:51, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * It is unclear to me whether the first article is discussing the U19 team or the national team. However, searching on some different terms I found this source from 2011, in which Czech polo player Marek Fugner says (via machine translation): "The Czech national team is a long way from the Olympic Games. We are trying to somehow keep the men's national team at all. Three years ago, we managed to put together six teams that are roughly at the same level as us. The Six Nations tournament was organized. It takes place every year at one of these six. The year before last we were in Denmark, last year in Sweden, this year we will go to Portugal, next year we will prepare the tournament. The national team will play at international level, it's a huge plus." There are also Youtube videos from the CSVP showing Czech participation in the EU Nations competition they hosted. I do think editors need to add third-party sources, and I am not sure there are enough out there to clear GNG. However, since I opened this AfD on the question of whether the team exists, and seeing evidence for the existence of this team, I'll withdraw my nomination and call for procedural keep. Dclemens1971 (talk) 13:50, 29 May 2024 (UTC)


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