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100 Years of Sporting Films in Quebec & Shingoryeo Series
- 100 Years of Sporting Films in Quebec & Shingoryeo - Introduction
- Reves Perdus (1987) - Thriller about four hockey-playing friends and their nostalgia for lost past in the rurals
- 1988 (2012) - Documentary about a famous 1988 college football match, focus on circumstances surrounding the match and the players
- Rosyln (2032) -Fencing biopic of a college senior
- Giant Penguin (2034) - A multi-sport society and a love triangle
Miles and Miles on My Own (2037) - Football and small-town memories - The Virgin Sacrifices (2040) - A suburban thriller involving a high school and a mysterious family
- The Clockworker (2046) - Handball and naturalisation projects abroad, questions of loyalty
- Liosa of Port Arran (2049) - Story of first Licentian woman to play professional rugby, and her involvement in the Licentian resistance during the Covidae era
- Darling, Are you going to leave me? (2050) - 7th Tier Football and Urban Issues
- Setting Bar to the Third Bar (2052) - Documentary recollecting the Early Golden Generation of Quebecois Football
BASEBALL
Considered a major spring-to-summer sport in Quebec and Shingoryeo. Mostly viewed as a pair to gridiron football, Baseball is the sport of the spring break and the summertime sadness on the southern half of the country (and the entire West Coast), where high school and college baseball are popular and going to a QBO game on a date or friends' night out make perfect sense. Like with gridiron and rugby, the Quebecois Baseball Organisation (QBO) is a closed league with 16 teams, divided into Imperial League (IL) and Royal League (RL), who have two tiers of developmental/second-team leagues under them. There is a clear imbalance on the winning column, with the two winningest teams, Kingston Tigers and Saguenay Lions, being on the Royal League, and parity issues between the winning teams and the otherwise continue to be a case. Internationally, the Quebecois have had mixed results on the World Baseball Classics, though a solid number of national teamers excelling in Cassadaigua and South Newlandia suggest that the calibre of the Quebecois baseball players is not the one at issue here.
Retired Legends: N/A
Names to remember: LHP Baek Nam-Soo - C Horace Choo - 3B Heo Myeong-Shin - RF/LF/1B Theo-Alexandre Pinson
BASKETBALL
Considered to be one of the 'Big 3' of indoor sports played in Quebecois winters (Basketball, Hockey and Volleyball), basketball is an extremely popular, well-loved sport in Quebec. While traditionally regarded as the number two of leagues behind the QHL, the QBL and the QWBL has since caught up with the QHL in terms of television coverage, it has seen a particular rise in participation numbers over the past fifty years and if hockey was the winter sport of the 2010s and 2020s, basketball probably has been the one in Quebec for over two decades.
There are several reasons behind this - the leagues' smaller number of teams (16 each, as opposed to 28 on QHL), the bigger number of sports clubs-owned sides due to the duality of volleyball and basketball divisions, and the consistent performances of the Quebecois national teams on the International Basketball Championships (IBC) have come to do with it. Strong grassroots system mean that all levels of basketball are watched from high school to international stage, while with local community centres and school teams being key sources of development, something that. With this in mind, many do believe that Basketball may have overtaken hockey in terms of popularity, as they are viewed by many to be above them in commercial revenues and on negotiation tables.
Quebecois men's and women's basketball national teams are also considered to be one of the top sides in the world, having placed second in the IBC 25, third on 3 occasions (IBC 20-21 and 30), and fourth in IBC 19. At the moment, their biggest rivals are Banija, with who they play a biyearly Quebec-Banija SuperSeries and on many matches on the deeper stages of the Quebecois Commonwealth Games/Championships. Quebecois men are traditionally known to emphasise individual plays and flashiness, while the women stick to their advantage in height and teamwork.
Retired Legends: Men - SG Alex Kigab - PF Daniel Scrubb | Women - PG/SG Allison Dubois - PF Leonora Bertram - C Riley Jeon-Keane - C Kim Hong-Ja
Names to remember: Men - SG Kenneth Kim-Asfaw - SF Daniel Ibaniyama | Women - PG Heo Myeong-Yoon - SF Hazel Hanson-Conavacio - C Yim Se-Ryeong
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
Where football belongs in Quebecois sport lore is a tricky business. It is true that football does have a very high participation number and enjoys predominant popularity as an outdoor sport during colder months (warmer months has gridiron football and field hockey). But it is not the sport Quebec and Shingoryeo is really known for, and talent retention beyond college level remains a challenge. The Q-League has steadily worked itself back into one of the more promising leagues in Multiverse. It is a 20-team league with solid parity beyond the usually familiar names of Montreal Koreana and CSKA Quebec at the top. If anything, that is what football's strength over other sports lie, as the regional distributions of teams and powerhouses remain stable (aside from a bit of East Coast sways and West Coast struggles) and titles routinely change hands.
Internationally, Quebec and Shingoryeo's results on field depended, with the domestic clubs not performing well (though still a top 33 asspociation) in contrast to the Grim Reapers' consistencies pre- and post-hiatus. While known for their underachievements on the AOCAF (past) and the CAFA (present), the Quebecois have performed well on the World Cup, where they made it to 3 second round, 2 quarterfinals and a 4th place appearance.
Retired Legends: GK Ondrej Cech - LB Karl Varsteeg - RB Jannick Kontiola - CM Frederic Beauchemin - LW Xavier Hertel - ST Zachary Fortin - RW Hazel van Robben - Manager Sir. Lionel Mah and Sir. Jayson Dhanda (OSR)
Names to remember: LB Bastian Borges Jr - RB Donovan Kim-Lumanyika - CM Erin Kang - AM Marco Hertel - ST Enrico Hanson-Conavacio - RW Kate Huitema-Omeasoo
GRIDIRON FOOTBALL
Gridiron football, which has grown separately from other sports, is also significant in rural Quebec. There are three variation of gridiron best known in Quebec - Quebecois high school football (community based - plays under Argo Rules, an IC name for Canadian football), college football (regional/academic), and the QFL (most popular in the bigger cities) - with all three having their own histories. Due to the media-friendly nature of the sport, as well as particular cultish nature of the fandoms, there's a particular appeal to the sport, even if the talent pool may be smaller than in other sports due to safety reasons. The Quebecois national collegiate team has been a consistent player in the World Bowl, but have recently retired from competition. Saguenay and St. Croix universities, two of the nation's gridiron powerhouses, have remained in the NationStates College Football, the headquarter of which is based in Quebec City.
HANDBALL
Handball is the number one summer indoor sport in Quebec and Shingoryeo, a spot it comfortably holds with packed stands. While the sport itself doesn't hold the 30,000+ crowd the gridiron or baseball matches normally get, the relative accessibility of handball more than cover such deficiency. Quebec and Shingoryeo does have a 3-tier, dualsex pyramid for handball, with the 14-team Ligue-Boreale at the very top of the pyramid.
Unfortunately, the international results for the Quebecois national teams have yet to really reflect their popularity. Following the double gold at Nassau Bay-Centralis, the three-decade long (and ongoing) dispute between Quebecois Handball Federation, the Players Association, and the Ligue-Boreale, had meant that the Quebecois national teams rarely entered over last three decades, if ever, with a full squad, with many refusing to participate internationally over last thirty years. Stylistically, the Quebecois distances itself from the usual style of brutal physicality found in other sports. Due to the players' relatively shorter height, men and women are finesse and speed-driven, preferring to overlap and pass a lot before finding opportunities.
Retired Legends: LB Leanne de Jigonhasee - LW Park Gyeong-Shin - CB Yi Sook-Ja - RB Joanna Wex - RB Anders Schmidt
Names to Remember: GK Ahn Sang-Yeob - P Hannah True-Jansen - CB Hannah O'Leary - RB Chelsea Anne Hannigan - RB Ibrahim El-Tayar
HOCKEY
If basketball and volleyball may be on a so-called boom in Quebec and Shingoryeo, the same cannot go to [scratch]ice[/scratch] hockey here. Sure, the hockey games aren't having issues filling up the arenas, and the player numbers remain stable. That said, however, there is a serious challenge the sport faces as the consistent disputes between the Quebecois Hockey League, the Quebecois Hockey Players' Association, and Hockey Quebec, that limits the player pool of national team hockey selections that hasn't helped nobody in keeping the level of interest continue. After a recent reform following a successful Hockey Nations League experiment, the Quebecois pro hockey system's divided into two tiers. The smaller version of the former 28-team self, the QHL, consists of 16 teams, with the 16-team Ligue-Nationale consisting of the remaining teams from the QHL 1.0, three expansion franchises, and Hansa Kotzellach SV, the de facto Kotzellachian national team whose application to join the Quebecois hockey system was approved. While the league itself has high parity on standings, the big 3 of CSKA Quebec, Montreal Koreana and Kingston Knights have been the known names out there.
The Quebecois national team, nicknamed Ice Knights (unlike the traditional Grim Reapers nickname used for most other sports), has stood as one of the most historic teams still competing in the international hockey world. Alongside Valanora, Gregoryisgodistan, Havl and Gyatso-Kai, the Ice Knights have been the name to fear in the 20s of the World Cup of Hockey, but for past decade and half their results have been somewhat inconsistent due to their inability to field the best teams at times. In recent times, the teams sent have varied across the board, whether it be a full-strength (37, 40, 42), a mix of third and fourth liners (38, 39, 41) or junior national teamers (43), but Hockey Quebec hopes there will be some form of consistency established in the future-time.
Retired Legends: GK Alexandre Browne-Hahm - LD Yves Jodoin - C Maxwell Belmont-Deschamps - RW Colm Strojovic
Names to remember: N/A
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball's part of the big three of indoor winter sports in Quebec and Shingoryeo. Volleyball is enjoyed across both men and women, and in all parts of the country. Both men and women's leagues of the QOVO.1 league, the highest tier of Quebecois professional volleyball, has 12 teams, while the second tier, QOVO.2 leagues, has 16 teams which consists of second-tier sides and development sides for bigger clubs. The QOVO.1 league championship is determined by a lengthy playoffs, with the three-game final to conclude the season in April. Traditionally it is best known for the dominance of Montreal Koreana and CSKA Quebec, although the recent season's outcome may suggest something entirely different with decent parity in both divisions and the women's finals that pitted Swanguard against Winnipeg Winterhawks. Internationally, the Quebecois are considered to be one of the best in women's volleyball, and arguably the best in men's volleyball. The Quebecois have twice placed second in the VWE, and have also won WorldLeague's second edition and placed second three times.
Retired Legends: Men - OH Yi Joon-Cheol - S Cedric Gennet-Jerent - MB Simon Shim-Kweon - RS Laurent Ahn - Manager Laurent Ahn | Women - Li Campbell Page - OH Brittany Veronneau - S Kim Yu-Jin - RS Kayana Jang
Names to remember: Men - Li Zackaël Lapierre - OH Ivan Stankic - S Benedict Jeon - RS Ahn Seung-Min - Manager Pierre-Stephane Jobin | Women - Li Nadine-Erin Page - OH Yang Soo-Gyeong - MB Marine Veronneau - RS Natalie Wesoloski-Okafor