Yet after their opening defeat to Ivory Coast, Ghana found the discipline to run all the way to the final in a display which bodes very well for their prospects at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Whether or not Iain Dowie is still in charge of the team next season remains to be seen, but Hull can certainly take the positives out of a battling final-day display and particularly the performances of youngsters Tom Cairney, Mark Cullen and Will Atkinson.
They can influence it through choice of rules regarding eligibility, scoring, and fouls (to some extent), but the final combination on display on NBA courts mixes these choices with the unintended consequences of them along with team methods and with the long run evolution of player skills.
The Irish side, who have lost in two previous finals, powered into this year's final with a dominant display against Leinster on Sunday.
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But Alves and Brazil had the final say as a display more of a battling nature than samba style booked the South American side's place in Sunday's final against the United States.
After an immensely impressive display in the final of the women's 4x100 metres freestyle relay in which they smashed the World Record.
He said he was satisfied with their half-time display but admitted the final stages were difficult to watch.
It can then interact with other strands, chopping them to trigger other gates or activate fluorescent tags that display the circuit's final output.
But he landed a two-year deal with Hull which gave him a new lease of life, culminating with a superb display for Wigan in the final play-off eliminator against his former club Leeds.
The Heineken Cup, the holy grail for all top sides in Europe, is something of a sore point for the Ospreys at the moment after their feeble display in their quarter-final defeat by Saracens last week.
Smith, who is comfortable at full-back, wing or centre, won the Harry Sunderland Trophy in last year's Grand Final for his man of the match display in Leeds' victory over St Helens and went on to play for England at the World Cup.
The final highlight of the AMA centered around independent display scaling, especially since the device has the capability to power external displays.
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All three players starred in the club's promotion-winning display in the 2007 National League Grand Final at Headingley.
Despite missing out on becoming the first Briton to reach the men's singles final since 1938, Murray praised Roddick's display.
Afterwards, Henman said he was satisfied with his display, coming after his quarter-final defeat by Jiri Novak at last week's Swiss Indoor tournament, and a second round defeat in his previous event in Madrid.
Man-of-the-match Humphreys missed his final conversion attempt - the only blemish in an outstanding display.
The final remaining shuttle, Atlantis, is being readied for display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.
England have never won a major global tournament, a depressing statistic their fans are keen to see consigned to history, but Paul Collingwood's side will go into the final full of confidence after an impressive all-round display.
But it was West Ham who deserved the victory after a lacklustre display from the home side with the FA Cup final just six days away.
The top seed - still yet to drop a set in the tournament - will face Marat Safin or Feliciano Lopez in Friday's semi-final, and neither will hold much fear after a supreme display against Ancic.
It was a point Fulham barely deserved after the home side dominated for long periods, but Holloway will take great encouragement from his team's display against a side that reached the Europa League final in May.
We always felt that if we played to our potential, it would take us places, but the one problem we have had is consistency and, at the final hurdle, we couldn't produce the kind of display that had put us in contention over the previous few days and weeks.
Ramsey caught Arsenal's eye when the young midfielder shone in a goal-scoring display during Cardiff's FA Youth Cup quarter-final defeat to the Gunners in February 2007.
By the time he reached the final hole Edwards knew victory was in the bag and he capped his display with another birdie after a perfect second shot over the water.
While Gloucester head coach Bryan Redpath will obviously be disappointed with the defeat, especially since they were also beaten in last year's final, his side continued their post-Christmas resurgence with a grandstand display.
Roy Hodgson's men will go into that match in high spirits following a resolute display that keeps them in contention for a place in the final at Hamburg's HSH Nordbank Arena on 12 May.
With the necessary computing power within reach, and adequate broadband to send that much information over long distances, the final obstacle to developing true holographic video systems is finding a projector or display with fine enough resolution to produce a hologram.
But the disappointing aspect of their display, apart from the three goals conceded, was that the final ball was often woeful.
But he kicked 20 points in the Pool Two clash in a near-flawless display with the boot to keep his side's quarter-final hopes alive.
Its final destination is the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will go on display for posterity.
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