Why is British Olympic team is called Team GB, not Team UK?

"The British government doesn't even respect the UK's territorial integrity letting a huge chunk of Ireland break away in 1922. No other state would act so cowardly, it's pathetic!"
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I agree. The rest of Ireland should have remained as part of the UK.

<<That doesn't mean the team should be called Team GB. It should be called Great Britain.

After all, they don't call it Team PL. They call it Poland. >>

You should probably blame those bloody Americans for the use of the word Team. They DO call Russia "Team Russia", Finland "Team Finland", etc. At least they do in the hockey.

They even call the Czech Republic "Team Czech", as if Czech was a country. If you think Czech Republic is too long a name, fine, but then don't add another word in front of it. Or better yet, use the real short name of the country: Czechia.