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Post by Panda on May 27, 2006 10:48:09 GMT 1
This is based on all finals matches played, with 3 points awarded for a win and 1 for a draw. (games finishing in penalty shoot outs are treated as draws)
1. Brazil 194 points (17 tournaments played)
2. Germany 168 (15)
3. Italy 134 (15)
4. Argentina 101 (13)
5. England 81 (11)
6. France 70 (11)
7. Spain 69 (11)
8. Russia/USSR 57 (9)
9. Yugoslavia 56 (9)
10. Sweden 56 (10)
11. Uruguay 55 (10)
12. Holland 51 (7)
13. Hungary 48 (9)
14. Poland 47 (6)
15. Mexico 41 (12)
16. Austria 40 (7)
17. Belgium 39 (11)
18. Czechoslovakia 38 (8)
19. Romania 29 (7)
20. Chile 27 (7)
21. Denmark 23 (3)
22. Paraguay 22 (6)
23. Portugal 21 (3)
24. Switzerland 21 (7)
25. USA 20 (7)
26. Cameroon 19 (5)
27. Scotland 19 (8)
28. Croatia 18 (2)
29. Bulgaria 17 (7)
30. Turkey 16 (2)
31. Peru 15 (4)
32. South Korea 15 (6)
33. Ireland 14 (3)
34. Northern Ireland 14 (3)
35. Nigeria 13 (3)
36. Colombia 11 (4)
37. Costa Rica 10 (2)
38. Morocco 10 (4)
39. Norway 9 (3)
40. Senegal 8 (1)
41. East Germany 8 (1)
42. Japan 7 (2)
43. Algeria 7 (2)
44. Saudi Arabia 7 (3)
45. Wales 6 (1)
46. South Africa 6 (2)
47. Tunisia 6 (3)
48. North Korea 4 (1)
49. Cuba 4 (1)
50. Iran 4 (2)
51. Ecuador 3 (1)
52. Jamaica 3 (1)
53. Honduras 2 (1)
54. Israel 2 (1)
55. Egypt 2 (2)
56. Kuwait 1 (1)
57. Australia 1 (1)
58. Bolivia 1 (3)
59. Iraq 0 (1)
60. Slovenia 0 (1)
61. Canada 0 (1)
62. Dutch East Indies 0 (1)
63. United Arab Emirates 0 (1)
64. China 0 (1)
65. New Zealand 0 (1)
66. Greece 0 (1)
67. Haiti 0 (1)
68. Zaire 0 (1)
69. El Salvador 0 (2)
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Post by frag on May 27, 2006 21:31:00 GMT 1
No surprises to see Brazil, Germany and Italy in the top 3... very amused by Greece's position, though  Didn't they finish with a goals record of 0-10? |
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Post by Panda on May 28, 2006 8:27:23 GMT 1
No surprises to see Brazil, Germany and Italy in the top 3... very amused by Greece's position, though Didn't they finish with a goals record of 0-10? Indeed they did! Lost 4-0 to Argentina (that was the game where Maradona tried to eat a camera), 4-0 to Bulgaria (who had never won a World Cup game before) and 2-0 to Nigeria. Haiti finished with a 2-14 record in 1974 and Zaire finished 0-14 in the same tournament. El Salvador finished 0-9 in 1970 and 1-13 in 1982 (including a 10-1 defeat to Hungary). |
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Post by frag on May 29, 2006 13:48:28 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on May 29, 2006 14:10:48 GMT 1
Yeah! It's that footage where you see Maradona and his team-mates running towards a camera (from the camera's perspective) from about 30 yards away after he's scored and we get a close up of a mad, wide-eyed (and probably smacked off his tits) Maradona... |
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Post by Panda on May 29, 2006 14:37:02 GMT 1
This is how the table looks based on points-per-game. Only teams that have played in 4 tournaments or more are included:
1. Brazil (2.23 points per game)
2. Germany (1.976)
3. Italy
4. Argentina
5. Poland
6. England (1.62)
7. Holland
8. France
9. Russia/USSR
10. Spain
11. Yugoslavia
12. Hungary
13. Romania
14. Austria
15. Uruguay
16. Sweden
17. Czechoslovakia
18. Paraguay
19. Cameroon
20. Belgium
21. Chile
22. Mexico
23. Peru
24. Switzerland
25. USA
26. Colombia
27. Scotland
28. Morocco
29. South Korea
30. Bulgaria (0.654)
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Post by Earl Purple on May 29, 2006 16:13:52 GMT 1
Honduras should have just 2 points from the 1982 World Cup. They got 2 draws and lost the other game.
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Post by Panda on May 30, 2006 17:29:29 GMT 1
Honduras should have just 2 points from the 1982 World Cup. They got 2 draws and lost the other game. Thanks. I had it right in the table on my PC but I just put 3 instead of 2 when typing it on here. If they'd had 3 points, they would've been ahead of Ecuador and Jamaica on goal difference. |
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Post by frag on May 30, 2006 23:41:38 GMT 1
Holland should climb into the top 10 this tournament (only need 5 points to get past Yugoslavia and Uruguay, and 6 to overtake Russia)... Portugal might make the top 20, too. I hope to see regular updates, mrh  |
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Post by Admin on May 31, 2006 21:05:40 GMT 1
Great work and interesting, who will be added to it from this tourno? Who are the virgin teams?
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Post by frag on Jun 1, 2006 13:46:24 GMT 1
Trinidad and Tobago, Ivory Coast, Serbia+Montenegro, Angola, Ghana, Ukraine, and Togo.
Czech Republic are making their first appearance since they played as Czechoslovakia.
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Post by Admin on Jun 1, 2006 14:18:24 GMT 1
A few of those should get points as well, interesting.
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Post by Panda on Jun 1, 2006 17:32:12 GMT 1
Trinidad and Tobago, Ivory Coast, Serbia+Montenegro, Angola, Ghana, Ukraine, and Togo. Czech Republic are making their first appearance since they played as Czechoslovakia. Serbia & Montenegro will just carry on Yugoslavia's stats. It's still the most first-time qualifiers for a long time... |
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Post by Panda on Jun 1, 2006 19:04:03 GMT 1
This is when the past finalists made their debuts...
1930
1. Argentina
2. Belgium
3. Bolivia
4. Brazil
5. Chile
6. France
7. Mexico
8. Paraguay
9. Peru
10. Romania
11. Uruguay
12. USA
13. Yugoslavia
1934
14. Austria
15. Czechoslovakia
16. Egypt
17. Germany
18. Holland
19. Hungary
20. Italy
21. Spain
22. Sweden
23. Switzerland
1938
24. Cuba
25. Dutch East Indies
26. Norway
27. Poland
1950
28. England
1954
29. Scotland
30. South Korea
31. Turkey
1958.
32. Northern Ireland
33. USSR
34. Wales
1962
35. Bulgaria
36. Colombia
1966
37. North Korea
38. Portugal
1970
39. El Salvador
40. Israel
41. Morocco
1974
42. Australia
43. East Germany
44. Haiti
45. Zaire
1978
46. Iran
47. Tunisia
1982
48. Algeria
49. Cameroon
50. Honduras
51. Kuwait
52. New Zealand
1986
53. Canada
54. Denmark
55. Iraq
1990
56. Costa Rica
57. Ireland
58. United Arab Emirates
1994
59. Greece
60. Nigeria
61. Saudi Arabia
1998
62. Croatia
63. Jamaica
64. Japan
65. South Africa
2002
66. China
67. Ecuador
68. Senegal
69. Slovenia
2006
70. Angola
71. Ghana
72. Ivory Coast
73. Togo
74. Trinidad & Tobago
75. Ukraine
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Post by Admin on Jun 2, 2006 9:08:45 GMT 1
Can I ask an odd question? I'm going to anyway Who is the highest ranked team to not have been to a finals? |
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Post by Panda on Jun 2, 2006 18:04:47 GMT 1
I love odd questions! Do you mean the FIFA rankings? The Ivory Coast (33) are currently the highest-ranked team never to play in the finals but obviously, that's about to change. After them, the highest-ranked team is Slovakia (41) but you could argue that they've been in as part of Czechoslovakia. The next highest (not including those playing this year) is Finland at 49, followed by Guinea at 51, Bahrain at 54 and Zimbabwe at 55. |
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Post by marcus on Jun 4, 2006 16:21:35 GMT 1
There was a TV programme later on in 1994 called "World Cup Hellas", which was about Greece's world cup adventure of 1994.
It featured footage of their manager going into a temper smashing up the dressing room, and saying how bad it was they conceded 2 at half time to a team who have never won a world cup game before, with that being Bulgaria.
At the start these Amercian hotel owners took them on a tour of the state they would be playing most games in, and at one point someone put salt on the managers lips while he was asleep as a joke, and really went into one......
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Post by marcus on Jun 4, 2006 16:47:23 GMT 1
I remember wen Czech Republic qualified for Euro 96, everyone was saying how much of a shock it was when they were there, when they didn't look into the stats.
Czechosolvakia were at Italia 90!!!.
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Post by marcus on Jun 4, 2006 16:53:48 GMT 1
136 FIFA nations still yet to feature in a finals!.
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Post by Admin on Jun 4, 2006 18:39:40 GMT 1
Cheers mrh, guinea are that high, bizarre, thought zimbabwe had been at the world cup.
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