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Post by Panda on Jun 25, 2006 22:24:42 GMT 1
Holland are dumped out by Portugal...
Out of the 198 entries, these are the teams who definitely won't be winning the World Cup:
FINALISTS: Costa Rica, Poland, Paraguay, Ivory Coast, Serbia & Montenegro, Iran, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Angola, Czech Republic, United States, Japan, Croatia, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, South Korea, Sweden, Mexico, Ecuador, Holland
SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay
EUROPE: Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, Wales, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Andorra, San Marino, Iceland, Malta, Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Finland, Albania, Georgia, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Scotland, Belarus, Belgium, Lithuania, Romania, Denmark*, Greece, Russia, Israel, Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Turkey, Slovakia, Norway
AFRICA: Tanzania, Gambia, Eritrea, Mauritius, Madagascar, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Seychelles, Somalia, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Sao Tome & Principe, Lesotho, Niger, Burundi, Swaziland, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Central African Republic, Benin, Sudan, Mali, Uganda, Malawi, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Congo, Botswana, Egypt, Libya, Gabon, Algeria, Guinea, Kenya, Cape Verde Islands, Zambia, South Africa, Senegal, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Morocco
ASIA: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, Macao, Bangladesh, Guam, Nepal, Laos, Qatar, Chinese Taipei, Palestine, Iraq, India, Singapore, Oman, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Yemen, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Turkmenistan, Jordan, China, Syria, Lebanon, North Korea, Kuwait, Uzbekistan, Bahrain
CONCACAF: Guyana, Montserrat, Turks & Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Aruba, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, US Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Grenada, Bermuda, Haiti, St. Lucia, Cuba, Surinam, Netherlands Antilles, Belize, Dominica, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Canada, St. Kitts & Nevis, Jamaica, El Salvador, Honduras, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Panama, Guatemala
OCEANIA: New Caledonia, Tonga, Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, American Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
186 teams have gone, 12 remain...
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Post by Panda on Jun 26, 2006 17:59:46 GMT 1
Australia go out after an injury time Italian penalty.
Out of the 198 entries, these are the teams who definitely won't be winning the World Cup:
FINALISTS: Costa Rica, Poland, Paraguay, Ivory Coast, Serbia & Montenegro, Iran, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Angola, Czech Republic, United States, Japan, Croatia, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, South Korea, Sweden, Mexico, Ecuador, Holland, Australia
SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay
EUROPE: Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, Wales, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Andorra, San Marino, Iceland, Malta, Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Finland, Albania, Georgia, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Scotland, Belarus, Belgium, Lithuania, Romania, Denmark*, Greece, Russia, Israel, Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Turkey, Slovakia, Norway
AFRICA: Tanzania, Gambia, Eritrea, Mauritius, Madagascar, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Seychelles, Somalia, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Sao Tome & Principe, Lesotho, Niger, Burundi, Swaziland, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Central African Republic, Benin, Sudan, Mali, Uganda, Malawi, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Congo, Botswana, Egypt, Libya, Gabon, Algeria, Guinea, Kenya, Cape Verde Islands, Zambia, South Africa, Senegal, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Morocco
ASIA: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, Macao, Bangladesh, Guam, Nepal, Laos, Qatar, Chinese Taipei, Palestine, Iraq, India, Singapore, Oman, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Yemen, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Turkmenistan, Jordan, China, Syria, Lebanon, North Korea, Kuwait, Uzbekistan, Bahrain
CONCACAF: Guyana, Montserrat, Turks & Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Aruba, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, US Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Grenada, Bermuda, Haiti, St. Lucia, Cuba, Surinam, Netherlands Antilles, Belize, Dominica, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Canada, St. Kitts & Nevis, Jamaica, El Salvador, Honduras, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Panama, Guatemala
OCEANIA: New Caledonia, Tonga, Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, American Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
187 teams have gone, 11 remain...
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Post by Panda on Jun 26, 2006 22:46:32 GMT 1
Switzerland go out on penalties...
Out of the 198 entries, these are the teams who definitely won't be winning the World Cup:
FINALISTS: Costa Rica, Poland, Paraguay, Ivory Coast, Serbia & Montenegro, Iran, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Angola, Czech Republic, United States, Japan, Croatia, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, South Korea, Sweden, Mexico, Ecuador, Holland, Australia, Switzerland
SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay
EUROPE: Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, Wales, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Andorra, San Marino, Iceland, Malta, Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Finland, Albania, Georgia, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Scotland, Belarus, Belgium, Lithuania, Romania, Denmark*, Greece, Russia, Israel, Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Turkey, Slovakia, Norway
AFRICA: Tanzania, Gambia, Eritrea, Mauritius, Madagascar, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Seychelles, Somalia, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Sao Tome & Principe, Lesotho, Niger, Burundi, Swaziland, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Central African Republic, Benin, Sudan, Mali, Uganda, Malawi, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Congo, Botswana, Egypt, Libya, Gabon, Algeria, Guinea, Kenya, Cape Verde Islands, Zambia, South Africa, Senegal, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Morocco
ASIA: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, Macao, Bangladesh, Guam, Nepal, Laos, Qatar, Chinese Taipei, Palestine, Iraq, India, Singapore, Oman, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Yemen, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Turkmenistan, Jordan, China, Syria, Lebanon, North Korea, Kuwait, Uzbekistan, Bahrain
CONCACAF: Guyana, Montserrat, Turks & Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Aruba, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, US Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Grenada, Bermuda, Haiti, St. Lucia, Cuba, Surinam, Netherlands Antilles, Belize, Dominica, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Canada, St. Kitts & Nevis, Jamaica, El Salvador, Honduras, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Panama, Guatemala
OCEANIA: New Caledonia, Tonga, Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, American Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
188 teams have gone, 10 remain...
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Post by paulgilb on Jun 26, 2006 23:18:33 GMT 1
Would you class Switzerland as having gone out without conceding a goal?
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Post by Panda on Jun 27, 2006 17:49:35 GMT 1
Would you class Switzerland as having gone out without conceding a goal? If you don't count the qualifying games, then yes.
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Post by Panda on Jun 27, 2006 21:54:58 GMT 1
We reach the quarter-final stage...
Out of the 198 entries, these are the teams who definitely won't be winning the World Cup:
FINALISTS: Costa Rica, Poland, Paraguay, Ivory Coast, Serbia & Montenegro, Iran, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Angola, Czech Republic, United States, Japan, Croatia, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, South Korea, Sweden, Mexico, Ecuador, Holland, Australia, Switzerland, Ghana, Spain
SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay
EUROPE: Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, Wales, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Andorra, San Marino, Iceland, Malta, Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Finland, Albania, Georgia, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Scotland, Belarus, Belgium, Lithuania, Romania, Denmark*, Greece, Russia, Israel, Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Turkey, Slovakia, Norway
AFRICA: Tanzania, Gambia, Eritrea, Mauritius, Madagascar, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Seychelles, Somalia, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Sao Tome & Principe, Lesotho, Niger, Burundi, Swaziland, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Central African Republic, Benin, Sudan, Mali, Uganda, Malawi, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Congo, Botswana, Egypt, Libya, Gabon, Algeria, Guinea, Kenya, Cape Verde Islands, Zambia, South Africa, Senegal, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Morocco
ASIA: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, Macao, Bangladesh, Guam, Nepal, Laos, Qatar, Chinese Taipei, Palestine, Iraq, India, Singapore, Oman, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Yemen, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Turkmenistan, Jordan, China, Syria, Lebanon, North Korea, Kuwait, Uzbekistan, Bahrain
CONCACAF: Guyana, Montserrat, Turks & Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Aruba, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, US Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Grenada, Bermuda, Haiti, St. Lucia, Cuba, Surinam, Netherlands Antilles, Belize, Dominica, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Canada, St. Kitts & Nevis, Jamaica, El Salvador, Honduras, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Panama, Guatemala
OCEANIA: New Caledonia, Tonga, Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, American Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
190 teams have gone, 8 remain...
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Post by frag on Jun 28, 2006 13:51:15 GMT 1
Would you class Switzerland as having gone out without conceding a goal? If you don't count the qualifying games, then yes. Yeah, certainly... it's kind of expected that you concede goals in shootouts
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Post by frag on Jun 28, 2006 13:53:02 GMT 1
ELO Ratings of the teams left...
1. Brazil 2. Portugal 3. Argentina 4. Italy 5. France 6. England 8. Germany 20. Ukraine
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Post by frag on Jun 28, 2006 13:59:04 GMT 1
FIFA rankings... (before world cup; the ELO ratings are updated daily)
1. Brazil 7. Portugal 8. France 9. Argentina 10. England 13. Italy 19. Germany 45. Ukraine
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Post by paulgilb on Jun 28, 2006 15:33:33 GMT 1
ELO Ratings of the teams left... 1. Brazil 2. Portugal 3. Argentina 4. Italy 5. France 6. England 8. Germany 20. Ukraine Who's #7? Not if you're Ukraine!
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Post by Panda on Jun 28, 2006 17:29:39 GMT 1
ELO Ratings of the teams left... 1. Brazil 2. Portugal 3. Argentina 4. Italy 5. France 6. England 8. Germany 20. Ukraine Who's #7? Holland... It'll be interesting to see the next FIFA rankings...
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Post by Panda on Jul 2, 2006 11:32:52 GMT 1
Argentina go out on penalties for the first time, Italy were too much for Ukraine, England lose on penalties again and Brazil still can't beat France...
Out of the 198 entries, these are the teams who definitely won't be winning the World Cup:
FINALISTS: Costa Rica, Poland, Paraguay, Ivory Coast, Serbia & Montenegro, Iran, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Angola, Czech Republic, United States, Japan, Croatia, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, South Korea, Sweden, Mexico, Ecuador, Holland, Australia, Switzerland, Ghana, Spain, Argentina, Ukraine, England, Brazil
SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay
EUROPE: Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, Wales, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Andorra, San Marino, Iceland, Malta, Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Finland, Albania, Georgia, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Scotland, Belarus, Belgium, Lithuania, Romania, Denmark*, Greece, Russia, Israel, Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Turkey, Slovakia, Norway
AFRICA: Tanzania, Gambia, Eritrea, Mauritius, Madagascar, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Seychelles, Somalia, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Sao Tome & Principe, Lesotho, Niger, Burundi, Swaziland, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Central African Republic, Benin, Sudan, Mali, Uganda, Malawi, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Congo, Botswana, Egypt, Libya, Gabon, Algeria, Guinea, Kenya, Cape Verde Islands, Zambia, South Africa, Senegal, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Morocco
ASIA: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, Macao, Bangladesh, Guam, Nepal, Laos, Qatar, Chinese Taipei, Palestine, Iraq, India, Singapore, Oman, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Yemen, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Turkmenistan, Jordan, China, Syria, Lebanon, North Korea, Kuwait, Uzbekistan, Bahrain
CONCACAF: Guyana, Montserrat, Turks & Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Aruba, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, US Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Grenada, Bermuda, Haiti, St. Lucia, Cuba, Surinam, Netherlands Antilles, Belize, Dominica, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Canada, St. Kitts & Nevis, Jamaica, El Salvador, Honduras, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Panama, Guatemala
OCEANIA: New Caledonia, Tonga, Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, American Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
194 teams have gone, 4 remain...
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Post by Panda on Jul 6, 2006 19:14:53 GMT 1
We reach the final...
Out of the 198 entries, these are the teams who definitely won't be winning the World Cup:
FINALISTS: Costa Rica, Poland, Paraguay, Ivory Coast, Serbia & Montenegro, Iran, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Angola, Czech Republic, United States, Japan, Croatia, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, South Korea, Sweden, Mexico, Ecuador, Holland, Australia, Switzerland, Ghana, Spain, Argentina, Ukraine, England, Brazil, Germany, Portugal
SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay
EUROPE: Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, Wales, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Andorra, San Marino, Iceland, Malta, Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Finland, Albania, Georgia, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Scotland, Belarus, Belgium, Lithuania, Romania, Denmark*, Greece, Russia, Israel, Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Turkey, Slovakia, Norway
AFRICA: Tanzania, Gambia, Eritrea, Mauritius, Madagascar, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Seychelles, Somalia, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Sao Tome & Principe, Lesotho, Niger, Burundi, Swaziland, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Central African Republic, Benin, Sudan, Mali, Uganda, Malawi, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Congo, Botswana, Egypt, Libya, Gabon, Algeria, Guinea, Kenya, Cape Verde Islands, Zambia, South Africa, Senegal, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Morocco
ASIA: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, Macao, Bangladesh, Guam, Nepal, Laos, Qatar, Chinese Taipei, Palestine, Iraq, India, Singapore, Oman, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Yemen, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Turkmenistan, Jordan, China, Syria, Lebanon, North Korea, Kuwait, Uzbekistan, Bahrain
CONCACAF: Guyana, Montserrat, Turks & Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Aruba, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, US Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Grenada, Bermuda, Haiti, St. Lucia, Cuba, Surinam, Netherlands Antilles, Belize, Dominica, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Canada, St. Kitts & Nevis, Jamaica, El Salvador, Honduras, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Panama, Guatemala
OCEANIA: New Caledonia, Tonga, Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, American Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
196 teams have gone, 2 remain...
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Post by Panda on Jul 6, 2006 19:18:53 GMT 1
Going back to the subject of rankings, FIFA have announced a new procedure for calculating its world rankings which will be used on the first rankings published after the World Cup. The new rankings will be published next Wednesday.
The main change to the rankings is that only the last 4 years of results will count towards the rankings, rather than 8. Several other revisions have been made...
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Post by Panda on Jul 10, 2006 17:15:19 GMT 1
198 teams tried to win the World Cup. 197 failed... FINALISTS: Costa Rica, Poland, Paraguay, Ivory Coast, Serbia & Montenegro, Iran, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Angola, Czech Republic, United States, Japan, Croatia, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, South Korea, Sweden, Mexico, Ecuador, Holland, Australia, Switzerland, Ghana, Spain, Argentina, Ukraine, England, Brazil, Germany, Portugal, FranceSOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay EUROPE: Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, Wales, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Andorra, San Marino, Iceland, Malta, Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Finland, Albania, Georgia, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Scotland, Belarus, Belgium, Lithuania, Romania, Denmark*, Greece, Russia, Israel, Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Turkey, Slovakia, Norway AFRICA: Tanzania, Gambia, Eritrea, Mauritius, Madagascar, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Seychelles, Somalia, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Sao Tome & Principe, Lesotho, Niger, Burundi, Swaziland, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Central African Republic, Benin, Sudan, Mali, Uganda, Malawi, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Congo, Botswana, Egypt, Libya, Gabon, Algeria, Guinea, Kenya, Cape Verde Islands, Zambia, South Africa, Senegal, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Morocco ASIA: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, Macao, Bangladesh, Guam, Nepal, Laos, Qatar, Chinese Taipei, Palestine, Iraq, India, Singapore, Oman, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Yemen, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Turkmenistan, Jordan, China, Syria, Lebanon, North Korea, Kuwait, Uzbekistan, Bahrain CONCACAF: Guyana, Montserrat, Turks & Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Aruba, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, US Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Grenada, Bermuda, Haiti, St. Lucia, Cuba, Surinam, Netherlands Antilles, Belize, Dominica, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Canada, St. Kitts & Nevis, Jamaica, El Salvador, Honduras, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Panama, Guatemala OCEANIA: New Caledonia, Tonga, Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, American Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands ITALY are the World Champions...
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