|
Post by Panda on Jun 9, 2010 20:30:39 GMT 1
Each of the 32 teams' past World Cup records: Team | 1930 | 1934 | 1938 | 1950 | 1954 | 1958 | 1962 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | Algeria | | | | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R1 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Argentina | F | R1 | | | | R1 | R1 | QF | DNQ | R2 | W | R2 | W | F | R2 | QF | R1 | QF | Australia | | | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R2 | Brazil | R1 | R1 | SF | F | QF | W | W | R1 | W | R2 | R2 | R2 | QF | R2 | W | F | W | QF | Cameroon | | | | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R1 | DNQ | QF | R1 | R1 | R1 | DNQ | Chile | R1 | | | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | SF | R1 | DNQ | R1 | DNQ | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | Denmark | | | | | | DNQ | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | QF | R2 | DNQ | England | | | | R1 | QF | R1 | QF | W | QF | DNQ | DNQ | R2 | QF | SF | DNQ | R2 | QF | QF | France | R1 | R1 | QF | DNQ | R1 | SF | DNQ | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | R1 | SF | SF | DNQ | DNQ | W | R1 | F | Germany | | SF | R1 | | W | SF | QF | F | SF | W | R2 | F | F | W | QF | QF | F | SF | Ghana | | | | | | | DNQ | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R2 | Greece | | DNQ | DNQ | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Holland | | R1 | R1 | | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | F | F | DNQ | DNQ | R2 | QF | SF | DNQ | R2 | Honduras | | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Italy | | W | W | R1 | R1 | DNQ | R1 | R1 | F | R1 | R2 | W | R2 | SF | F | QF | R2 | W | Ivory Coast | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R1 | Japan | | | | | DNQ | | DNQ | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R1 | R2 | R1 | Mexico | R1 | DNQ | | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | QF | DNQ | R1 | DNQ | QF | | R2 | R2 | R2 | R2 | New Zealand | | | | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Nigeria | | | | | | | DNQ | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R2 | R2 | R1 | DNQ | North Korea | | | | | | | | QF | | DNQ | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | | DNQ | Paraguay | R1 | | | R1 | DNQ | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | R2 | R2 | R1 | Portugal | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | SF | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R1 | SF | Serbia | SF | DNQ | DNQ | R1 | QF | QF | SF | DNQ | DNQ | R2 | DNQ | R1 | DNQ | QF | DNQ | R2 | DNQ | R1 | Slovakia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Slovenia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | R1 | DNQ | South Africa | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | R1 | R1 | DNQ | South Korea | | | | | R1 | | DNQ | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | SF | R1 | Spain | | QF | | F | DNQ | DNQ | R1 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | R1 | R2 | QF | R2 | QF | R1 | QF | R2 | Switzerland | | QF | QF | R1 | QF | DNQ | R1 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | R2 | USA | SF | R1 | | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R1 | R2 | R1 | QF | R1 | Uruguay | W | | | W | SF | DNQ | R1 | QF | SF | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | R2 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | R1 | DNQ |
|
|
|
Post by Panda on Jun 10, 2010 18:19:24 GMT 1
World Cup top scorers:
1930: Guillermo Stabile (Argentina) - 8
1934: Oldrich Nejedly (Czechoslovakia) - 5
1938: Leonidas da Silva (Brazil) - 7
1950: Ademir (Brazil) - 9
1954: Sandor Kocsis (Hungary) - 11
1958: Just Fontaine (France) - 13
1962: Garrincha (Brazil) - 4 Vava (Brazil) Leonel Sanchez (Chile) Drazan Jerkovic (Yugoslavia) Valentin Ivanov (USSR) Florian Albert (Hungary)
1966: Eusebio (Portugal) - 9
1970: Gerd Muller (West Germany) - 10
1974: Grzegorz Lato (Poland) - 7
1978: Mario Kempes (Argentina) - 6
1982: Paolo Rossi (Italy) - 6
1986: Gary Lineker (England) - 6
1990: Salvatore Schillaci (Italy) - 6
1994: Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria) - 6 Oleg Salenko (Russia)
1998: Davor Suker (Croatia) - 6
2002: Ronaldo (Brazil) - 8
2006: Miroslav Klose (Germany) - 5
|
|
|
Post by Panda on Jun 10, 2010 18:57:18 GMT 1
No team has ever won the World Cup after losing their opening game.
3 teams have reached the final after losing their opening game (West Germany in 1982, Argentina in 1990, Italy in 1994)
Only 2 teams have won the World Cup after drawing their opening game (England in 1966, Italy in 1982)
No European team has ever won the World Cup outside Europe.
The first final between Uruguay and Argentina is the only final not to feature a European team.
Scotland hold the record for the most finals appearances without making it past the first round (8).
Luxembourg hold the record for the most unsuccessful attempts to qualify (17).
No World Cup has ever had more than two of the final four from the previous tournament reach the semi-finals.
The first World Cup penalty shoot-out was in the 1982 semi-final when West Germany beat France.
The most shoot-outs in a tournament is 4 (1990 and 2006).
No defending champions have won the tournament since Brazil in 1962.
World Cup debutants: 1930: Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, France, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Uruguay, USA, Yugoslavia 1934: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland 1938: Cuba, Dutch East Indies, Norway, Poland 1950: England 1954: Scotland, South Korea, Turkey 1958: Northern Ireland, Wales 1962: Bulgaria, Colombia 1966: North Korea, Portugal 1970: El Salvador, Israel, Morocco 1974: Australia, East Germany, Haiti, Zaire 1978: Iran, Tunisia 1982: Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait, New Zealand 1986: Canada, Denmark, Iraq 1990: Costa Rica, Ireland, United Arab Emirates 1994: Greece, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia 1998: Croatia, Jamaica, Japan, South Africa 2002: China, Ecuador, Senegal, Slovenia 2006: Angola, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Ukraine 2010: none (FIFA regards both Czech Republic and Slovakia as a continuation of Czechoslovakia)
|
|
|
Post by Panda on Jun 11, 2010 14:09:21 GMT 1
England's record for their opening games:
Played 12 Won 5 Drawn 5 Lost 2
|
|
|
Post by suedehead on Jun 11, 2010 20:20:51 GMT 1
2010: none (FIFA regards both Czech Republic and Slovakia as a continuation of Czechoslovakia) Good old FIFA being as inconsistent as ever. By the same logic, Croatia and Slovenia should count as a continuation of Yugoslavia and Ukraine a continuation of USSR.
|
|
|
Post by Panda on Jun 11, 2010 21:10:30 GMT 1
I'm not sure how much Slovenian players featured for Yugoslavia, but you could certainly make a case for Ukraine and Croatia.
|
|
|
Post by suedehead on Jun 11, 2010 21:14:31 GMT 1
I'm not sure how much Slovenian players featured for Yugoslavia, but you could certainly make a case for Ukraine and Croatia. Serbia & Montenegro were in the 2006 tournament as well. They seem to have been treated as an extension of Yugoslavia.
|
|
|
Post by Panda on Jun 11, 2010 21:17:28 GMT 1
I'm not sure how much Slovenian players featured for Yugoslavia, but you could certainly make a case for Ukraine and Croatia. Serbia & Montenegro were in the 2006 tournament as well. They seem to have been treated as an extension of Yugoslavia. Yes, Serbia inherited the record of Serbia & Montenegro. Serbia & Montenegro inherited the record of Yugoslavia. To be fair, Serbia & Montenegro still played as Yugoslavia for several years after the break-up. For what it's worth the Serbia & Montenegro squad for the 2006 World Cup featured 22 Serbs and 1 Montenegrin.
|
|
|
Post by suedehead on Jun 11, 2010 21:28:13 GMT 1
Serbia & Montenegro were in the 2006 tournament as well. They seem to have been treated as an extension of Yugoslavia. Yes, Serbia inherited the record of Serbia & Montenegro. Serbia & Montenegro inherited the record of Yugoslavia. To be fair, Serbia & Montenegro still played as Yugoslavia for several years after the break-up. For what it's worth the Serbia & Montenegro squad for the 2006 World Cup featured 22 Serbs and 1 Montenegrin. Unfortunately only the Montenegrin turned up against Argentina
|
|
vastar iner
Member
I am the poster on your wall
Posts: 17,578
|
Post by vastar iner on Jun 11, 2010 21:34:26 GMT 1
Funny that we use the Italian for Montenegro.
|
|
|
Post by paulgilb on Jun 11, 2010 22:44:31 GMT 1
Another fact of note is that Serbia & Montenegro had ceased to exist prior to the 2006 tournament.
|
|
|
Post by Panda on Jun 12, 2010 16:21:10 GMT 1
England's record when winning opening game: Quarter-finals (1970, 2006) 2nd round (1982, 1998) 1st round (1950)
England's record when drawing opening game: Winners (1966) Semi-finals (1990) Quarter-finals (1954, 2002) 1st round (1958)
England's record when losing opening game: Quarter-finals (1962, 1986)
|
|
|
Post by fiesta on Jun 12, 2010 17:05:27 GMT 1
So going purely on Englands past world cup performances, the best result for them tonight - to get to atleast the semi-finals stages, would be a draw. The worst result would be a win
|
|
frag
Member
*Paranoid Android*
I have no idea what you're talking about, so here's a bunny with a pancake on its head.
Posts: 25,375
|
Post by frag on Jun 14, 2010 17:09:58 GMT 1
Goals scored in the first eight matches of recent tournaments: 2010: 13 (4 by Germany) 2006: 18 (4 by Germany) 2002: 25 (8 by Germany) 1998: 22 (Germany didn't play, but incidentally won their first game 2-0 a few days later)
Average (goals per game) from above: 2010: 1.625 2006: 2.25 2002: 3.125 1998: 2.75
|
|
frag
Member
*Paranoid Android*
I have no idea what you're talking about, so here's a bunny with a pancake on its head.
Posts: 25,375
|
Post by frag on Jun 14, 2010 17:13:51 GMT 1
Greece's world cup finals record: Played 4 Lost 4 Scored 0 Conceded 12
1994: 0-4 vs Argentina 0-4 vs Bulgaria 0-2 vs Nigeria
2010: 0-2 vs South Korea ?? vs Nigeria (Thursday, 3pm) ?? vs Argentina (Tue 22nd, 7.30pm)
Odd that two of the same teams are in the same group 16 years ago. Argentina and Nigeria were also drawn together (in England's group) 8 years ago.
|
|
|
Post by Panda on Jun 14, 2010 19:21:24 GMT 1
South Africa's group opponents are the same three England had in 1966.
|
|
|
Post by Panda on Jun 14, 2010 20:00:15 GMT 1
England's record in second group games: Played: 12 Won: 6 Drawn: 3 Lost: 3
England's record in second game after drawing opening game: Played: 5 Won: 3 Drawn: 2 Lost: 0
|
|
vastar iner
Member
I am the poster on your wall
Posts: 17,578
|
Post by vastar iner on Jun 14, 2010 21:34:48 GMT 1
Greece's world cup finals record: ... 0-4 vs Bulgaria Which was Bulgaria's first Finals win, at the 18th attempt.
|
|
frag
Member
*Paranoid Android*
I have no idea what you're talking about, so here's a bunny with a pancake on its head.
Posts: 25,375
|
Post by frag on Jun 15, 2010 21:58:23 GMT 1
Greece's world cup finals record: ... 0-4 vs Bulgaria Which was Bulgaria's first Finals win, at the 18th attempt. They still went on to the semi finals of that tournament, beating world champions Germany along the way, with Stoichkov the golden boot winner.
|
|
|
Post by Panda on Jun 15, 2010 22:15:30 GMT 1
They still went on to the semi finals of that tournament, beating world champions Germany along the way, with Stoichkov the golden boot winner. Jointly with Russia's Oleg Salenko, who scored five in a 6-1 win over Cameroon. In the same game, Roger Milla became the oldest ever World Cup finals scorer at the age of 42.
|
|