Tuesday, July 3, 2018

World Cup Football

It's Just my Opinion

(I will leave our pre WWII competitions as my knowledge with respect to these is very limited).

Ten Greatest Tornaments

1. Mexico 1970
2. Spain 1982
3. W. Germany 1974
4. England 1966
5. Mexico 1986
6. Switzerland 1954
7. France 1998
8. Germany 2006
9. Sweden 1958
10. USA 1994

Five Worst Tournaments

1. Italy 1990
2. Chile 1962
3. South Africa 2010
4. Brazil 1950
5. Japan/South Korea 2002

Ten Greatest Winning Teams

1. Brazil 1970
2. Germany 2014
3. Brazil 1958
4. Italy 1982
5. France 1998
6. England 1966
7. W. Germany 1974
8. Argentina 1986
9. Spain 2010
10. Brazil 1962

Five Worst Winning Teams

1. W. Germany 1954
2. Uruguay 1950
3. Argentina 1978
4. Brazil 1994
5. Italy 2006

Ten Best Teams Not to have won the Tournament

1. Hungary 1954
2. Netherlands 1974
3. Brazil 1982
4. France 1986
5. Poland 1974
6. England 1982
7. Italy 1990
8. Germany 2006
9. England 1986
10. Germany 2010

Five Poor Teams that fluked their way to the final

1. Argentina 1990
2. Italy 1994
3. Germany 2002
4. W. Germany 1986
5. France 2006

Ten Greatest Shock Results

1. W. Germany 3 Hungary 2 - 1954
2. USA 1 England 0 - 1950
3. North Korea 1 Italy 0 - 1966
4. Cameroon 1 Argentina 0 - 1990
5. Senegal 1 France 0 - 2002
6. Algeria 2 W. Germany 1 - 1982
7. South Korea 2 Italy 1 - 2002
8. Northern Ireland 1 Spain 0 - 1982
9. Costa Rica 1 Italy 0 - 2014
10. South Korea 2 Germany 0 - 2018




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