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Anonymous
04/05/26(Sun)06:23:10 No.154122764

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Anonymous 04/05/26(Sun)06:23:10 No.154122764

In the last 8 World Cups, the champion’s position in the FIFA rankings at the start of the tournament was:

2022: Argentina (3rd)
2018: France (7th)
2014: Germany (2nd)
2010: Spain (2nd)
2006: Italy (13th)
2002: Brazil (2nd)
1998: France (18th)
1994: Brazil (3rd)

Most champions (6 out of 8) started the competition in the world’s Top 3. The exceptions were Italy in 2006 and France in 1998

To date, no team that started the World Cup as the No. 1 in the FIFA rankings has won the title.

1998: Brazil was No. 1 and lost the final to France.
2002: France was No. 1 and was eliminated in the group stage.
2006: Brazil was No. 1 and was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
2010: Brazil was ranked No. 1 and was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
2014: Spain was ranked No. 1 and was eliminated in the group stage.
2018: Germany was ranked No. 1 and was eliminated in the group stage.
2022: Brazil was ranked No. 1 and was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Anonymous
04/05/26(Sun)06:26:40 No.154122779

Anonymous 04/05/26(Sun)06:26:40 No.154122779

>>154122764
France 98 shouldnt be considered because as a host they couldnt grind points against big teams
It would probably be top 3 in the ranking

Anonymous
04/05/26(Sun)06:31:44 No.154122794

Anonymous 04/05/26(Sun)06:31:44 No.154122794

>>154122764
doesnt matter
the 2026 winner is a country with ~50M+ people and ~$700M+ squad
this is why euros are more enjoyable
i will only watch the semis and 3rd place game.

Anonymous
04/05/26(Sun)07:37:48 No.154123079

Anonymous 04/05/26(Sun)07:37:48 No.154123079

>>154122794
Calm down Twain, the euro is not near world cup's audience

Anonymous
04/05/26(Sun)08:01:33 No.154123175

Anonymous 04/05/26(Sun)08:01:33 No.154123175

>>154123079
>audience
idk what twain is
also that's the exactly point of a DEI world cup you idiot: maximize audience at the expense of dilluting the entire thing but you're too bananabrained to understand.

if Djibouti and Zambia would get wc wildcards like in tennis tournaments, you sudacas would start cheering for some reason "yea you go king thats literally me you deserve wc spots Umudumwueke!" completely ignoring the fact that the whole tournament became Conference League tier and you got entire national teams with £17M market value.
is that how you want to win world cups?
against Wank Islands and Curacao?

miss me with this gay shit bro enjoy your tinpot tournament.

Anonymous
04/05/26(Sun)08:09:20 No.154123209

Anonymous 04/05/26(Sun)08:09:20 No.154123209

>>154122764
>USA 16th with that many points
what the fuck lmao

Anonymous
04/05/26(Sun)08:16:43 No.154123248

Anonymous 04/05/26(Sun)08:16:43 No.154123248

>>154123209
Stat padding against CONCACAF

Anonymous
04/05/26(Sun)08:19:35 No.154123266

Anonymous 04/05/26(Sun)08:19:35 No.154123266

>statsfags
no one cares

Anonymous
04/05/26(Sun)08:24:28 No.154123303

Anonymous 04/05/26(Sun)08:24:28 No.154123303

>>154123175
So you're Alfonso?

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