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Ranking the FIFA World Cup Nations Since 1998
The Russia 2018 World Cup will be the 6th tournament in the 32-team era, while FIFA are planning on expanding the tournament in 2026. Meanwhile, a year before Russia host the tournament, we rank the performances of the world’s football nations since 1998 based on their finish. Unlike our pre-2010 World Cup rankings, we didn’t hand out points for making the group stage.
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The History of World Cup Winners & Hosts
The 2014 World Cup will be the fourth to be hosted by a country that has already had the privilege of doing so, as Brazil try and erase the memories of the tragic loss 64 years ago, when they failed to win the competition for the first time, having to wait eight more years before beginning their dynasty.
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2014 World Cup – Early Favorites
The 2014 World Cup in Brazil isn’t that far away – only five months to go, so it’s a good time to start checking out who is who and what is what, including the early favorites to win the competition. Three teams seem to be somewhat ahead of the rest: Brazil, the hosts and confederation cup winners; Spain, the defending World and European champions; and Germany, with probably the most talented squad heading into the tournament.
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Stadiums of The 2014 FIFA World Cup
The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil will be played in 12 different stadiums in different cities and different states, all being the capital of its respective region. This means that the tournament is spread more or less across the entire nation, unlike the previous World Cup in the country which was concentrated in the South and South East.
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Worst Teams in World Cup History
Almost every World Cup has a team, usually the champions, which remain carved into our memories forever. However, the same can be said about the worst teams to appear in these tournaments, who don’t only lose all three group matches, but look extremely terrible doing so as well.
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FIFA Plan to Change World Cup Ranking System & Screw Belgium & Colombia
FIFA isn’t an organization that likes change, in pretty much anything. So in order to avoid a situation in which “unattractive” names like Belgium or Colombia are the first seed in the 2014 World Cup group draw, they’re about to once again tinker with the system and enable nations with a better chance of selling tickets to have a number one spot reserved for them.
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2022 World Cup – Qatar, FIFA and Winter Make No Sense
On one end of the spectrum? FIFA, Sepp Blatter and the chosen hosts of the 2022 World Cup, Qatar. On the other end? Almost everyone else, from the losing bidders, the top European leagues, Fox Spots and many many more, trying to make sure that the World Cup takes place in the summer, as it should, and preferably in a different country.
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Competitions With the Largest Payouts in Sports (Infographic)
Where is most of the money in sports? Probably big sponsorship deals and TV contracts, but because not all of those deals are done directly with players and the teams, tournaments, competitions and leagues have the power of distrubuting the money to their teams and mostly the succesful ones that reach the final stages and win titles.
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Getting Ready For Sunday – Remembering the FIFA World Cup Finals
Four days away from the end of the 19th FIFA World Cup and, we take a stroll through history lane and check out the previous World Cup Final matches from 1930 to 2006.