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Friday, June 25, 2010

HISTORY : WORLD CUP FOOTBALL SO FAR

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World Cup 1930

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Winners Uruguay

Teams 13

Teams in qualifiers N/A

Notable absentees Of the major European countries, only France took part

Surprises USA, who finished third

Golden Boot Guillermo Stábile (Argentina) - 8

Stats A total of 70 goals were scored (3.89 per match); Argentina (18) scored the most

Format One group of four and three groups of three in the qualifying stage, with the top from each group going into the semi-finals

Number of matches 18

World Cup 1934


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Winners Italy

Teams 16

Teams in qualifiers 32

Notable absentees Holders Uruguay, England

Surprises Egypt

Golden Boot Oldrich Nejedlý (Czechoslovakia) - 5

Stats A total of 70 goals were scored (4.12 per match); Italy (12) scored the most

Format Straight knockout, replays for drawn matches

Number of matches 17

World Cup 1938


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Winners Italy

Teams 15

Teams in qualifiers 37

Notable absentees Argentina, England, Spain, Uruguay

Surprises Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), Cuba

Golden Boot Leônidas (Brazil) - 7

Stats A total of 84 goals were scored (4.67 per match); Hungary (15) scored the most

Format Straight knockout, replays for drawn matches

Number of matches 18

World Cup 1950


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Winners Uruguay

Teams 13

Teams in qualifiers 34

Notable absentees France, Germany, Hungary

Surprises Bolivia

Golden Boot Ademir (Brazil) - 9

Stats A total of 88 goals were scored (4.00 per match); Brazil (22) scored the most

Format Four groups, with the winners of each progressing to a four-team round-robin

            final group. Withdrawals meant there were two groups of four, one of three and one of two

Number of matches 22

World Cup History

World Cup 1954


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Winners West Germany

Teams 16

Teams in qualifiers 45

Notable absentees Spain

Surprises Korean Republic

Golden Boot Sándor Kocsis (Hungary) - 11

Stats A total of 140 goals were scored (5.38 per match); Hungary (27) scored the most

                                                                       Format Four groups of four with two seeded and two unseeded teams in each group.

However, the teams played just two matches per  group rather than the usual three, with the seeded sides facing unseeded sides

. Where teams ended up tied for the second qualifying position by points, they required a play-off.

 

The two teams finishing at the top of their group went through to the quarter-finals

Number of matches 26

World Cup 1958


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Winners Brazil

Teams 16

Teams in qualifiers 45

Notable absentees Italy, Uruguay

Surprises Wales, Northern Ireland

Golden Boot Just Fontaine (France) - 13

Stats A total of 126 goals were scored (3.60 per match); France (23) scored the most

Format Four groups of four, with the top two progressing to the quarter-finals

Number of matches 35

World Cup 1962


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Winners Brazil

Teams 16

Teams in qualifiers 56

Notable absentees Sweden

Surprises Colombia

                              Golden Boot Garrincha, Vavá (Brazil), Leonel Sánchez (Chile), Drazan Jerkovic (Yugoslavia) ,

 Flórián Albert (Hungary), Valentin Ivanov (USSR) - 4

Stats A total of 89 goals were scored (2.78 per match); Brazil (14) scored the most

Format Four groups of four, with the top two progressing to the quarter-finals

Number of matches 32

World Cup 1966


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Winners England

Teams 16

Teams in qualifiers 70

Notable absentees None

Surprises North Korea

Golden Boot Eusébio (Portugal) - 9

Stats A total of 89 goals were scored (2.78 per match); Portugal (17) scored the most

Format Four groups of four, with the top two progressing to the quarter-finals

Number of matches 32

World Cup 1970


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Winners Brazil

Teams16

Teams in qualifiers 75

Number of matches 32

Notable absentees Argentina, France, Portugal, Spain

Surprises Morocco, the first African qualifiers since World War II

Golden Boot Gerd Muller (Germany) - 10

World Cup 1974


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Winners West Germany

Teams 16

         Teams in qualifiers 99

Notable absentees England, France, Hungary, Spain, USSR

Surprises Australia, Haiti and Zaire

Golden Boot Grzegorz Lato (Poland) - 7

Stats A total of 97 goals were scored (2.55 per match); Poland (16) scored the most

             Format Four groups of four in the qualifying stage, with the top two from each group going into a second

 round of two four-team groups and the winners facing each other in the final

Number of matches 38

World Cup 1978


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Winners Argentina

Teams 16

Teams in qualifiers 107

Notable absentees England, Czechoslovakia, USSR

Surprises Iran, Tunisia

Golden Boot Mario Kempes (Argentina) - 6

Stats A total of 102 goals were scored (2.68 per match); Argentina and Netherlands (15) scored the most

Format Four groups of four in the qualifying stage, with the top two from each group into a second round of two groups of four,

the top side in each progressing into the final

Number of matches 38

World Cup 1982


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Winners Italy

Teams 24

Teams in qualifiers 109

Notable absentees Netherlands, Mexico

Surprises Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait, New Zealand

Golden Boot Paolo Rossi (Italy) - 6

Stats A total of 146 goals were scored (2.81 per match); France (16) scored the most

Format Six groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the second round,

 where they split into four groups of three. The winners of each group advanced to the semi-finals

Number of matches 52

World Cup 1986


November 10, 2009

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Winners Argentina

Teams 24

Teams in qualifiers 121

Notable absentees Netherlands

Surprises Canada, Iraq

Golden Boot Gary Lineker (England) - 6

Stats A total of 132 goals were scored (2.54 per match); Argentina (14) scored the most

Format Six groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of 16,

plus four best third-place finishers

Number of matches 52

World Cup 1990


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Winners West Germany

Teams 24

Teams in qualifiers 116

Notable absentees Denmark, France, Portugal

Surprises Costa Rica, Republic of Ireland, UAE

Golden Boot Salvatore Schillaci (Italy) - 6

Stats A total of 115 goals were scored (2.21 per match), which was the lowest goals-per-match ratio in World Cup history;

West Germany (15) scored the most

Format Six groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of 16,

plus four best third place finishers

Number of matches 52

World Cup 1994


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Winners Brazil

Teams 24

Teams in qualifiers 147

Notable absentees England, France

Surprises Greece, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia

Golden Boot Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria), Oleg Salenko (Russia) - 6

Stats A total of 141 goals were scored (2.71 per match); Sweden (15) scored the most

Format Six groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of 16, plus four best 3rd place finishers

Number of matches 52

World Cup 1998


November 10, 2009

By John Brewin and Martin Williamson

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Winners France

Teams 32

Teams in qualifiers 174

Notable absentees Russia

Surprises Jamaica, Japan, South Africa

Golden Boot Davor Suker (Croatia) - 6

Stats A total of 171 goals were scored (2.67 per match); France (15) scored the most

Format Eight groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of 16

Number of matches 64

World Cup 2002


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Winners Brazil

Teams 32

Teams in qualifiers 199

Notable absentees Netherlands

Surprises Senegal, South Korea, Turkey

Golden Boot Ronaldo (Brazil) - 8

Stats A total of 161 goals were scored (2.52 per match); Brazil (18) scored the most

Format Eight groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of 16

Number of matches 64

World Cup 2006


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Winners Italy

Teams 32

Teams in qualifiers 198

Notable Absentees Cameroon, Nigeria

Surprises Angola, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago

Golden Boot Miroslav Klose (Germany) - 5

Stats A total of 147 goals were scored (2.30 per match); Germany (14) scored the most

Format Eight groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of 16

Number of matches 64

 

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