Data on how the 3 worst ranked teams have done in the last three World Cups

[marcus]

Here are the rankings of the 3 worst teams prior to the last 3 world cups and their results in the world cup.

1994 USA
            Rank  GP  W   D    L    GF   GA   PT
Bolivia   - 43     3   0    1    2     1     4     1    Lost 1-0 to Germany /Lost 3-1 to Spain/Draw 0-0 to S.Korea
S.Korea - 37     3   0    2    1     4     5     2    Lost 3-2 to Germany/Draw 2-2 to Spain/Draw 0-0 to Bolivia
S.Arabia - 34    3   2    0     1    4      3    6    Lost 2-1 to Holland/Won 2-1 to Morocco/Won 1-0 to Belgium/Lost 3-1 in Rnd.16



1998 France
               Rank  GP  W   D    L    GF   GA   PT
Nigeria      - 74    3   2    0    1     5     5    6     Lost 3-1 to Paraguay/Win 3-2 to Spain/Win 1-0 to Bulgaria/Lost 4-1 in Rnd.16
Cameroon - 49    3   0    2    1     2     5     2    Lost 3-0 to Italy/Draw 1-1 to Austria/Draw 1-1 to Chile
Iran          - 42    3    1    0    2     2     4     3    Lost 1-0 to Yugoslavia/Lost 2-0 to Germany/Won 2-1 to USA


2002 Japan/S.Korea
           Rank   GP  W   D    L    GF   GA   PT
China    - 50     3    0    0    3     0     9     0   Lost 2-0 to Costa Rica/Lost 4-0 to Brazil/Lost 3-0 to Turkey   
Senegal - 42     3    1    2    0    5     4     5    Draw 1-1 to Denmark/Draw 3-3 to Uruguay/Won 1-0 to France / Lost 1-0 in Qrts
S.Korea - 40     3    2    1    0    4      1    7    Draw 1-1 to USA/Won 2-0 to Poland/Won 1-0 to Portugal/ Lost 1-0 in Semi's [/color]


2006 Germany
                               GP  W   D    L    GF   GA   PT
Togo      - Rank 61     ?    ?    ?    ?     ?     ?     ?       
Angola    - Rank 57     ?    ?    ?    ?     ?     ?     ?   
Ghana     - Rank 48     ?    ?    ?    ?     ?     ?     ?   
Trinidad   - Rank 47     ?    ?    ?    ?     ?     ?     ?   



I was just curious as to how the lowest ranked teams have faired in the world cup, here is what I have found.
The data is encouraging, there are always upsets and surprises hopefully we can create the magic and be the cinderella team this time around.[/size]

[Jah Gol]

That is proof that football is not played on paper.

[supporter]

nice post on the upsets,marcos.  It has been done, it can be done, and it will be done again in Germany!

[raj]

This is a great post. Valuable data to show that is why they play the games. We could get in 1 draw,1 loss and 1 win.

THanks

[arrow]

as long as we don't pull a China I cool

[andre samuel]

as long as we don't pull a China I cool

Yeah boy arrow, cause dem ent even score ah goal!!

this is an excellent post
Great work marcus!!

ah love it!!