Europe v. S. America v. N/C. America v. Africa v. Asia v. Oceania

[Alf Bentley]

I thought I'd look at how the different continental confederations have performed so far....

 

W/D/L & Points per Game

 

South America        P18     W9    D6      L3    Pts 33     PPG 1.83

Europe                      P48   W24   D12   L12   Pts 84     PPG 1.75

Africa                        P30   W10   D10   L10   Pts 40     PPG 1.33

N/C. America          P18    W6     D2     L10   Pts 20     PPG 1.11

Asia*                         P27    W3     D9     L15   Pts 18     PPG 0.66

Oceania                    P3     W0     D1       L2    Pts 1       PPG 0.33

(* Asia includes Australia as they play in that confederation)

 

Qualified for Group Stages

 

Africa                         9/10 (90%)

South America         5/6 (83.3%)

Europe                     13/16 (81.25%)

N/C. America           3/6 (50%)

Asia*                         2/9 (22.2%)

Oceania                    0/1 (0%)

(* Asia includes Australia as they play in that confederation)

 

An extraordinary achievement for so many African sides to make the knock-outs - though a lot fewer seem likely to make the last 16 or quarter-finals.

Africa now has a lot of tier 2 sides, but not many tier 1 yet - but much better placed in 2026 than Asian sides and N/C. American sides, especially allowing for host nation status for US/Can/Mex.

I wonder if it would benefit the likes of New Zealand if the Asian and Oceanian confederations merged? The Aussies seem to have thrived by playing Asian sides, rather than Pacific island nations.

 

Teams winning all their group matches: Argentina, France & Mexico

 

Teams losing all their group matches: Haiti, Panama, Tunisia, Iraq, Jordan & Uzbekistan

 

Teams failing to score a goal: Panama

 

Teams yet to concede a goal: Spain & Mexico

 

Thanks for your appreciation, Statto Alf 

[whoareyaaa]

Messi playing in the US has made a huge difference to his performances, if England do face them we would need to stick it on him.

[davieG]

22 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Messi playing in the US has made a huge difference to his performances, if England do face them we would need to stick it on him.

The US fans are wondering why he's not playing for them now that he plays domestically in the US 

[Alf Bentley]

Qualified for Last 16 from Last 32

 

Europe                  7/13

South America    4/5

North America    3/3 (3 x hosts)

Africa                    2/9

Asia                       0/2

[reynard]

3 hours ago, Alf Bentley said:

Qualified for Last 16 from Last 32

 

Europe                  7/13

South America    4/5

North America    3/3 (3 x hosts)

Africa                    2/9

Asia                       0/2

Thanks for doing this research. I think this last list puts into context the whole farce that the extended format has become. When you can finish third in a group and still qualify it can be really affected by which was the fourth side in the group and how bad they were.  Egypt qualified from a group with two poor teams in it and so did England. There's no doubt African football has improved immensely and teams are unrecognizable from the Zaire side I recall in the 1974 (?) world cup.