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For all the hype with World Cup and I love the event, it’s pretty much these 4 (Italy if they qualified) that has won the event. Last time a country outside of
by vermontdevil 8y ago
For all the hype with World Cup and I love the event, it’s pretty much these 4 (Italy if they qualified) that has won the event. Last time a country outside of the big four(five) is Argentina back in 86
Makes for a bit of a dull ending sometimes.
- paulcole 8y agoIt's pretty rare that the championship is the best game/series in a tournament/playoffs. Look at the history of Super Bowls, NCAA tournaments, NBA playoffs, etc. More about the journey than the destination.
- sien 8y agoThe winner for an individual WC is hard to pick and there are usually 4-5 big teams that could win but they have changed a little bit. France hadn't won a WC and kept choking until 1998. Spain were the same until 2010. Italy and Argentina have been in and out of the favourites as well. England were #1 in Elo rankings in the late 1980s and got to the semis in 1990 and were only knocked out with the help of a handball in 1986. With a bit of luck Holland might also have been able to win a WC. Finals in 74, 78 & 2010. But outside a few big teams it is pretty unlikely that there will be a real surprise winner. There are too many big good teams so that one or two surprises isn't enough to win. For example South Korea shocked Italy in 2002 but then Germany beat them. Or Croatia beat Germany in 1998 but then got beaten.
- loblollyboy 8y agoArgentina is also part of that top (6) - they’re the Liverpool of international football.
- OscarCunningham 8y agoAccording to Betfair, the probability of one of those teams winning is around 70%. So there's still 30% chance of an upset (most probably from Belgium).