that's 4 wins, 0 loses, and 2 draws out of 6 games, with 3 more to play...
at the VERY worst, CONCACAF sides will be 4-3-2, that would be 3 loses out of 9 games, AT WORST...
good proof for the heads of CONCACAF to present to FIFA as to why they should get 4 sides, and take away one from UEFA.
Vs teams not in the same federation (like france beating germany wouldn't be included, it's a win plus a loss for the fed.) CAF: 2-6-5 (46% are losses) AFC: 2-2-1 (40% are losses) CONCACAF: 4-0-2 (ZERO% are losses) CONMEBOL: 3-5-3 (45% are losses) OFC: N/A (N/A%) UEFA: 8-7-5 (35% are losses)
ZERO CONCACAF losses vs 7 UEFA losses...
current as of 3am EST 12-JUN-2002
for the non-world cup readers...
breakdown for the tourny: Africa (CAF): 5 out of the 50 member nations (10%) Asia (AFC): 2 or 3 plus Korea and Japan (4 or 5) out of 40 member nations (4 qualified, ireland beat iran for the final spot) normally Asia get 2 or 3 PERIOD...FIFA gave them the extra 2 because Asia would be fighting for 0 or 1 spot (10% or 12.5%, normally 5% or 7.5%) North & Central American, & Carribian (CONCACAF): 3 out of 35 member nations (8.5%) South America (CONMEBOL): 4 or 5 out of 10 member nations (5 qualified, Uruguay beat Australia for the final spot) (40% or 50% of nations make the cup!!!! but 3 former Cup winners are in CONMEBOL Oceania (OFC): ZERO or 1 out of 10 teams will make the cup (Australia lost to Uruguay for the final spot) (0% or 10% will make the cup) Europe (UEFA): 13 or 14 plus FRANCE (defending champs, but starting next cup, defending champs must qualify, only host nation(s) will draw a bid) out of 51 nations (27.4% or 29.4% make the cup) (Ireland beat iran for the final spot)
sum up: 32 out of 196 play in the world cup. South American teams have a 40-50% chance of making European teams have a 27-29% chance making CONCACAF teams have a 10% chance making Oceania teams have a 0-10% chance of making...
granted, there is more talent in South America than Oceania
hopefully FIFA will take a spot from UEFA and give it to CONCACAF.
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