FIFA World Cup 2014

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11 years 1 week ago

Mac Wrote:

> From fifa.com
>
> The Brazilian Ronaldo is Fifa World Cup's all-time
> leading goal scorer with 15 goals. But that is
> under threat as Germany's Klose has scored 14
> goals to date.
>
> The record number of goals in a single tournament
> goes to Fontaine for 13 goals in 1958.
>
> The highest average goals per game goes Kocsis
> with 11 goals in five games (year?)

1954, CnC should remember that World Cup well.

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11 years 1 week ago

#481040

The very first World Cup mascot belongs to England's "Willie". Here are the others

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11 years 1 week ago

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In case you didn't know, Brazil's mascot is Fuleco who is supposed to be an armadillo

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11 years 6 days ago

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Taken from www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=5/ne...s-to-go-2346405.html

The highest scoring world cup match of all time belongs to Austria v Switzerland 7-5 in 1954. The Swiss are one of two teams to have scored 5 goals but still lost, the other was Poland when Brazil beat them in 1938.

The highest scoring final was Brazil v Sweden 5-2 in 1958.

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11 years 5 days ago

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Taken from www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=5/ne...s-to-go-2346428.html

The fastest goal in world cup history, 11 seconds, goes to Hakan Sukur of Turkey against the Korea Republic in 2002.

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11 years 4 days ago

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Spain’s triumph at South Africa 2010 tipped the historical FIFA World Cup balance in favour of Europe, who go into Brazil 2014 with a 10-9 lead over South America.

Italy are Europe's champions with four world titles and Brazil are South America's with five.

www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=5/ne...s-to-go-2346430.html

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11 years 3 days ago

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I fancy Argentina to lift the cup after a poor performance in 2010. My outside bet will be Nigeria. taking 5/1 on them making the quarter finals and 20/1 on them getting to the semi's.

Brazil are worthy favourites but I think that they will bow out of the competition around the semi's.

See you in Brazil...(tu)

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11 years 3 days ago

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Not surprisingly the wearers of the No. 9 shirts have scored the most goals since numbers were printed on shirts in 1954. The No. 9's are followed in order of goals scored by 10,11, 7 and 8.

www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=6/ne...s-to-go-2353425.html

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11 years 2 days ago

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Uruguay any chance?

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11 years 2 days ago

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Just thought i would bump the original thread to the top...

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11 years 2 days ago

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In 17 attempts Germany have failed only once to reach the quarter finals since 1934. www.fifa.com .
I know its only historically (and insensitive to the teams and forms of the respective groups) but that equates to a probability of 94%, or odds of 63/1000, that Germany will reach the quarter finals. Don't be falling over your friendly bookie to get a whopping 5/10. The bargain bet since Usain Bolt's 6/10!!

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shrek
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11 years 2 days ago

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A South American team has won every World Cup hosted in the Americas. Until South Africa 2010 a South American team had never lost a World Cup played outside of Europe.

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