Correlation between Population, GDP and other stats and the Ranking of World Cup Teams

One day the chileans will end up winning a world championship of humor, I'm pretty sure.
And Bielsa (or some other Argentine director) they write their scripts.

 

We already have, but we were disqualified for "joking" too much, in the middle of the championship......

 

New Zealand 4.5 vs Croatia 4.5 vs Uruguay 3.5



Ranking FIFA (Football)

7. Uruguay
16. Croatia
89. New Zealand



Ranking FIBA (Basket)

16. Croatia
19. New Zealand
27. Uruguay



Ranking IRB (Rugby)

1. New Zealand
20. Uruguay
56. Croatia



Fuente:

http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/index.html?intcmp=fifacom_hp_module_ranking

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/even/rank/p/rankMen.html

http://www.irb.com/rankings/sportid=1/ranking/index.html



... and I think if we had 1 more million of inhabitants, we could be in the top 20 of the basket, as we were throughout the 20th century. Don't forget that Uruguay and Brazil were in the last century, the only two South American powers: http://museo.urubasket.com/

 

Uruguay's last win against a Top 10 (Basket)

FIBA Americas Championship in Caracas (Venezuela), 2 September 2013

 

I dont think GDP is a huge factor in strength of national team, although it prob. depends on the country. Theres a point where it does help a lot, then just remains constant. The thing that changes is the school or soccer philosophy; the south american with street futbol, or european with academies.

 

that was funny

 

Hrvatski Dom, Montevideo - Uruguay 1928 - 2008

80th anniversary concert, Sala Zitarrosa, Montevideo

Tuesday November 18th, ...



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo_Matos_Rodríguez

 

Urugvajaus lietuviu kulturos draugija

Uruguay, 1000 Lituania -- Lietuva



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorio_Cieslinskas

 

Flag of Serbia (and Frente Amplio)

 

Y avísenme cuando tengan los tickets esos que venden en oferta.

Tengo varias propuestas para hacerles.

 

......

 

Nice picture of those 3 (Forlan, Cavani and Suarez).
Very likely if FIFA ends eliminating and banning Uruguay from next WC (which it is very likely), after recent Uruguayan government involvement in Uruguay's FA (where almost all FA officials has renounced to their positions, including their president, vice-presidents, head of their NT and every other official), that picture will be the most we will see of all 3 of them, next WC.

 

Uruguay wont be banned, its not "very likely" at all in my opinion. What the government did is pretty much the opposite of getting involved, leaving 100% of the security to the clubs, like it should be.

 

Not if FIFA interpret's it, as Government intervention, which is severely sanctioned.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/31/uk-soccer-uruguay-idUKBREA2U1JJ20140331

 

Yeah, its severely sanctioned. But this wont be considered intervention, in fact, I wish Chile followed in the same footstep.

 

I agree that this isn't interference. Government intervention generally refers to when the government makes decisions for the FA, or decisions that directly affect the FA. Pulling the police from a match is far from that.

 

how this thread became a photo album of Uruguay? Including the president with a girl?


anyway, total nonsense that FIFA would exclude Uruguay for the president withdrawing cops from club games. This is NOT an interference in the FA.

It´s akin to FIFA banning a country for the government not building public stadiums, or not giving money for clubs to buy players, etc.

I doubt there is any FIFA estatute that demands that PUBLIC MONEY be spend on the security of football matches.