World Cup Statistics

First week of World Cup is behind us. Thorinho has prepared very nice stats based on all pre-qualification games. Take a look at them and try to guess why such empires as Oceania have fallen so early!

Stars

01.Oceania - 85.5 out!
02.Norge - 84.0
03.Danmark - 80.5
03.Ireland - 80.5
05.Espana - 79.5 out!
05.Polska - 79.5
07.België - 79.0 out!
07.Italia - 79.0 out!
09.México - 76.5
10.Malaysia - 76.0
11.Österreich - 75.5
11.Portugal - 75.5 out!
11.Scotland - 75.5
14.Türkiye - 75.0
15.France - 74.0
16.Brasil - 73.0
16.China - 73.0
16.Magyarország - 73.0
19.Hrvatska - 72.0 out!
20.Rossiya - 71.0
21.Schweiz - 70.5 out!
22.India - 69.5 out!
23.Venezuela - 68.5 out!
24.South Africa - 68.0
25.Latvija - 67.0 out!
25.Srbija i Crna Gora - 67.0 out!
27.Argentina - 66.5 out!
28.Ceska - 66.0 out!
29.Chile - 64.0 out!
29.Hellas - 64.0 out!
31.Indonesia - 63.0
31.Israel - 63.0 out!

Average Ratings

01.België - 19.44 out!
02.Malaysia - 19.11
03.Norge - 18.88
04.Espana - 18.55 out!
05.Ireland - 18.44
05.Italia - 18.44 out!
05.Oceania - 18.44 out!
05.Scotland - 18.44
09.Danmark - 18.33
10.France - 18.22
10.Magyarország - 18.22
12.Türkiye - 18.11
13.México - 18.00
14.Brasil - 17.66
15.Österreich - 17.55
15.Portugal - 17.55 out!
17.Hrvatska - 17.44 out!
17.Srbija i Crna Gora - 17.44 out!
19.China - 17.33
19.Latvija - 17.33 out!
19.Venezuela - 17.33 out!
22.Rossiya - 17.22
23.Ceska - 17.11 out!
24.Polska - 17.00
25.Chile - 16.88 out!
26.India - 16.55 out!
26.Indonesia - 16.55
26.South Africa - 16.55
29.Argentina - 16.44 out!
30.Hellas - 16.11 out!
31.Schweiz - 16.00 out!
32.Israel - 15.22 out!

Disciplinary

India - 4
Malaysia - 4
South Africa - 4
Indonesia - 3
België - 2
Argentina - 1
Brasil - 1
Ceska - 1
Chile - 1
Israel - 1
Italia - 1
Magyarország - 1
Österreich - 1
Polska - 1
Portugal - 1
China - 0
Danmark - 0
Espana - 0
France - 0
Hellas - 0
Hrvatska - 0
Ireland - 0
Latvija - 0
México - 0
Norge - 0
Oceania - 0
Rossiya - 0
Schweiz - 0
Scotland - 0
Srbija i Crna Gora - 0
Türkiye - 0
Venezuela - 0

Brief explanation, each yellow card equals one point, red card three points, double yellow equals 1+3

Top Scorers

01.Zhang Huya-Na (5094151), Malaysia, 4 goals
02.Andor Molnár (3679012), Magyarország, 2 goals
02.Cai Mu-Shu (4064466), China, 2 goals
02.Eddie MacBride (2795878), Ireland, 2 goals
02.Kristopher Petersen (3751017), Österreich, 2 goals
02.Mikael Billstedt (4768207), Danmark, 2 goals

35 players with one goal each

49 goals in 16 matches make up an average of 3.06 goals per match.

Allstar Team

Goalkeeper
Jordi Lazaro (1520306), 12.5*, México

Defenders
Eryk Wasilewski (3576412), 8.5*, Polska
Peter Jeppesen (3571912), 8.5*, Danmark
José Manuel Gortazar (4770816), 8*, Espana

Midfielders
Uddhar Bala (1238461), 8.5*, India
Mohd Firdaus bin Hussain (3613228), 8*, Malaysia
Panar Guzey (2715556) ,8*, Türkiye

Wingers
Halvor Gardvik (3673738), 8*, Norge
Marco Palladino (4750588), 7.5*, Italia

Strikers
Martin Lindo Westergaard (3495037), 8*, Danmark
Joshua Duilach (3786297), 7.5*, Scotland

Attendance

94472 (13677202)
70162 (13677194)
66336 (13677206)
60243 (13677203)
55903 (13677198)
53601 (13677201)
49754 (13677195)
48393 (13677193)
47615 (13677205)
43962 (13677204)
43522 (13677199)
42729 (13677191)
41048 (13677196)
39383 (13677190)
37515 (13677192)
37137 (13677200)

831775 spectators divided on 16 matches make up an average of 51985.

Weather

Sunny: 4 (25.000%)
Partially cloudy: 3 (18.750%)
Overcast: 6 (37.500%)
Rain: 3 (18.750%)

Tactics

3-4-3: 5 (15,625%)
3-5-2: 25 (78.125%)
0-6-4: 1 (3,125%)
2-6-2: 1 (3,125%)

edit 20.02.2007 - story written by thorinho