From: vlad@erg.sri.com (vlad)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: High Scoring? (was Re: 1994 world cup...)
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:28:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: erg.1992Apr13.182800.14750
Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA

In article <1992Apr11.154850.8494@math.ucla.edu> dstein@rhea.math.ucla.edu (David Stein) writes:
>vlad@erg.sri.com (vlad) writes:
>
>>to rank countries based on their performance in the past 40 years, one
>>would rank them something like this:
>
>>1. Brazil, 2. Germany, 3 Argentina, 4.Italy, 5. Holland, 6. England  7. USSR, 
>>8-9 Poland, France, 10-11 Uruguai, Hungary, 12-14 Spain, Portugal, Yugoslavia,
>>etc.
>
>>Did I miss somebody?
> 
>
>  Assuming my data is correct (not sure),
>
>    SuperPower  MegaPower       Power           Force
>90: Germany;    Argentina;      Italy,England;  Cze,Yugo,Cameroon,Ireland
>88:             Holland;        USSR;           Germany,Italy
>86: Argentina;  Germany;        France,Belgium; England,Spain,Brazil,USSR
>84:             France;         Spain;          Portugal, Denmark
>82: Italy;      Germany;        France,Poland;  USSR,Brazil,England,Austria
>80:             Germany;        Belgium;        Cze,Italy
>78: Argentina;  Holland;        Italy,Brazil;   Austria,Germany,Peru,?
>76:             Czechoslovakia; Germany         Holland,Yugo
>
>
>  ....we could come up with a Euro table like this:
>
>Country         80 82 84 86 88 90 Points    75-90 Status
>=======         == == == == == == ======    ==============
>Germany          M  M  M  M  M  S   19       Supreme Power
>Italy            P  S  S  M  P  P   11       Super Power
>Holland          M  P  F  -  M  M    7       Mega Power
>France           -  P  M  M  P  F    7       Mega Power
>Czechoslovakia   P  F  -  -  -  F    5       Power
>Belgium          P  P  F  P  P  F    4       Power
>USSR             -  F  F  F  P  P    4       Power
>England          -  F  F  F  F  P    4       Power
>Spain            -  -  P  P  F  -    3       Power
>Poland           -  P  P  F  -  -    2       Force
>Yugoslavia       -  -  -  -  -  F    2       Force
>Austria          F  F  F  -  -  -    2       Force
>Portugal         -  -  F  F  -  -    1       Force
>Denmark          -  -  F  F  -  -    1       Force
>Ireland          -  -  -  -  -  F    1       Force
>
>
>   S: SuperPower(5) M: MegaPower(3) P: Power(2) F: Force(1)
>
>   A title can be kept for the next tournament, and then it will
>   drop a level each 2 years -- unless the team succeedes again.
>
>   NOTE: the year labels only indicate the end of the PERIOD of up to
>   8 years that is being evaluated, with recent results counting more.
>
>   I think there was another Euro team in Argentina-1978.
>
>   My memory serves only down to 1976, but maybe someone can post
>   more data.
>

David, to fill your data. In 1978, Poland is missing from your list of
Forces.

In 1974: Germany, Holand, Italy, Brazil, ?????????

1972:    Germany, USSR, ?, Humgary

1970:   Brazil, Italy, Germany, Uriguai,   USSR, Mexico, England, ?

1968:   Italy, ?,  England, USSR

1966:  England, Germany, Portugal, USSR, Argentina, Uruguai, Korea, ?

1964   Spain, USSR ?????????????

1962   Brazil, Sweden, ??????????????????

1960 USSR

1958 Brazil, Czechoslovakia ?????? Chile?

By the way, your tabulations seem to be erroneous. For example, you list
Gerany as a Megapower in almost all years, including 1984, when, according
to your list, they were not even a Force. On th eother hand, USSR in 1988
is listed only as a Force, despite its Silver in Euro. There lots of other
errors as well. please recompute.

Vlad