SIDDARTH BALIGA

SOCCER PROJECTINSIGHTS

AFRICA 152 MATCHES

51 TEAMS

ASIA148 MATCHES

43 TEAMS

EUROPE268 MATCHES

53 TEAMS

N/C AMERICA142 MATCHES

35 TEAMS

OCEANIA36 MATCHES

12 TEAMS

S AMERICA74MATCHES

10 TEAMS

QUALIFYING MATCHES

ZONE1 2 3 4 5

TOTAL 

Asia 16 30 60 40 2 148Africa 24 120 10    154

North, Central America & Caribbean 10 72 36 30  148South America 72        72Oceania 6 12 12    30Europe 260 8      268TOTAL 388 242 118 70 2 820

QUALIFYING MATCHES(ROUND-WISE)

QUALIFYING MATCHES(ZONE-WISE DISTRIBUTION)

QUALIFYING MATCHES(ROUND-WISE DISTRIBUTION)

HIGHLIGHTS

1. 202 Unique Teams

2. Team that played highest number

of matches: Jordan (20 matches)

& Panama (20 matches)

3. Matches Played:820

4. Goals Scored: 2350

5. Average Goal: 2.86

VENUE VENUE MATCHESMATCHES HoniaraHoniara 1919 DohaDoha 1414 AmmanAmman 1111 PanamáPanamá 1010 MontevideoMontevideo 99 TashkentTashkent 99 (Other) (Other) 748748TOTALTOTAL 820820

1.1. Honiara hosted the highest number of Honiara hosted the highest number of

matches, closely followed by Dohamatches, closely followed by Doha

2.2. 754 venues used to host 820 matches754 venues used to host 820 matches

GOALS SCORED

AVERAGE GOALS

1. TEAMS SCORED AVERAGE 34% MORE IN 2ND HALF. 2. ASIA IMPROVED THE MOST IN 2ND HALF AT 57% WHEREAS

OCEANIA MANAGED ONLY 18% 3. ON AN AVERAGE, 57% GOALS WERE SCORED IN 2ND HALF

TOTAL MATCHES & DRAWS DRAWS: % OF TOTAL MATCHES

BIGGEST MARGIN VICTORIES

ZONE RESULT MATCH YEAR

OVERALL 10-0ANTIGUA & BARBUDA –US VIRGIN ISLANDS 2011

BAHRAIN-INDONESIA 2012

AFRICA 7-0 GHANA-LESOTHO 2012

ASIA 10-0 BAHRAIN-INDONESIA 2012

EUROPE 9-0 UKRAINE-SAN MARINO 2013

N-C AMERICA 10-0 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA –US VIRGIN ISLANDS 2011

OCEANIA 9-0 NEW CALEDONIA-SAMOA 2012

S AMERICA5-0 COLOMBIA-BOLIVIA

20130-5 JORDAN-URUGUAY

MARGINMATCHES

NO. %1 265 41.9%2 177 28.0%3 87 13.8%4 50 7.9%5 24 3.8%6 13 2.1%7 8 1.3%8 3 0.5%9 3 0.5%

10 2 0.3%

MARGIN AND % OF MATCHES WON WITH THAT MARGIN AND % OF MATCHES WON WITH THAT MARGINMARGIN

NO EASY NO EASY

VICTORY: VICTORY:

70% 70%

MATCHES MATCHES

WON WITH

WON WITH

MARGIN OF

MARGIN OF

1 OR 21 OR 2

TURN AROUND STORIESTURN AROUND STORIES(LOST IN 1(LOST IN 1STST HALF AND WON THE GAME AFTER 2 HALF AND WON THE GAME AFTER 2NDND HALF) HALF)

ZONE NUMBER OF MATCHES % OF TOTAL ZONAL MATCHES

OVERALL 38 4.6%

AFRICA 7 4.6%

ASIA 10 6.8%

EUROPE 12 4.5%

N-C AMERICA 6 4.2%

OCEANIA 0 0%

S AMERICA 3 4.1%

TOP WINNERSTOP WINNERS

WINNER NO. OF MATCHES WON

USA 11

Uzbekistan 11

Iran 10

Mexico 10

WIN RATES & DRAWS

ZONE HOME WINS AWAY WINS DRAWS

AFRICA 79 32 43

ASIA 77 38 33

EUROPE 115 94 59

NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA 68 45 29

OCEANIA 17 12 6

SOUTH AMERICA 42 13 18

TOTAL 399 236 188

CHANCES OF WINNING ON HOME GROUND ARE HIGHER.

QUALIFIER MATCHES-YEAR WISE

AfricaAfrica    EuropeEuropeR1R1 R2R2 R3R3 R1R1 R2R2

CongoCongo EthiopiaEthiopia AlgeriaAlgeria BelgiumBelgium PortugalPortugal

NamibiaNamibia TunisiaTunisia Cote D'IvoireCote D'Ivoire ItalyItaly FranceFrance

MozambiqueMozambique Cote D'IvoireCote D'Ivoire NigeriaNigeria GermanyGermany GreeceGreece

RwandaRwanda GhanaGhana CameroonCameroon NetherlandsNetherlands CroatiaCroatia

Congo DRCongo DR Burkina FasoBurkina Faso GhanaGhana SwitzerlandSwitzerland   

TanzaniaTanzania NigeriaNigeria

  

RussiaRussia

  

Equitorial GuineaEquitorial Guinea EgyptEgyptBosnia & Bosnia & HerzegovinaHerzegovina

TogoTogo AlgeriaAlgeria EnglandEnglandKenyaKenya CameroonCameroon SpainSpainLesothoLesotho SenegalSenegal

  

EthiopiaEthiopia

    

PARTICIPANTS-AFRICA & EUROPE

AsiaAsia North & Central AmericaNorth & Central AmericaR1R1 R2R2 R3R3 R4R4 R5R5 R1R1 R2R2 R3R3 R4R4

LaosLaos China PRChina PR IraqIraq IranIran JordanJordan BelizeBelize El SalvadorEl Salvador USAUSA USAUSA

NepalNepal LebanonLebanon Korea RepKorea Rep JapanJapan

  

BahamasBahamas GuyanaGuyana MexicoMexico

  

PalestinePalestine ThailandThailand UzbekistanUzbekistan

  

US Virgin US Virgin IslandsIslands PanamaPanama HondurasHonduras

PhilippinesPhilippines IndonesiaIndonesia AustraliaAustraliaDominican Dominican RepublicRepublic CanadaCanada

  

BangladeshBangladesh IraqIraq IranIran ArubaAruba GuatemalaGuatemala

MyanmarMyanmar JordanJordan

     

Antigua & Antigua & BarbudaBarbuda

VietnamVietnam UzbekistanUzbekistan

  

MalaysiaMalaysia TajikistanTajikistan

  

QatarQatarKuwaitKuwaitIranIran

SingaporeSingaporeOmanOmanUAEUAESaudi Saudi ArabiaArabia

PARTICIPANTSASIA & NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA

PARTICIPANTSOCEANIA & SOUTH AMERICA

OceaniaOceaniaSouth AmericaSouth America

R1R1 R2R2 R3R3

SamoaSamoa TahitiTahiti New ZealandNew Zealand ArgentinaArgentina

  

New ZealandNew Zealand

  

ColombiaColombia

  

ChileChile

EcuadorEcuador

  

DateDate TeamTeam30-Oct-0730-Oct-07BrazilBrazil

4-Jun-134-Jun-13JapanJapan18-Jun-1318-Jun-13AustraliaAustralia18-Jun-1318-Jun-13IranIran18-Jun-1318-Jun-13South KoreaSouth Korea10-Sep-1310-Sep-13NetherlandsNetherlands10-Sep-1310-Sep-13ItalyItaly10-Sep-1310-Sep-13Costa RicaCosta Rica10-Sep-1310-Sep-13USAUSA10-Sep-1310-Sep-13ArgentinaArgentina11-Oct-1311-Oct-13BelgiumBelgium11-Oct-1311-Oct-13SwitzerlandSwitzerland11-Oct-1311-Oct-13GermanyGermany11-Oct-1311-Oct-13ColombiaColombia15-Oct-1315-Oct-13Bosnia & HerzegovinaBosnia & Herzegovina15-Oct-1315-Oct-13RussiaRussia15-Oct-1315-Oct-13EnglandEngland15-Oct-1315-Oct-13SpainSpain15-Oct-1315-Oct-13ChileChile15-Oct-1315-Oct-13EcuadorEcuador15-Oct-1315-Oct-13HondurasHonduras16-Nov-1316-Nov-13NigeriaNigeria16-Nov-1316-Nov-13Ivory CoastIvory Coast17-Nov-1317-Nov-13CameroonCameroon19-Nov-1319-Nov-13GhanaGhana19-Nov-1319-Nov-13AlgeriaAlgeria19-Nov-1319-Nov-13GreeceGreece19-Nov-1319-Nov-13CroatiaCroatia19-Nov-1319-Nov-13PortugalPortugal19-Nov-1319-Nov-13FranceFrance20-Nov-1320-Nov-13MexicoMexico20-Nov-1320-Nov-13UruguayUruguay

QUALIFICATION DATES/TEAMS

GROUP STAGE-BRAZIL 2014

GOALS-GROUP WISE1. No striking variation in performance across groups which implies

equidistribution of good teams across groups

2. Best and worst performing groups each vary by 29% from the

average performance

AVERAGE GOALS

1. Average goals jumped by 64% from 1 st half to 2nd half .

2. Overall group average of 2.8 with max variation shown by

group B and group D

DRAWS

1.1. Overall 19% of the 48 matches ended in drawsOverall 19% of the 48 matches ended in draws

2.2. Groups G & H had 2 draws each whereas others had 1 eachGroups G & H had 2 draws each whereas others had 1 each

BIGGEST MARGIN VICTORIESGROUPGROUP RESULTRESULT MATCHMATCH

OVERALLOVERALL

1-51-5 Spain-NetherlandsSpain-Netherlands

4-04-0 Germany-PortugalGermany-Portugal

0-40-4 Cameroon-CroatiaCameroon-Croatia

AA 0-40-4 Cameroon-CroatiaCameroon-Croatia

BB 1-51-5 Spain-NetherlandsSpain-Netherlands

CC3-03-0 Colombia-GreeceColombia-Greece

1-41-4 Japan-ColombiaJapan-Colombia

DD 1-31-3 Uruguay-Costa RicaUruguay-Costa Rica

EE

3-03-0 France-HondurasFrance-Honduras

2-52-5 Switzerland-FranceSwitzerland-France

0-30-3 Honduras-SwitzerlandHonduras-Switzerland

FF 3-13-1 Bosnia & Herzegovina-IranBosnia & Herzegovina-Iran

GG 4-04-0 Germany-PortugalGermany-Portugal

HH 2-42-4 Korea Republic-AlgeriaKorea Republic-Algeria

MARGIN AND % OF MATCHES WON WITH THAT MARGIN AND % OF MATCHES WON WITH THAT MARGINMARGIN

MARGINMARGIN MATCHESMATCHES

NO.NO. %%

11 2121 53.8%53.8%

22 88 20.5%20.5%

33 77 17.9%17.9%

44 33 7.7%7.7%

TURN AROUND STORIESTURN AROUND STORIES(LOST IN 1(LOST IN 1STST HALF AND WON THE GAME AFTER 2 HALF AND WON THE GAME AFTER 2NDND HALF) HALF)

ZONE NUMBER OF MATCHES % OF TOTAL GROUP MATCHES

OVERALL 4 12.5%

A 0 0

B 0 0

C 1 16.7%

D 1 16.7%

E 1 16.7%

F 0 0

G 0 0

H 1 16.7%

WINNERSWINNERSWINNER NO. OF MATCHES

WON

Algeria 1

Argentina 3

Belgium 3

Bosnia & Herzegovina 1

Brazil 2

Chile 2

Colombia 3

Costa Rica 2

Cote D’Ivoire 1

Croatia 1

Ecuador 1

France 2

Germany 2

Greece 1

WINNER NO. OF MATCHES WON

Italy 1

Mexico 2

Netherlands 3

Nigeria 1

Portugal 1

Spain 1

Switzerland 2

Uruguay 2

USA 1

GOALS CONCEDEDGOALS CONCEDED

Total Goals Conceded: 136Total Goals Conceded: 136

Highest Goals Conceded by a Team: Australia & Cameroon (9 each)Highest Goals Conceded by a Team: Australia & Cameroon (9 each)

Lowest Goals Conceded by a Team: Mexico, Costa Rica & Belgium (1 each)Lowest Goals Conceded by a Team: Mexico, Costa Rica & Belgium (1 each)

Average Goals Conceded: 2.8Average Goals Conceded: 2.8

PARAMETER QUALIFIER GROUPAverage Goal 2.9 2.8% Matches Ended in Draws 23% 19%Biggest Margin Victory 10 4% Matches Won with Margin 1 42% 54%Increase in Goals in 2nd Half 34% 64%Winners’ goals compared to losers’ goals (in %) 259% 302%

COMPARISON: QUALIFIER VS GROUPCOMPARISON: QUALIFIER VS GROUP

TeamTeam QualifierQualifier GroupGroupBrazilBrazil    3.53.5ChileChile 2.442.44 2.52.5ColombiaColombia 2.442.44 33UruguayUruguay 3.133.13 1.51.5NetherlandsNetherlands 3.563.56 3.333.33MexicoMexico 2.72.7 22Costa RicaCosta Rica 2.752.75 22GreeceGreece 1.561.56 22FranceFrance 2.832.83 44NigeriaNigeria 1.61.6 11GermanyGermany 3.563.56 2.52.5AlgeriaAlgeria 2.122.12 44ArgentinaArgentina 3.223.22 22SwitzerlandSwitzerland 1.711.71 2.52.5BelgiumBelgium 22 1.331.33USAUSA 22 22

AVERAGES (IN PRELIM/GROUP) OF TEAMSAVERAGES (IN PRELIM/GROUP) OF TEAMSQUALIFIED FOR ROUND OF 16QUALIFIED FOR ROUND OF 16

1 Overall average, of teams, has remained almost constant at approx 2.5

2. Some extreme variations due to reduced number of matches played at Group stage

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