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Originally Posted by rubecube
Mexico looked really good against England too. They could be the surprise in that group. I'm still thinking South Africa makes it into the KO stage. There has never been a host country eliminated prior to the KO in World Cup history.
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Outside of Korea and the US the hosts since 1966 have been
the the hosts since 1966 have been
Germany
France
Italy
Mexico
Spain
Argentina
West Germany
Mexico
England
all those teams would have been expected to make it through the group stages, there has never been a host as bad as RSA. They couldn't even qualify for the African cup of nations this year. I think the host always making it to the KO stages ends this year