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Originally Posted by GirlySports
It kind of depends.. is a 3rd placed team in the Euros a bad team? The Euros are pretty even top to bottom.
In the upcoming World Cup, is a 3rd placed UEFA or Conmebol team a bad team? Non-UEFA and non-Conmebol teams really struggle. You can count on 1 hand how many of them have won a knockout game since 1990.
Cameroon 1990
USA 2002
Ghana 2010
Costa Rica 2014
Morocco 2022
*Korea doesn't count, they cheated in 2002. And they were at home.
*Japan has qualified for every world cup since 1998, never won a knockout game.
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The 3rd place teams in this Euro were Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Netherlands, Slovakia, Georgia
4 of them you'd be shocked if they won a knockout round game. Its less balanced now that they started to give some sports to lower level teams.