I know brazil won 3 times to take the first world cup, but what about the new one and do they have to be won sequentialy or at any time?
2006-06-20 17:51:39 · 7 answers · asked by computersny 2 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
To win the world cup a team needs to win at least 4 times:
- suppose the team ties 3 times in the first round (no wins) and advance in the second round.
- second round needs to win to advance to quarter finals (1 time)
- quarterfinals needs to win to advance into semi-finals (2 times)
- semi-finals need to win to advance to the final (3 times)
- win the final (4 times)
2006-06-20 17:57:27 · answer #1 · answered by soccer_mind 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the medal round, four wins are required to win the cup. But to advance to the medal round, a team could theoretically win no games. Scotland almost advanced without a win back in (I think) 1998.
Let's say the four teams are Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta and these are the results of the round robin games:
A 2-1 B and G 0-0 D
A 1-0 G and B 0-0 D
A 1-0 D and B 0-0 G
The final group standings would be this:
Alpha 3-0-0 9pts. 4GF 1GA
Beta 0-2-1 2pts. 1GF 2GA
Gamma 0-2-1 2pts. 0GF 1GA
Delta 0-2-1 2pts. 0GF 1GA
By virtue (?) of scoring a goal, team Beta would finish second on tiebreakers and advance to the second round, despite not winning a single game.
Similarly, it's possible to finish *third* in a group with *2* *WINS* and be eliminated.... The current group setup is screwy and needs to be fixed.
2006-06-20 18:24:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well essentially all a team needs to do is get out of the group stages. Mathematically they can tie all 3 games and get in, but that is very very rare, so at the very least they can win 1 game, draw 2, in the group round. Then win 4 straight in the knock-out tourney.
2006-06-20 17:55:29 · answer #3 · answered by gohawks13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After the team has passed the group stages (Usually the minimum of points a team can pass with is 4 points, depending on the group)(1 Win & 1 Tie) Then they need to win all of the Knockout Stage games. (4 straight Wins)
-Top 16
-Quarter Finals
-Semi Finals
-Final
2006-06-20 19:48:37 · answer #4 · answered by GUESS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there should win 3 times directly to take home the world cup
2006-06-20 18:02:23 · answer #5 · answered by jayz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
minimum two clear wins to get to knock out stage i.e. to say to reach for last sixteen then four clear wins to win the world cup
2006-06-20 17:58:55 · answer #6 · answered by rajkumar62 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5 times, and they can win it at any time
2006-06-20 18:50:48 · answer #7 · answered by alexroshu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋