Kasz216 said:
pizzahut451 said:
Kasz216 said:
Except... all the stats seem to show it hasn't... it doesn't help the countries economically and "smaller market" teams seem to shrink from the pressure rather then improve.
Heck, look at South Africa. Anywhere else in the world... I think they preform better then they did.
Africa as a whole underperformed. Everyone thought Africa would get a boost like Europeon and South American teams get, but in the end they cracked under the pressure and if anything played worse.
Having home field advantage in the cup only helps a team if the team has the swagger and belief they deserve to be there in the first place. Otherwise they're just worried about surviving long enough to not embaress themselves.
You gotta be in it to win it.
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1930 Uruguay host = Uruguay wom
1934 Italy host = Italy won
1966 England host = England won
1974 Germany host = Germany won
1978 Argentina host=Argentina won
1998 France host = France won
2002 South Korea host= South Korea 4th (their best achivment yet, i believe)
Theres your stats...
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Yes, outside of South Korea... a bunch of top rate teams won, when they had the World Cup at home.
How does this change the fact that most of the other "weak hosts" greatly floundered?
South Africa should of made it out of the first round for sure.
Though granted, Qatar will have the best outcome ever in a world cup, simply because they wouldn't of ever made the world cup without ever hosting it.
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I dont know if anyone still checks this thread up, but I'll give it a shot anyway. I didnt try to prove that ''weaker'' teams perform better when they are hosting, but that the hosting alone HELPS the national team (as well as putting them in pressure) put a better performance. There are both bad sides but more good sides for hosting World Cup.
And how many ''weak hosts'' even hosted WC to beginn with ??? Until 2002 (where South Korea, the host, achived 4th place), every WC was played in top rated European or South American country anyway (with the exception of USA). FIFA just started spreading competition around the world.
As for South Africa...they defeated France didnt they :) ? The team who was 2nd in 2006 WC, loosing in penalties with 1 player less on the field.
