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Barozi on 24 July 2018
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DonFerrari said:
mZuzek said:

Brazilian league is extremely unpredictable but it isn't high quality.

Brazilian teams have won a lot of international championship even when fragmented.

A lot easier to have a single or two very strong teams than have 10-15 strong ones.

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_clubes_campe%C3%B5es_mundiais_de_futebol

Also when you have a very very strong team like Real Madrid playing the rest of the Spanish League RM is playing high level soccer but the others aren't really so saying the league is of high level isn't quite right. Would say that Euro Cup may be little ahead than Taça Libertadores on quality, but the national leagues of europe not so much. The truth is just that some of these leagues have more money to pay for more stars, but concentrated on like 2 or 3 teams on a season.

I would say NBA have higher level than Olympic championship exactly because there are more good teams than Olympic where for several years USA dominated with easyness.

Ka-pi96 said:

I can't say I've ever seen any Brazilian football, but if we're talking most competitive leagues in the world then I think the English Championship deserves a mention too. That's definitely a competitive one that's very hard to call before the season starts. Helped by the fact it's not a top division so the top teams aren't in it anymore the next season, but even the relegation places are very hard to call so it's not just the top end.

Yep, I have to agree England and France are a lot more competitive than the other national leagues, that may also be the reason why they aren't as frequently Euro champions or World champions because there are a lot of leveled teams and the power doesn't concentrate to much.

Eh we Europeans didn't really acknowledge the Club World Cup or peviously the Intercontinental Cup as something important, that's why we usually sent a B-team, so if you take pride in beating a 2nd team then good for you. I admit though that we started taking them a bit more seriously and I think it shows.

Since the 90's the UEFA won 20 out of 28 tournaments (71%), since the 00's 13 out of 18 (72%) and since the 10's 7 out of 8 (88%).

Also I don't really agree with your position on the Spanish League, I would easily put them above the Premier League as the mid tier clubs have absolutely dominated the Europa League for the past decade.