And we have the 2 last teams qualified for WC XXI: Italy and Portugal.

The italian team loves a drama. The qualification came in a thrilling game against Russia. The final score was Russia 48-42, that was 9 points away from overturning the PD advantage of the italians.

The portuguese team has a lonely star: the argentinian manager jhoseph. He won CSA Regional Cup on Wednesday; Iron Bowl on Thursday; a heroic WC qualification against Ireland on Friday; and he may complete a trifecta on Sunday with a very probable CSA TD title.

I know that... But it would be a real drama if it happens...

linkleo911 wrote: I know that... But it would be a real drama if it happens...

drama is our national sport

Some stats taken during the eliminatory stage.
I considered only the 16 teams promoted to the 2nd round.
The matches agains bot teams have been ignored.


PASS RATING
GER 137.94
BRA 136.10
FRA 133.11
UKR 132.47
CRO 129.46
ITA 128.99
SVI 128.54
POR 128.01
POL 127.34
MEX 126.73
SVK 125.49
FIN 125.23
USA 124.29
SRB 124.16
SPA 122.68
UK 122.55

PASS PERCENTAGE (offense)
GER 60.61
SVI 60.16
FRA 59.66
SVK 57.47
UKR 57.43
BRA 57.41
SPA 56.73
USA 56.68
POL 55.61
MEX 55.32
SRB 55.01
POR 54.51
FIN 52.85
CRO 52.11
UK 49.32
ITA 48.64

PASS PERCENTAGE (defense)
UK 41.49
CRO 44.98
POL 45.56
MEX 46.50
FRA 46.79
BRA 50.99
UKR 52.35
POR 52.49
SVK 53.28
GER 53.49
SVI 53.85
ITA 54.08
SPA 54.48
FIN 56.25
SRB 56.25
USA 56.45

YARDS/ATTEMPT (offense)
GER 14.55
BRA 12.26
UKR 11.96
ITA 11.83
FRA 11.72
CRO 11.35
SVK 10.92
UK 10.92
FIN 10.78
SRB 10.69
MEX 10.55
POR 10.54
POL 10.41
SPA 10.28
USA 9.58
SVI 9.47

YARDS/ATTEMPT (defense)
UK 7.04
POL 7.67
FRA 8.69
CRO 8.71
USA 8.81
MEX 8.86
GER 8.96
ITA 9.01
SVI 9.38
BRA 9.90
SPA 9.91
POR 9.96
UKR 10.60
FIN 10.86
SRB 11.48
SVK 11.57

TD/GAME (offense)
GER 8.50
BRA 8.43
UKR 7.00
FRA 7.00
CRO 6.83
SVK 6.80
POL 6.75
SRB 6.71
ITA 6.25
FIN 6.13
SPA 6.00
SVI 5.80
UK 5.80
MEX 5.50
USA 5.50
POR 5.43

TD/GAME (defense)
POL 3.63
CRO 3.67
UK 3.80
USA 4.00
FRA 4.14
MEX 4.33
ITA 4.50
SVI 4.80
GER 5.00
POR 5.14
SPA 5.33
UKR 5.83
BRA 5.86
FIN 6.13
SVK 6.20
SRB 6.29

3rd DOWN PERCENTAGE (offense)
SRB 58.62
FRA 58.33
GER 57.50
SVI 56.76
BRA 55.17
USA 54.90
POL 53.03
SVK 50.00
CRO 46.81
UKR 45.45
UK 43.59
POR 43.40
SPA 40.00
MEX 39.02
FIN 37.25
ITA 29.63

3rd DOWN PERCENTAGE (defense)
POL 34.72
FRA 34.78
UK 35.09
SRB 35.85
GER 38.78
MEX 40.98
FIN 41.54
UKR 42.00
CRO 42.19
POR 42.86
BRA 43.24
SVK 44.44
USA 44.44
ITA 47.14
SPA 53.06
SVI 54.00

BOMBS/GAME (offense)
ITA 4.63
BRA 4.50
GER 4.25
FRA 3.88
FIN 3.63
CRO 3.63
POL 3.38
UKR 3.00
UK 3.00
SRB 3.00
SVK 2.25
SPA 1.88
MEX 1.75
USA 1.75
POR 1.63
SVI 1.13

BOMBS/GAME (defense)
USA 1.17
UK 1.40
SVI 1.80
POL 1.88
MEX 2.00
CRO 2.00
FRA 2.00
ITA 2.13
GER 2.50
BRA 2.57
SPA 2.67
POR 2.71
SRB 3.14
FIN 3.25
UKR 3.50
SVK 3.80

INTERCEPTIONS/GAME (done)
GER 1.67
SPA 1.33
SVK 1.00
POL 1.00
UKR 0.83
ITA 0.75
SRB 0.71
USA 0.50
BRA 0.43
FRA 0.43
UK 0.40
MEX 0.33
POR 0.29
SVI 0.20
CRO 0.17
FIN 0.13

INTERCEPTIONS/GAME (received)
SVI 0.20
ITA 0.25
POR 0.29
CRO 0.33
MEX 0.50
USA 0.50
POL 0.50
BRA 0.57
UK 0.60
FIN 0.63
GER 0.67
UKR 0.83
FRA 0.86
SPA 1.00
SRB 1.00
SVK 1.20

PRESSURES/GAME (done)
UK 15.00
CRO 13.00
FRA 8.29
SVK 6.60
POL 6.38
GER 6.17
ITA 5.88
POR 5.86
UKR 5.83
FIN 5.63
SRB 4.57
BRA 4.43
USA 4.17
SVI 4.00
MEX 3.83
SPA 3.83

PRESSURES/GAME (received)
POR 3.71
UK 3.80
SPA 3.83
FRA 3.86
FIN 4.00
MEX 4.17
SVI 4.60
ITA 4.63
UKR 4.67
USA 4.67
BRA 4.71
GER 5.17
SRB 5.43
CRO 5.83
SVK 6.00
POL 6.38

SACKS/GAME (done)
SPA 1.83
CRO 1.83
UKR 1.67
GER 1.33
FIN 1.13
SVK 1.00
UK 1.00
SRB 1.00
BRA 1.00
ITA 0.88
POL 0.88
POR 0.71
MEX 0.67
SVI 0.60
FRA 0.57
USA 0.50

SACKS/GAME (received)
UK 0.00
CRO 0.17
GER 0.33
ITA 0.50
SPA 0.50
BRA 0.57
FRA 0.57
SVI 0.60
UKR 0.67
USA 0.67
FIN 0.75
POR 0.86
POL 0.88
SVK 1.00
SRB 1.14
MEX 1.33

TACKLES/GAME (done)
BRA 27.71
USA 20.67
POR 17.71
UK 17.20
CRO 16.50
SVI 16.20
UKR 15.67
SRB 15.29
POL 15.25
FIN 14.88
MEX 14.83
SPA 14.83
ITA 13.88
GER 13.67
SVK 12.00
FRA 11.86

TACKLES/GAME (received)
CRO 7.67
FRA 9.00
ITA 11.25
POL 11.25
GER 11.50
SVI 11.80
FIN 11.88
UK 12.20
MEX 12.33
SVK 13.00
USA 13.17
SRB 13.29
UKR 13.33
BRA 13.86
SPA 16.17
POR 21.29

PUNTS/GAME
GER 1.67
FRA 2.29
UKR 2.33
POL 2.38
SPA 2.50
CRO 2.50
SRB 2.71
BRA 2.71
SVK 2.80
USA 3.17
POR 3.29
FIN 3.38
SVI 3.40
ITA 4.00
MEX 4.00
UK 4.20

%YD RUN/TOTAL YD (offense)
MEX 0.53
SVI 0.67
CRO 1.07
UK 1.16
SRB 1.25
FRA 1.27
UKR 1.28
ITA 1.73
POL 2.80
GER 2.81
FIN 2.96
SVK 3.58
USA 4.43
BRA 4.47
SPA 10.00
POR 16.76

%YD RUN/TOTAL YD (defense)
SVK 2.08
GER 2.47
UKR 3.26
FIN 3.51
ITA 3.54
SPA 4.80
POR 6.17
SRB 6.73
FRA 7.35
POL 8.24
USA 9.34
UK 9.64
MEX 10.04
CRO 10.37
SVI 10.61
BRA 26.06

I think that Germany, Slovakia and Croatia are the main contenders. USA, UK, Poland and France may also fight for the top positions. But it all depends on groups distribution. I hope I can get an easier group than the one on WC XX.