Countries with higher GDP, life expectancy, population, adult literacy, and urban population as well as those in hotter climates with fewer people per doctor will likely have an advantage in the World Cup 2010 based on being able to produce more skilled football players. Specifically, higher GDP allows for better healthcare and facilities, higher life expectancy and fewer people per doctor means better player health, larger population increases chances of skilled players, higher literacy supports education including football, and hotter climates and urban areas provide more opportunity and necessity to play.

1. World Cup 2010
Life Urban Adult People Who
Population GDP per
Flag Continent Capital City expec- Climate type population Literacy per Will
(000s) capita ($)
tancy (%) (%) Doctor Win?
Group A
semi arid/
South Africa Africa Pretoria 48,687 9,700 51 50 81 1597
mediterranean
Mexico South America Mexico City 106,350 12,400 75 rainy tropical 74 87 633
Uruguay South America Montevideo 3,334 10,800 76 wet subtropical 90 97 348
France Europe Paris 62,048 32,600 81 mediterranean 75 99 393
Group B
Argentina South America Buenos Aires 39,876 13,100 75 semi arid 88 96 337
Nigeria Africa Abuja 151,391 2,100 47 tropical wet/dry 41 53 5997
humid
Korea Republic Asia Seoul 48,508 27,700 79 82 97 1076
continental
Greece Europe Athens 11.238 30,600 80 mediterranean 59 94 304
Group C
England Europe London 60,943 35,000 80 temperate rainy 89 99 623
wet subtropical /
USA North America Washington DC 307,300 45,800 78 76 99 408
semi arid
Algeria Africa Algiers 34.361 6,700 72 desert 57 57 1262
Slovenia Europe Ljubljana 2.039 28,000 78 temperate rainy 52 99 460
Countries with a greater GDP, have more money to spend on healthcare and leisure facilities which will help produce better football players.
Countries with a higher life expectancy and fewer people per doctor have better health care and their football players should recover more speedily
from their injuries. Countries with a large population are more likely to have skilled players born.
Countries with a higher adult literacy have good education systems, which could include football clubs , encouraging more boys to improve their
skills. People who live in a hotter climate have to work their bodies harder and so are more fit which will make them better, faster players. Countries
with a larger urban population will have more children and youth with access to schools and football clubs, making better players.

2. World Cup 2010
Life Urban Adult People Who
Population GDP per
Flag Continent Capital City expec- Climate type population Literacy per Will
(000s) capita ($)
tancy (%) (%) Doctor Win?
Group D
Europe Berlin 82,140 34,100 80 temperate rainy 87 99 365
Germany
Australisia Canberra 21,347 37,300 81 semi arid 85 99 467
Australia
Europe Belgrade 7,350 10,400 73 temperate rainy 52 96 373
Serbia
Africa Accra 23,350 1,400 57 tropical wet/dry 36 61 25047
Ghana
Group E
Europe Amsterdam 16,443 39,000 80 temperate rainy 89 99 417
Netherlands
Europe Copenhagen 5,497 37,200 78 temperate rainy 85 99 376
Denmark
humid
Asia Tokyo 127,704 33,500 83 78 99 613
Japan subtropical
Africa Yaounde 18,898 2,200 50 rainy tropical 46 60 14206
Cameroon
Group F
South America Brasilia 191,971 9,500 73 tropical wet/dry 79 82 729
Brazil
humid
Asia Pyongyang 23,858 1,800 64 62 95 377
Korea DPR continental
Africa Yamoussoukro 20,591 1,700 58 tropical wet/dry 44 37 23900
Cote d'Ivoire
Europe Lisbon 10,624 21,800 79 mediterranean 36 86 381
Portugal
Countries with a greater GDP, have more money to spend on healthcare and leisure facilities which will help produce better football players.
Countries with a higher life expectancy and fewer people per doctor have better health care and their football players should recover more speedily
from their injuries. Countries with a large population are more likely to have skilled players born.
Countries with a higher adult literacy have good education systems, which could include football clubs encouraging more boys to improve their skills.
People who live in a hotter climate have to work their bodies harder and so are more fit which will make them better, faster players. Countries with a
larger urban population will have more children and youth with access to schools and football clubs, making better players.