This document provides statistics and insights from 820 men's international soccer qualifying matches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil across 6 confederations. It finds that 202 unique teams participated, with Jordan and Panama each playing the most matches at 20. A total of 820 matches were played, scoring 2350 goals at an average of 2.86 goals per match. The highest number of matches hosted by a single venue was 19 in Honiara.

1. SIDDARTH BALIGA
SOCCER PROJECT
INSIGHTS

3. AFRICA
152 MATCHES
51 TEAMS
ASIA
148 MATCHES
43 TEAMS
EUROPE
268 MATCHES
53 TEAMS
N/C AMERICA
142 MATCHES
35 TEAMS
OCEANIA
36 MATCHES
12 TEAMS
S AMERICA
74MATCHES
10 TEAMS

4. QUALIFYING MATCHES
ZONE
1 2 3 4 5
TOTAL
Asia 16 30 60 40 2 148
Africa 24 120 10 154
North, Central America &
Caribbean 10 72 36 30 148
South America 72 72
Oceania 6 12 12 30
Europe 260 8 268
TOTAL 388 242 118 70 2 820

5. QUALIFYING MATCHES
(ROUND-WISE)

6. QUALIFYING MATCHES
(ZONE-WISE DISTRIBUTION)

7. QUALIFYING MATCHES
(ROUND-WISE DISTRIBUTION)

8. HIGHLIGHTS
1. 202 Unique Teams
2. Team that played highest number
of matches: Jordan (20 matches)
& Panama (20 matches)
3. Matches Played:820
4. Goals Scored: 2350
5. Average Goal: 2.86
VENUEVENUE MATCHESMATCHES
HoniaraHoniara 1919
DohaDoha 1414
AmmanAmman 1111
PanamáPanamá 1010
MontevideoMontevideo 99
TashkentTashkent 99
(Other)(Other) 748748
TOTALTOTAL 820820
1.1. Honiara hosted the highest number ofHoniara hosted the highest number of
matches, closely followed by Dohamatches, closely followed by Doha
2.2. 754 venues used to host 820 matches754 venues used to host 820 matches

9. GOALS SCORED

10. AVERAGE GOALS
1. TEAMS SCORED AVERAGE 34% MORE IN 2ND
HALF.
2. ASIA IMPROVED THE MOST IN 2ND
HALF AT 57% WHEREAS
OCEANIA MANAGED ONLY 18%
3. ON AN AVERAGE, 57% GOALS WERE SCORED IN 2ND
HALF

11. TOTAL MATCHES & DRAWS DRAWS: % OF TOTAL MATCHES

12. BIGGEST MARGIN VICTORIES
ZONE RESULT MATCH YEAR
OVERALL 10-0
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA –US VIRGIN ISLANDS 2011
BAHRAIN-INDONESIA 2012
AFRICA 7-0 GHANA-LESOTHO 2012
ASIA 10-0 BAHRAIN-INDONESIA 2012
EUROPE 9-0 UKRAINE-SAN MARINO 2013
N-C AMERICA 10-0 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA –US VIRGIN ISLANDS 2011
OCEANIA 9-0 NEW CALEDONIA-SAMOA 2012
S AMERICA
5-0 COLOMBIA-BOLIVIA
2013
0-5 JORDAN-URUGUAY

13. MARGIN
MATCHES
NO. %
1 265 41.9%
2 177 28.0%
3 87 13.8%
4 50 7.9%
5 24 3.8%
6 13 2.1%
7 8 1.3%
MARGIN AND % OF MATCHES WON WITH THATMARGIN AND % OF MATCHES WON WITH THAT
MARGINMARGIN
NO EASY
NO EASY
VICTORY:
VICTORY:
70%70%
MATCHES
MATCHES
WON WITH
WON WITH
MARGIN OF
MARGIN OF
1 OR 2
1 OR 2

14. TURN AROUND STORIESTURN AROUND STORIES
(LOST IN 1(LOST IN 1STST
HALF AND WON THE GAME AFTER 2HALF AND WON THE GAME AFTER 2NDND
HALF)HALF)
ZONE NUMBER OF MATCHES % OF TOTAL ZONAL MATCHES
OVERALL 38 4.6%
AFRICA 7 4.6%
ASIA 10 6.8%
EUROPE 12 4.5%
N-C AMERICA 6 4.2%
OCEANIA 0 0%
S AMERICA 3 4.1%

15. TOP WINNERSTOP WINNERS
WINNER NO. OF MATCHES WON
USA 11
Uzbekistan 11
Iran 10
Mexico 10

16. WIN RATES & DRAWS
ZONE HOME WINS AWAY WINS DRAWS
AFRICA 79 32 43
ASIA 77 38 33
EUROPE 115 94 59
NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA 68 45 29
OCEANIA 17 12 6
SOUTH AMERICA 42 13 18
TOTAL 399 236 188

17. CHANCES OF WINNING ON HOME GROUND ARE
HIGHER.

18. QUALIFIER MATCHES-YEAR WISE

19. AfricaAfrica EuropeEurope
R1R1 R2R2 R3R3 R1R1 R2R2
CongoCongo EthiopiaEthiopia AlgeriaAlgeria BelgiumBelgium PortugalPortugal
NamibiaNamibia TunisiaTunisia Cote D'IvoireCote D'Ivoire ItalyItaly FranceFrance
MozambiqueMozambique Cote D'IvoireCote D'Ivoire NigeriaNigeria GermanyGermany GreeceGreece
RwandaRwanda GhanaGhana CameroonCameroon NetherlandsNetherlands CroatiaCroatia
Congo DRCongo DR Burkina FasoBurkina Faso GhanaGhana SwitzerlandSwitzerland
TanzaniaTanzania NigeriaNigeria
RussiaRussia
Equitorial GuineaEquitorial Guinea EgyptEgypt
Bosnia &Bosnia &
HerzegovinaHerzegovina
TogoTogo AlgeriaAlgeria EnglandEngland
KenyaKenya CameroonCameroon SpainSpain
LesothoLesotho SenegalSenegal
EthiopiaEthiopia
PARTICIPANTS-AFRICA & EUROPE

20. AsiaAsia North & Central AmericaNorth & Central America
R1R1 R2R2 R3R3 R4R4 R5R5 R1R1 R2R2 R3R3 R4R4
LaosLaos China PRChina PR IraqIraq IranIran JordanJordan BelizeBelize El SalvadorEl Salvador USAUSA USAUSA
NepalNepal LebanonLebanon Korea RepKorea Rep JapanJapan
BahamasBahamas GuyanaGuyana MexicoMexico
PalestinePalestine ThailandThailand UzbekistanUzbekistan
US VirginUS Virgin
IslandsIslands PanamaPanama HondurasHonduras
PhilippinesPhilippines IndonesiaIndonesia AustraliaAustralia
DominicanDominican
RepublicRepublic CanadaCanada
BangladeshBangladesh IraqIraq IranIran ArubaAruba GuatemalaGuatemala
MyanmarMyanmar JordanJordan
Antigua &Antigua &
BarbudaBarbuda
VietnamVietnam UzbekistanUzbekistan
MalaysiaMalaysia TajikistanTajikistan
QatarQatar
KuwaitKuwait
IranIran
SingaporeSingapore
OmanOman
UAEUAE
SaudiSaudi
ArabiaArabia
PARTICIPANTS
ASIA & NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA

21. PARTICIPANTS
OCEANIA & SOUTH AMERICA
OceaniaOceania
South AmericaSouth America
R1R1 R2R2 R3R3
SamoaSamoa TahitiTahiti New ZealandNew Zealand ArgentinaArgentina
New ZealandNew Zealand
ColombiaColombia
ChileChile
EcuadorEcuador

22. DateDate TeamTeam
30-Oct-0730-Oct-07BrazilBrazil
4-Jun-134-Jun-13JapanJapan
18-Jun-1318-Jun-13AustraliaAustralia
18-Jun-1318-Jun-13IranIran
18-Jun-1318-Jun-13South KoreaSouth Korea
10-Sep-1310-Sep-13NetherlandsNetherlands
10-Sep-1310-Sep-13ItalyItaly
10-Sep-1310-Sep-13Costa RicaCosta Rica
10-Sep-1310-Sep-13USAUSA
10-Sep-1310-Sep-13ArgentinaArgentina
11-Oct-1311-Oct-13BelgiumBelgium
11-Oct-1311-Oct-13SwitzerlandSwitzerland
11-Oct-1311-Oct-13GermanyGermany
11-Oct-1311-Oct-13ColombiaColombia
15-Oct-1315-Oct-13Bosnia & HerzegovinaBosnia & Herzegovina
15-Oct-1315-Oct-13RussiaRussia
15-Oct-1315-Oct-13EnglandEngland
15-Oct-1315-Oct-13SpainSpain
15-Oct-1315-Oct-13ChileChile
15-Oct-1315-Oct-13EcuadorEcuador
15-Oct-1315-Oct-13HondurasHonduras
16-Nov-1316-Nov-13NigeriaNigeria
16-Nov-1316-Nov-13Ivory CoastIvory Coast
17-Nov-1317-Nov-13CameroonCameroon
19-Nov-1319-Nov-13GhanaGhana
19-Nov-1319-Nov-13AlgeriaAlgeria
19-Nov-1319-Nov-13GreeceGreece
19-Nov-1319-Nov-13CroatiaCroatia
19-Nov-1319-Nov-13PortugalPortugal
19-Nov-1319-Nov-13FranceFrance
20-Nov-1320-Nov-13MexicoMexico
20-Nov-1320-Nov-13UruguayUruguay
QUALIFICATION DATES/TEAMS

23. GROUP STAGE-BRAZIL 2014

24. GOALS-GROUP WISE
1. No striking variation in performance across groups which implies
equidistribution of good teams across groups
2. Best and worst performing groups each vary by 29% from the
average performance

25. AVERAGE GOALS
1. Average goals jumped by 64% from 1st
half to 2nd
half.
2. Overall group average of 2.8 with max variation shown by
group B and group D

26. DRAWS
1.1. Overall 19% of the 48 matches ended in drawsOverall 19% of the 48 matches ended in draws
2.2. Groups G & H had 2 draws each whereas others had 1 eachGroups G & H had 2 draws each whereas others had 1 each

27. BIGGEST MARGIN VICTORIES
GROUPGROUP RESULTRESULT MATCHMATCH
OVERALLOVERALL
1-51-5 Spain-NetherlandsSpain-Netherlands
4-04-0 Germany-PortugalGermany-Portugal
0-40-4 Cameroon-CroatiaCameroon-Croatia
AA 0-40-4 Cameroon-CroatiaCameroon-Croatia
BB 1-51-5 Spain-NetherlandsSpain-Netherlands
CC
3-03-0 Colombia-GreeceColombia-Greece
1-41-4 Japan-ColombiaJapan-Colombia
DD 1-31-3 Uruguay-Costa RicaUruguay-Costa Rica
EE
3-03-0 France-HondurasFrance-Honduras
2-52-5 Switzerland-FranceSwitzerland-France
0-30-3 Honduras-SwitzerlandHonduras-Switzerland
FF 3-13-1 Bosnia & Herzegovina-IranBosnia & Herzegovina-Iran
GG 4-04-0 Germany-PortugalGermany-Portugal
HH 2-42-4 Korea Republic-AlgeriaKorea Republic-Algeria

28. MARGIN AND % OF MATCHES WON WITH THATMARGIN AND % OF MATCHES WON WITH THAT
MARGINMARGIN
MARGINMARGIN
MATCHESMATCHES
NO.NO. %%
11 2121 53.8%53.8%
22 88 20.5%20.5%
33 77 17.9%17.9%
44 33 7.7%7.7%

29. TURN AROUND STORIESTURN AROUND STORIES
(LOST IN 1(LOST IN 1STST
HALF AND WON THE GAME AFTER 2HALF AND WON THE GAME AFTER 2NDND
HALF)HALF)
ZONE NUMBER OF MATCHES % OF TOTAL GROUP MATCHES
OVERALL 4 12.5%
A 0 0
B 0 0
C 1 16.7%
D 1 16.7%
E 1 16.7%
F 0 0
G 0 0
H 1 16.7%

30. WINNERSWINNERS
WINNER NO. OF MATCHES
WON
Algeria 1
Argentina 3
Belgium 3
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1
Brazil 2
Chile 2
Colombia 3
Costa Rica 2
Cote D’Ivoire 1
Croatia 1
Ecuador 1
France 2
Germany 2
Greece 1
WINNER NO. OF MATCHES
WON
Italy 1
Mexico 2
Netherlands 3
Nigeria 1
Portugal 1
Spain 1
Switzerland 2
Uruguay 2
USA 1

31. GOALS CONCEDEDGOALS CONCEDED
Total Goals Conceded: 136Total Goals Conceded: 136
Highest Goals Conceded by a Team: Australia & Cameroon (9 each)Highest Goals Conceded by a Team: Australia & Cameroon (9 each)
Lowest Goals Conceded by a Team: Mexico, Costa Rica & Belgium (1 each)Lowest Goals Conceded by a Team: Mexico, Costa Rica & Belgium (1 each)
Average Goals Conceded: 2.8Average Goals Conceded: 2.8

32. PARAMETER QUALIFIER GROUP
Average Goal 2.9 2.8
% Matches Ended in Draws 23% 19%
Biggest Margin Victory 10 4
% Matches Won with Margin 1 42% 54%
Increase in Goals in 2nd
Half 34% 64%
Winners’ goals compared to losers’ goals (in %) 259% 302%
COMPARISON: QUALIFIER VS GROUPCOMPARISON: QUALIFIER VS GROUP

33. TeamTeam QualifierQualifier GroupGroup
BrazilBrazil 3.53.5
ChileChile 2.442.44 2.52.5
ColombiaColombia 2.442.44 33
UruguayUruguay 3.133.13 1.51.5
NetherlandsNetherlands 3.563.56 3.333.33
MexicoMexico 2.72.7 22
Costa RicaCosta Rica 2.752.75 22
GreeceGreece 1.561.56 22
FranceFrance 2.832.83 44
NigeriaNigeria 1.61.6 11
GermanyGermany 3.563.56 2.52.5
AlgeriaAlgeria 2.122.12 44
ArgentinaArgentina 3.223.22 22
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 1.711.71 2.52.5
BelgiumBelgium 22 1.331.33
USAUSA 22 22
AVERAGES (IN PRELIM/GROUP) OF TEAMSAVERAGES (IN PRELIM/GROUP) OF TEAMS
QUALIFIED FOR ROUND OF 16QUALIFIED FOR ROUND OF 16
1 Overall average, of
teams, has remained
almost constant at
approx 2.5
2. Some extreme
variations due to
reduced number of
matches played at
Group stage

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