The document analyzes soccer data from the 2002 and 2006 World Cups. It calculates statistics like total goals scored and conceded by each team, and their average across matches played. These metrics are used to define a "fit measure" that evaluates team performance based on goals for and against. The results are presented for each team, with the highest performing teams having the highest fit measures.

1. Soccer World Cup Analysis
Soccer World Cups 2006 - 2002
Since we are getting closer and closer to the next Soccer World Cup
(2010), I thought I could analyse the soccer data of the participant
teams.
Data analysis can definitely not predict who the next winner is going
to be, since I do not have the data of the participant teams of the last
4 years.
What is available is the data of the 2 past world cups (2002 and 2006)
at the FIFA web site http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/
index.html. We will try to analyze those data and mark each team's
performance at the 2 last soccer world cups.
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2. Soccer World Cup Analysis
Let's have a look first at the absolute number of goals.
Total number of goals in the last World Cup
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3. Soccer World Cup Analysis
The total number of goals however does not tell us much, since a few teams played more games
than others. Let's check the average number of goals with respect to the played games.
Average number of goals in the last World Cup
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4. Soccer World Cup Analysis
Let's see who has improved from 2002 to 2006...
Total number of goals in the last 2 Soccer World Cups
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5. Soccer World Cup Analysis
Average number of goals in the last 2 Soccer World Cups
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6. Soccer World Cup Analysis
Total number of taken goals in the
last 2 Soccer World Cups
Because everybody knows that
soccer is not only about
scoring goals.
It is also about not taking any!
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7. Soccer World Cup Analysis
Average number of taken goals in the last 2 Soccer World Cups
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8. Soccer World Cup Analysis
Let's define now a fit measure, like: (# total goals - # taken goals) / # games
Fit Measure for the last 2 Soccer World Cups
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9. Soccer World Cup Analysis
Let's see this result in more details for the 2006 world cup
Team # games # goals # taken goals average(# goals) average(# taken goals) fit measure
Argentina 5 11 3 2 1 1.60
Brazil 5 10 2 2 0 1.60
Italy 7 12 2 2 0 1.43
Spain 4 9 4 2 1 1.25
Germany 6 11 5 2 1 1.00
Switzerland 4 4 0 1 0 1.00
France 7 9 3 1 0 0.86
England 5 6 2 1 0 0.80
Portugal 6 6 2 1 0 0.67
Ecuador 4 5 4 1 1 0.25
Netherlands 4 3 2 1 0 0.25
Mexico 4 5 5 1 1 0.00
Paraguay 3 2 2 1 1 0.00
Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
China PR 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
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10. Soccer World Cup Analysis
Team # games # goals # taken goals average(# goals) average(# taken goals) fit measure
Australia 4 5 6 1 2 -0.25
Sweden 4 3 4 1 1 -0.25
Angola 3 1 2 0 1 -0.33
Cote d'Ivoire 3 5 6 2 2 -0.33
Croatia 3 2 3 1 1 -0.33
Czech Republic 3 3 4 1 1 -0.33
Ukraine 5 5 7 1 1 -0.40
Ghana 4 4 6 1 2 -0.50
Korea Republic 3 2 4 1 1 -0.67
Poland 3 2 4 1 1 -0.67
Tunisia 3 3 6 1 2 -1.00
Iran 3 2 6 1 2 -1.33
Togo 3 1 5 0 2 -1.33
Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 4 0 1 -1.33
USA 3 2 6 1 2 -1.33
Japan 3 2 7 1 2 -1.67
Saudi Arabia 3 2 7 1 2 -1.67
Costa Rica 3 3 9 1 3 -2.00
Serbia and Montenegro 3 2 10 1 3 -2.67
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