RoxburghHibs
11-07-2010, 10:44 PM
Ok to answer my own question, if it comes down to being Champions of the World then the answer is Brazil (5 wins).
But just for fun if you were to total up the final 4 finishers in all the previous finals (giving 4pts, 3pts, 2pts and 1pt for the last 4 places) it would look like the below;
W 2ND 3RD 4TH PTS
GERMANY 3 4 4 1 33
BRAZIL 5 2 2 1 31
ITALY 4 2 1 1 25
ARGENTINA 2 2 0 0 14
FRANCE 1 1 2 1 12
URUGUAY 2 0 0 3 11
HOLLAND 0 3 0 1 10
SWEDEN 0 1 2 1 8
HUNGARY/CZECH
0 2 0 0 6
ENGLAND/SPAIN
1 0 0 1 5
POLAND 0 0 2 0 4
AUSTRIA/PORTUGAL
0 0 1 1 3
USA/CHILE/CROTIA
/TURKEY 0 0 1 0 2
YOGOSLAVIA 0 0 0 2 2
USSR/KORIA 0 0 0 1 1
/BULGARIA
1930 URUGUAY ARGENTINA USA YOGUSLAVIA
1934 ITALY CZECHOSLAVAKIA GERMANY AUSTRIA
1938 ITALY HUNGARY BRAZIL SWEDEN
1950 URUGUAY BRAZIL SWEDEN SPAIN
1954 GERMANY HUNGARY AUSTRIA URUGUAY
1958 BRAZIL SWEDEN FRANCE GERMANY
1962 BRAZIL CZECHOSLAVAKIA CHILE YOGUSLAVIA
1966 ENGLAND GERMANY PORTUGAL USSR
1970 BRAZIL ITALY GERMANY URUGUAY
1974 GERMANY HOLLAND POLAND BRAZIL
1978 ARGENTINA HOLLAND BRAZIL ITALY
1982 ITALY GERMANY POLAND FRANCE
1986 ARGENTINA GERMANY FRANCE BELGIUM
1990 GERMANY ARGENTINA ITALY ENGLAND
1994 BRAZIL ITALY SWEDEN BULGARIA
1998 FRANCE BRAZIL CROATIA HOLLAND
2002 BRAZIL GERNMANY TURKEY KORIA REP
2006 ITALY FRANCE GERMANY PORTUGAL
2010 SPAIN HOLLAND GERMANY URUGUAY
But just for fun if you were to total up the final 4 finishers in all the previous finals (giving 4pts, 3pts, 2pts and 1pt for the last 4 places) it would look like the below;
W 2ND 3RD 4TH PTS
GERMANY 3 4 4 1 33
BRAZIL 5 2 2 1 31
ITALY 4 2 1 1 25
ARGENTINA 2 2 0 0 14
FRANCE 1 1 2 1 12
URUGUAY 2 0 0 3 11
HOLLAND 0 3 0 1 10
SWEDEN 0 1 2 1 8
HUNGARY/CZECH
0 2 0 0 6
ENGLAND/SPAIN
1 0 0 1 5
POLAND 0 0 2 0 4
AUSTRIA/PORTUGAL
0 0 1 1 3
USA/CHILE/CROTIA
/TURKEY 0 0 1 0 2
YOGOSLAVIA 0 0 0 2 2
USSR/KORIA 0 0 0 1 1
/BULGARIA
1930 URUGUAY ARGENTINA USA YOGUSLAVIA
1934 ITALY CZECHOSLAVAKIA GERMANY AUSTRIA
1938 ITALY HUNGARY BRAZIL SWEDEN
1950 URUGUAY BRAZIL SWEDEN SPAIN
1954 GERMANY HUNGARY AUSTRIA URUGUAY
1958 BRAZIL SWEDEN FRANCE GERMANY
1962 BRAZIL CZECHOSLAVAKIA CHILE YOGUSLAVIA
1966 ENGLAND GERMANY PORTUGAL USSR
1970 BRAZIL ITALY GERMANY URUGUAY
1974 GERMANY HOLLAND POLAND BRAZIL
1978 ARGENTINA HOLLAND BRAZIL ITALY
1982 ITALY GERMANY POLAND FRANCE
1986 ARGENTINA GERMANY FRANCE BELGIUM
1990 GERMANY ARGENTINA ITALY ENGLAND
1994 BRAZIL ITALY SWEDEN BULGARIA
1998 FRANCE BRAZIL CROATIA HOLLAND
2002 BRAZIL GERNMANY TURKEY KORIA REP
2006 ITALY FRANCE GERMANY PORTUGAL
2010 SPAIN HOLLAND GERMANY URUGUAY