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MarkVarga t1_ixt95rp wrote
Great topic and interesting (but kind of expected) results, but I think you should use points instead of score. A match has a score but points are awarded for it.
Which team advanced with 3 points and when?
authorPGAusten OP t1_ixt9yt8 wrote
Yeah dang, you are right, should have done points, that would have made it more clear.
Chile in Group B, 1998. Need a lot of ties to make it happen.
Italy 7, Chile 3, Austria and Cameroon with 2.
MarkVarga t1_ixta4th wrote
Ah, that's a great stat for some pub quiz. :D
I thought it's some goal difference shenanigan but that makes more sense. Chile tying with everyone, Italy beating everyone and Austria tying with Cameroon.
Ashe_feet_97 t1_ixub584 wrote
Did Elon actually unban Alex Jones?
darthvirgin t1_ixvbt38 wrote
You shouldn’t be using a connecting line for the percent advanced since the only possible values are integers, and given that the data is pretty noisy. Would be better to use bars or dots.
authorPGAusten OP t1_ixvw05n wrote
good point
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authorPGAusten OP t1_ixt8wt6 wrote
Source : Wikipedia for every world cup from 1998 - 2018:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup
Tools: Just used Google Sheets to compile
Some things to note:
A score of 8 is impossible to get in the current format. I put that 0 percent of 8 advance, but it really could be any number because 0 have ever scored that.
It is impossible to advance to the next round with a score of 0, 1
It is possible to advance with a score of 2, but it has never happened.
It is possible to advance with a score of 3, but it has only happened 1 time
It is possible to not advance with a score of 5 or 6, but this has never happened so far. Every score above 5 has advanced.
A score of 7 or above guarantees advancement to the next round.
Edit: I had erroneously stated that a score of 2 meant you couldn't advance, but that is not correct, it is possible (though never happened) to advance with a point total of 2.
Edit 2: Also to be clear, this is point total, not points in game. 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a tie. I should have used points as opposed to score, my bad!