#soccer data

[kjanus03]

Everyone is going to play - a statistical analysis of FIFA World Cup formats and participation.

Throughout the history of the FIFA World Cup, the number of teams participating has gradually increased. In the first edition of the tournament, held in 1930, only 13 teams participated with no qualifiers held before the tounrament. Each country that played has been invited by FIFA. This number increased to 16 in the 1934 tournament, and then to 24 teams in the 1982 edition. Noticable outlier in the chart below is the 1950 tournament in Switzerland - 15 countries met the requirements to play with Japan unable to participate due to failing to fulfill their payment duty.

If you have watched the World Cup lately, there is a good chance that it has been played by 32 teams in eight groups of four teams each. This format has been in place since 1998, and the tournament has been held in different countries every four years. In total, 64 matches are played during the tournament, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the knockout stage.

In 2026, the Football World Cup is set to be expanded to 48 teams, with the tournament being hosted by Canada, Mexico, and the United States. This will be the first time in the tournament's history that three countries will co-host the event. The tournament is said to be played in three team groups, with a total of 80 matches being played. This format however is not formally approved as of now and FIFA are considering alternative approaches, one of them is dividing the teams into 12 groups of 4, and having the 8 best third-placed teams andvance alongside the top two teams from each group.

The "best third places advancing" wouldn't be a new approach in a World Cup. The 1982-1994 editions were played similarly to how UEFA Euros are played today - 24 teams in 6 groups with 12 teams advancing by being in the top 2 of their group and 4 best third placed team advancing alongside them.

Earlier competitions did not have a set-in-stone approach to deciding how group when two or more teams were tied on points. In the 1958 tournament hosted by Sweden two teams could play against one another in the group stage more than once (!). Three play-offs were played between teams that were tied on points.

Overall, the argument for expansion of the Football World Cup to 48 teams is that it will provide more opportunities for countries to participate in the tournament which may result in a larger and more exciting competition for fans around the world. One of the main criticisms of the expansioln is that it will result in a less competitive and less exciting tournament. With an additional 16 teams participating, there will be more matches and more teams advancing to the knockout stage. This could potentially lead to having to sit through 16 groups of 3 with weaker squads before finally getting to watch the latter stages of the tournament. Sceptics also mention that 3-team would group stage would require one team in each group to watch the other two teams play, instead of participating in a game themselves. In a 4-team group stage, all teams would have the opportunity to play and compete in every matchday, with the last two games being played simultaneously.

Charts made with: Python Seaborn & Matplotlib Modules.

Sources

https://www.espn.com/soccer/fifa-world-cup/story/4825387/fifa-could-abandon-three-team-groups-for-2026-world-cup

https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/piterfm/fifa-football-world-cup?resource=download

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup

https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1958sweden

[alphabetcompletionist]

database projects are stressful because i've gotta make a bunch of little storylines for people (i am not required to do this) but i get to put my specialest feller in there

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[vellengeful]

trying to find spicy recipes that dont use onion or anything in the nightshade family

[shewantsitall]

Baseball season is going to fix me. I’m sure of it.

[freepassbound]

15 questions for 15 people

Tagged by @ya-nahz

Are you named after anyone?

Just the last names.

When was the last time you cried?

Out-and-out bawling... it's been awhile. I get teary fairly frequently, though.

Do you have kids?

Only metaphorically.

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

Noooo... whatever would make anyone think that?

😁

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

Height.

What’s your eye color?

That's actually been a matter of some debate recently. 🤔

Scary movies or happy endings?

Well, I'm not a 'scary movie' person, so happy endings?

Any special talents?

Uh... I'm pretty handy with puzzles, I have an excellent reading voice... I absorb and process information well?

Where were you born?

About 3 miles from where I'm sitting.

What are your hobbies?

Nothing in particular. I read. I internet. Every once in a great long while I write something.

Do you have any pets?

Nope.

What sports do you play/have you played?

It's been awhile - the last few years haven't really been conducive, you know? Formerly: basketball, soccer, golf, tennis, and baseball.

How tall are you?

6'2".

Favorite subject in school?

History! I guess that should have been foreshadowing. 🤔

Dream job?

Already did it.

Tagging: @sunfl0werswitch, @thegirlwiththetwinklyeyes, @rae-being-naughty, @shy-gfd, @christiandomme, @youknowitsworthfightingfor, @skinreflectsthesun, @the-affectionate-boy, @thatsuccubabe, @reddevilgoddess,@k-thursday, @a-prevented-domme-light

[betsapi4]

Mastering the Game: Leveraging Sports Odds and Data Feeds

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[bettreworld]

Know Brief Features of Sports Data APIs

API Football is a leading sports data API provider offering complete data solutions for various sports websites. With real-time access to scores, player statistics, timetables, and more, API Football empowers developers to generate dynamic and engaging sports-related bids. Its wide-ranging coverage and dependable service make it a go-to choose for participating sports data into websites and applications.

https://themediumblog.com/know-brief-features-of-sports-data-apis/

[jaywritesrps]

[techdriveplay]

4 Training Secrets of Elite Afl Players That You Can Apply to Your Workouts

AFL players are among the most elite athletes in the world. They are strong, agile, dynamic athletes who need the endurance to last around two and a half hours of intense game playing.  While the average bloke doesn’t need to train to the extent of someone who is an elite athlete, we certainly can learn some tips and tricks to make our training efficient. We spoke to Cameron Falloon, the…

[ereh-emanresu-tresni]

Far more successful than anticipated refresh of YouTube rec algorithm today has made me realize I'm way overdue for a heavy internet recuration overall tbh lol what exactly should I aim for on here though hm

[kurresti]

Visualización de estadísticas deportivas: Esta gráfica muestra los puntos acumulados por el Real Zaragoza desde la primera jornada durante 11 temporadas. La visualización muestra que esta última temporada ha sido la que mejor ha comenzado porque han alcanzado los 15 puntos de forma más rápida. Cuanto más recta la línea, más puntos acumulados en menos tiempo. En cambio, se ve que ha habido temporadas nefastas con líneas largas y sinuosas. Explóralo en : https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/deportes/futbol/real-zaragoza/2023/09/13/los-15-puntos-mas-rapidos-del-real-zaragoza-1677735.html

[losangelesnewsfeed]

"Discover the incredible turning point for Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League that has fans talking! You won't believe the stunning victory over Borussia Dortmund - read on to find out more!"

The article discusses whether Chelsea’s recent win over Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League can be seen as a turning point for the team’s fortunes. The author notes that Chelsea has been inconsistent in its performances this season and that the win over Dortmund was an important one, given the German team’s strong form. The article also highlights some of the key players for Chelsea,…

[peterbordes]

The Moneyball Method: Using Data to Build a Football Dream Team

The Graphext team set out to build an exceptional football team for less than 100M Euros. Using data provided in the FIFA 2020/2021 dataset - the video game - we built prediction models in order to find the key performance attributes for each position. Then, we used this to pick out a team of hidden gems. Victoriano and Andy take you through the analysis, delving into the world of football statistics and talking about how they came up with the Graphext dream team.

[betsapi4]

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[love-of-the-red-star]

That time I got reincarnated as an Aeon

(Series)

Chapter two: This is not a good day to be a god.

Warnings: Spoilers for Aventurine’s backstory, some canon divergent stuff as I’m taking creative liberties. Reader is kind of biased but also not. People aren’t really having a good time. Good ol Eldritch horror. This chapter is a bit more serious in tone than the last ones.

“Mr. Yang, can we please switch the channel?”

Welt, being the nearest person near the techy T.V you absolutely had no fucking idea how to operate yet had obliged to your request, because you see, the news channel had no problem broadcasting your latest breakdown for everyone to hear.

You could have sworn you saw Pompom almost cry from the sound of your eldritch version and honestly you wouldn’t blame them— if you were them, you were sure you’d cry at the sound of your own voice too because what the fuck was that—

Why you even cried? Well, you accidentally freed a planet.

From existing. By simply accidentally dropping your tears on it because you cried watching a planet from thousands of light years away that you’re pretty sure is Sigonia come to conflict.

How you accidentally did more damage than Nanook and haven’t ended up being assimilated to them is beyond you, but you remembered you still have some agendas, you can’t be eaten yet.

It wasn’t exactly your fault your true form was a little too big that rogue planets who had the unlucky chance to get too near you ended up being quite literally disassembled. You just hoped there were no sentient life forms in it.

Continuing on with breakfast, Himeko drank her weird smelling coffee near you, unperturbed and probably used to hearing the news airing out your dirty laundry. (She’s still a little shaken from hearing the crying, but knowing you personally has made it seem.. less terrifying.)

You munched on your toast, thanking Pompom for making it the way you liked it; being slightly on the burnt side.

Welt had switched the channel to a different network, this time, there’s sports. Everyone seemed content on seeing sweaty men on a soccer field instead of hearing your not so pleasant and probably horrifying sounding distress so it was a win.

Then you randomly remembered Sigonia.

“Hey uh.. Himeko? Do we have data on this specific star cluster here?” You asked as you scribbled on a piece of paper, hoping at least that Akivili had made it there at least once.

Himeko peered through the paper and frowned. “….” She seemed hesitant, which confirmed your suspicion. “We don’t… the rail hasn’t gone that way just yet.”

Well shit. It seemed like you couldn’t take the express with you without you heading there and establishing a space anchor first.

But that would take time. Too much time. And you realized that logically there would be little to no benefit of a space anchor in a harsh desert planet— you cut those thoughts as soon as they came, you weren’t going to think like the IPC.

It’s up to you to establish a connection then. But could you even make it in time?

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Your projection had disappeared after breakfast, leaving the express once again to wander as they pleased as you returned to your original body to peer into Sigonia— specifically Sigonia IV once again.

It’s surprisingly lively for a desolate place. It made sense, people do live there, and it made you smile at the resilience they presented despite their circumstances.

You should bless them, you thought, maybe placing it under the guise of their mother goddess if you’re remembering their belief system correctly. She.. unfortunately does not exist, but you do.

You won’t let them know that though for the sake of their peace.

You just wish the two clans would free themselves from hatred; logically it would be more beneficial to work together in a place like that, and it made you feel bad for the Katicans in a way— to be caged by their own prejudice they can’t see beyond words or envy that they’d choose to simply wipe out another clan out of those feelings. It was just sad, a little pathetic almost.

You didn’t want to be biased, but you do know you have sides to take if you wanted to be free of something. In this situation, you don’t think there was an option to simply have the two of them be on equal terms— not for now at least. Maybe you should consult Xipe? But where even are they?

For the sake of quieting your strangely human conscience, you chose to bless the Avgins in their little festival, in the hope that you’d steer them away from their written fate.

You know it’d be hard to fight, but you’d be damned if you didn’t try.

It had taken you to seeing little Kakavasha for a good while for you to finally crack and get down there yourself.

There was no way you were going to let him suffer a life that you knew was going to happen to him, not if you could do something about it. And lucky for you, you were an Aeon, and you were an Aeon that did whatever they damn wanted.

You had said fuck you to fate that day and took the form of an Avgin woman, not before leaving a message to Boothill that you hope he’d receive considering you’re not delivering it through your phone number— you were delivering your message through sheer will.

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Assimilating with the Avgin had come rather easily. It had made you feel bad to deceive them— you had pretended to be injured, no, it was more like you intentionally let your projection appear injured, as you approached their camp.

You had called yourself “Delia”, and they were keen on accepting that. They had taken care of you and kids cooed over the patterns of the skirt that you wore, asking you how you had created it.

Your only saving grace had been a young girl who appeared almost the same physical age as you, shooing away the people who crowded you too much. (Not that there was even many of them, there were three at most, and they were children.)

You had only awkwardly laughed as she shot them a look, something about how the “patient” needed to be left alone.

“Sorry about them, they can be excitable when they see something pretty.” She said to you, squeezing a wet rag before she wiped your face with it. It’s embarrassing to be taken care of like you were a baby, but if it’s what it took to try and free them, then you’re willing to sacrifice your dignity a little more— if you were being honest, you’d take this over hearing the sound of your own crying on the television.

“It’s fine.” You smiled as she put the rag down and checked your “injured” leg.

“A few more days and you’d be good to go. Though…. You’re healing faster than people normally would…..” You could sense the suspicion in her tone, and inwardly you smiled mischievously. “Never mind, I suppose that’s a good thing. The sooner you heal, the sooner you’re out of the bed and can go around and move about.” She nodded to herself in her assessment of you and left the tent.

It was days later that you found that she’s funnily enough, Kakavasha’s sister.

By that time, you were known by the people around you, but you didn’t know them.

Kakavasha had been one of those who knew you in courtesy of his older sister; and now he’s here, shyly peeking over the table as you scribbled away into a sheet of paper.

He’s curious as he peered over your work. “It’s the stars you see on the left side of that mountain.” You told him, hesitantly he brings his pointer finger and holds it over the tear drop shapes.

“What’s this?”

“It’s rain.” You explained, and the little boy that you once knew to be the gambler tilted his head.

“Why is there so many of them?” Ah right, this place didn’t rain much.

“The sky is crying.” You told him and he simply frowned.

“Sister said you have a lot of stories.” He decided to change the topic, probably sensing your awkwardness. How embarrassing for a little kid to know you’re not good at speaking, but you know you’ll eventually learn how to better yourself in doing so.

“Yes I do, wanna hear one of them?” Your smile returned, and little Kakavasha, with his one missing front tooth, reflected your expression.

“I’m taking that as a yes. I’ll tell you the story of a girl who lost everything to the rain…”

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Two Sigonian months (you’ve counted the hours, and put them into months to prevent yourself from going insane from saying the numbers) and you’re pretty sure you’ve ran out of tales you’ve parodied from the original you told him and the other children. Kakavasha had brought it upon himself to stick by your side funnily enough, saying something about not caring if you repeat the tales to him again.

His mother had brought you to the side some time ago, thanking you for the diversion you gave to the children from the reality they were in.

You were combing a sleeping Kakavasha’s hair when you had heard it. The dreaded call for aid for the next Kakava festival.

And there was no time for the space anchor you were just starting to make.

Your hands paused, and you gently set the child’s head off your lap and into a pillow before disappearing into the night.

You returned 6 system hours later. Then another 18 system hours went by before you disappeared again and reappeared exactly after six hours. That continued on for days as the festival grew nearer.

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Unbeknownst to you, this was utterly terrifying for the galaxy rangers aside from Boothill to receive messages from a nonexistent number. It had come in the form of a cipher, then actual comprehensive texts, then another cipher again and all of them would increase in frequency— as if the one who was calling for help was making it a point that it was urgent.

All of it had led to the answer of Sigonia IV despite the other strange contents of those messages.

Sometimes it wasn’t even texts at all, sometimes it was calls in the same six system hour time span that they’d receive those messages. They’d receive the call, and they would receive static sounds that formed words— gibberish half the time, but still beckoning them to Sigonia IV.

Some of them had put their phone down sometimes as the calls manifested into sounds that made them shudder all the way to their bones. They couldn’t describe the noise, but it put some sort of primal reaction out of them enough that some of them went 72 system hours without sleep.

As irrational and ridiculous as it sounded, there were very little things that galaxy rangers feared.

Whatever was sending them these things were one of them.

Sometimes it would be their TV, and Boothill had the unfortunate fate of listening to the strange cacophony that if he had been a human he was sure it would have terrified him enough he’d piss himself. There was something wrong about the waves it emitted, it wasn’t a normal glitch or a hack sort of glitch, but rather something else.

SOS, Sigonia IV, SOS, Sigonia IV. The message were a repeat.

In the calls he received, he would have thought he was having a fever dream when he found they didn’t exist in his call logs until his fellow rangers confirmed they received the same message.

He remembered receiving the text once before all this— a strange occurrence, but not exactly a coincidence.

They received the same messages again for this night. Except the ending sequence changed.

Bring people. Avgin. IPC not help. SOS. Sigonia IV. Send HELP.

After the last sequence had indicated the date, the TV short circuited and the lights dimmed.

“Oh fudge me.” Boothill muttered, whoever or whatever was even sending these things were clearly going agitated. “Looks like we’re going to be on a roll boys, I don’t think it’s wise to priss off this cutie pie so best we don’t ignore that signal for any fudging longer than we already had.”

“Say less, and I hope to the aeons I get a good nights sleep when we’re done.”

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Part I, Part II, Part III [HERE], Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII….

And that’s a wrap for part two! I know it lacks jokes but come on. But yeah we’re going on the more serious territory for a bit before we go back for the jokes. Heavily unedited and written in the middle of the night.