The World Cup: Difference between revisions

[[Useful Notes/Uruguay|Uruguay]] 1930, [[Useful Notes/Italy|Italy]] 1934, [[Useful Notes/France|France]] 1938, [[Useful Notes/Brazil|Brazil]] 1950, [[Useful Notes/Switzerland|Switzerland]] 1954, [[Useful Notes/Sweden|Sweden]] 1958, [[Useful Notes/Chile|Chile]] 1962, [[Useful Notes/Britain|England]] 1966, [[Useful Notes/Mexico|Mexico]] 1970, [[West Germany]] 1974, [[Useful Notes/Argentina|Argentina]] 1978, [[Useful Notes/Spain|Spain]] 1982, Mexico (as a replacement for [[Useful Notes/Colombia|Colombia]]) 1986, Italy 1990, [[Useful Notes/The United States|USA]] 1994, France 1998, [[Useful Notes/Japan|Japan]] with [[Useful Notes/South Korea|South Korea]] 2002, [[Useful Notes/Germany|Germany]] 2006, [[Useful Notes/South Africa|South Africa]] 2010, Brazil 2014, [[Useful Notes/Russia|Russia]] 2018 and [[Useful Notes/Qatar|Qatar]] 2022.

 

* [[Absurdly High Stakes Game]]: A surprising amount of one-upsmanship in side bets on the 2010 World Cup. First, Diego Maradona <s>promised</s> [[Fan Disservice|threatened]] to run naked through Buenos Aires if Argentina won the World Cup. Responding to this, a Paraguyan lingerie model offered to run naked through Asuncion if her country won<ref> They lost, but she took some pictures naked in an Asuncion stadium. And later appeared on the Brazilian [[Playboy]].</ref>. Responding to ''that'', a Dutch pornstar offered to 'reward' her Twitter followers with free oral sex (115,000+ ) if the Dutch won. They ultimately lost to Spain 1-0.

* [[All Is Well That Ends Well]]: Losses at the group stage by eventual World Cup winners (West Germany in '54 to Hungary and '74 to East Germany, Argentina in '78 to Italy, Spain in 2010 to Switzerland), qualifying with three draws (Italy in '82), the 8-3 group stage battering (West Germany in '54) will not be the topics of conversation they once were.