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  2. Paul the Octopus - Wikipedia

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    Paul the Octopus. Paul the Octopus (26 January 2008 [ 1] – 26 October 2010) was a common octopus who predicted the results of international association football matches. Accurate predictions in the 2010 World Cup brought him worldwide attention as an animal oracle . During divinations, Paul's keepers would present him with two food-containing ...

  3. Statistical association football predictions - Wikipedia

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    Statistical Football prediction is a method used in sports betting, to predict the outcome of football matches by means of statistical tools. The goal of statistical match prediction is to outperform the predictions of bookmakers [citation needed][dubious – discuss], who use them to set odds on the outcome of football matches.

  4. Football pools - Wikipedia

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    Football pools. The Totocalcio Logo. In the United Kingdom, the football pools, often referred to as "the pools", is a betting pool based on predicting the outcome of association football matches taking place in the coming week. The pools are typically cheap to enter, and may encourage gamblers to enter several bets.

  5. World Football Elo Ratings - Wikipedia

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    The World Football Elo Ratings are a ranking system for men's national association football teams that is published by the website eloratings.net. It is based on the Elo rating system but includes modifications to take various football-specific variables into account, like the margin of victory, importance of a match, and home field advantage ...

  6. FIFA Men's World Ranking - Wikipedia

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    The FIFA Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, led by Argentina as of July 2024. [ 1] The men's teams of the member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.

  7. List of world association football records - Wikipedia

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    14 titles: Ancelotti won the UEFA Intertoto Cup (1999); the Champions League (2003, 2007, 2014, 2022, 2024); the UEFA Super Cup (2003, 2014, 2007, 2022, 2024); and the FIFA Club World Cup (2007, 2014, 2022) [ 108] Only manager in history to win all six available titles in one calendar year. Pep Guardiola.

  8. 2022 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia

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    The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010. [ 2] It was the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East and Persian Gulf countries, and the second ...

  9. FIFA - Wikipedia

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    FIFA. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( lit. 'International Federation of Association Football' ), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( / ˈfiːfə / FEE-fə ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded in 1904 [ 3] to oversee international ...