Summary of all world and continental titles

[max72]

Men's Africa Champions - 13/07/2022
Senegal 1 - 1 Eswatini (10-9 p) @ Princess Magogo Stadium, Durban (RSA), 2022 COSAFA Cup Quarter-finals
8' Lamine Camara (SEN)
60' Philani Mkhontfo (SWZ)

Senegal retain the title for the 3rd time.
Up next: Zambia (A), 2022 COSAFA Cup Semi-finals, 15/07/2022

[max72]

Men's Africa Champions - 15/07/2022
Zambia 4 - 3 Senegal @ Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban (RSA), 2022 COSAFA Cup Semi-finals
18' Kelvin Kampamba (ZAM)
22' Lamine Camara (SEN)
36' Spencer Sautu (ZAM)
58' Ricky Banda (ZAM)
61' Kelvin Kampamba (ZAM)
72' Jean Diouf (SEN)
88' Moussa Ndiaye (SEN)

Zambia claim the title!
Up next: Namibia (A), 2022 COSAFA Cup Final, 17/07/2022

[max72]

Men's Africa Champions - 17/07/2022
Namibia 0 - 1 (a.e.t.) Zambia @ Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban (RSA), 2022 COSAFA Cup Final
111' (own goal) Edward Maova (NAM)

Zambia retain the title for the 1st time.
Up next: Lesotho (A), 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group H, March 2023

[max72]

Okay, so I have just seen today that yesterday there was a friendly match between Mauritius and Seychelles that I totally haven't heard about before consulting the Facebook page of the Mauritius Football Federation (https://www.facebook.com/mauritiusfootballassociation). After the COSAFA Cup, I thought that the Seychelles would not have a match for a long time but I was wrong:

Men's Africa Wooden Sp00n - 18/07/2022
Mauritius 2 - 0 Seychelles @ MFA Astro Pitch, Stateland Trianon, Quatre Bornes (MRI), Friendly Match
50'(p) Hans Patate (MRI)
87' Frédéric Sarah (MRI)

Seychelles fail to offload for the 40th time.
Up next: to be announced...

[max72]

Hello, just a quick question, just to be sure: the matches for the qualification for the African Nations Championship (and the African Nations Championship itself) don't count for the UFWC titles, right ? Because these are not matches played by the A-team of each national football team. These matches are only featuring national teams consisting of players currently playing in their respective local leagues.

The African Nations Championship must not be confused with the Africa Cup of Nations (where A-team national football team matches are played).

[alex]

I would say no to the nations championship counting towards unofficial champions/sthingy. The simple reason for this is that as far as I'm aware they are not counted as full internationals, nor does it count towards a teams FIFA rankings. Theoretically a country is playing their best team possible in these competitions which is not possible in a squad restrictive competition such as the nations championship

[max72]

Hi, I was trying to sum up all world and continental titles since it is the last day of 2022 and it's been a few months since there was a summary. What's more next matches that matter for world or continental titles are in February 2023 with the Women FIFA International Match Window in February. Please tell me/us if you have something different from this summary (I'm not 100% of everything...):


Current Holders Summary
Men
World:             Argentina            American Samoa
Asia:                Australia               Brunei
Africa:             Mali                      Seychelles
CONCACAF:     Panama                British Virgin Islands
S America:      Argentina              Bolivia
Oceania:         New Zealand          Tonga
Europe:           Croatia                  San Marino

Women
World:             England               Gibraltar
Asia:               China                    Macau
Africa:            Zambia                  Mauritania
CONCACAF:    United States         Turks & Caicos Islands
S America:     Brazil                     Peru
Oceania:        New Zealand          American Samoa
Europe:          England                 Gibraltar

[petewaring]

Hi max72. There are just 2 where my records differ to yours.

Men's African championship - annoyingly, FIFA count the African Nations Championship matches as full internationals, even though none of the teams are at anything like full strength as they can only use domestic-based players. But because they are seen as full internationals, I include them. That means that Zambia lost the title in a CHAN qualifier to Mozambique in July. Mozambique then lost in November to South Africa, who are the current holders.

Men's CONCACAF sp00n - Anguilla's win last January over the British Virgin Islands appears to have been a "B" international, so I still have Anguilla as sp00n holders. (https://www.footballdatabase.eu/en/match/overview/2348677-iles_vierges_gb-anguilla).

I use Soccerway (https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/national-teams/) as my basis for working out all the data.

But I agree it is complicated as there seems to be no proper agreement as to the status of some matches, hence the arguments over Algeria's/ Italy's world-record unbeaten runs (https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/afcon-algeria-undefeated-streak-record-matches-fifa/d6c2qsspsnki1dwox55u6vwbz).

[max72]

Hi petewaring, sorry it took me a long time to answer.
First, thank you very much to have answered to my December post.

For African matches, indeed it's very annoying to trace the "trophies" considering the ambiguous status of the African Nations Championship matches (+ their qualifications) and that FIFA counts it to calculate points, but in the same time teams are very different with and without the outside-based players (from foreign leagues).

I take note of the difference between our two different team for Men's African championship, but I have decided (starting from now) to follow the two teams: South Africa and Mali. Maybe in the future the title will be unified and we will have an undisputed Men's African champion, we never know.

But I have a question first for you: when it comes to take into consideration the African teams matches: you take into consideration matches for Africa Cup of Nations (final phase + qualifications), but also African Nations Championship matches (final phase + qualifications), right ? And also friendly (international) matches between A teams, right ?
But what about friendly matches and warm-up matches before the final phase of the African Nations Championship, like what happened in the beginning of January 2023 last month ? Before the 2022 African Nations Championship, there were a lot of friendly warm-up matches for preparation for the African Nations Championship, and according to Soccerway (the site that you use) these matches are considered matches between A' teams (not A). So do you agree on the fact that these latter matches are not considered for Men's African championship, but also Men’s African wooden sp00n and also UFWC Men’s world championship and Men’s world wooden sp00n ?


For Men's CONCACAF sp00n, I also take note of the difference between our two different team. I don't know yet what I am going to do about this one because it is a bit more difficult. Indeed, from my side I use www.eloratings.net/latest for tracing the virtual trophies because I was thinking that it was a really good site and that it was collecting only the international A teams matches (for example in this site the match Anguilla - British Virgin Islands is an A international team match, and moreover the matches of the African Nations Championship are not counted, that's why I was using it), but it appears that I have some doubts now. It's a pity that there is no website that collect effectively all the A international matches effectively... There was a time where FIFA was doing it on their website to show the calculation of the national teams ranking points, but they stopped it...

Anyway, thank you for your answer.

Best regards,

max72

[hakejunter]

UFWC Matches - June 2023

Women's African Champions - 11/06/2023
Zambia 1 - 0 Tanzania @ Woodlands Stadium, Lusaka (ZAM) - Friendly
68' Comfort Selemani

Zambia retain the title.
Up next: to be announced

Men's European Champions - 14/06/2023
Netherlands 2 - 4 Croatia @ De Kuip, Rotterdam (NED) - Nations League Semi-Final
34' Donyell Malen
55' Andrej Kramaric (p)
72' Mario Pasalic
90+6' Noa Lang
98' Bruno Petkovic
116' Luka Modric (p)

Croatia retain the title.
Up next: Spain (N), 2022-23 UEFA Nations League, 18/06/2023

Men's World Champions - 15/06/2023
Argentina 2 - 0 Australia @ Workers' Stadium, Beijing (CHN) - Friendly
2' Lionel Messi
68' German Pezzella

Argentina retain the title.
Up next: Indonesia (A), Friendly, 19/06/2023

Men's CONCACAF Champions - 15/06/2023
Panama 0 - 2 Canada @ Allegiant Stadium, Paradise (USA) - Nations League Semi-Final
25' Jonathan David
69' Alphonso Davies

Canada claim the title.
Up next: United States (A), 2022-23 CONCACAF Nations League, 18/06/2023

Men's European Wooden Sp00n - 16/06/2023
San Marino 0 - 3 Kazakhstan @ Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma (ITA) - Euro 2024 Qualifiers
37' Yan Vorogovsky
64' Ashkat Tagybergen (p)
90+5' Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov

San Marino retain the sp00n.
Up next: Finland (A), 2024 European Championship Qualifiers, 19/06/2023

Men's African Champions - 17/06/2023
South Africa 2 - 1 Morocco @ FNB Stadium, Johannesburg (RSA) - AFCON Qualifiers
5' Munir Mohamedi (og)
48' Zakhele Lepasa
60' Hakim Ziyech

South Africa retain the title.
Up next: to be announced

Men's South American Wooden Sp00n - 17/06/2023
Ecuador 1 - 0 Bolivia @ Red Bull Arena, Harrison (USA) - Friendly
69' Enner Valencia

Bolivia retain the sp00n.
Up next: Chile (H), Friendly, 20/06/2023

Men's CONCACAF Champions - 18/06/2023
Canada 0 - 2 United States @ Allegiant Stadium, Paradise (USA) - Nations League Final
12' Chris Richards
34' Folarin Balogun

United States claim the title.
Up next: Jamaica (H), 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 24/06/2023

Men's European Champions - 18/06/2023
Croatia 0 - 0 Spain (4-5p) @ De Kuip, Rotterdam (NED) - Nations League Final

Spain claim the title.
Up next: Georgia (A), 2024 European Championship Qualifiers, 8/09/2023

Men's World Champions - 19/06/2023
Indonesia 0 - 2 Argentina @ Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta (IDN) - Friendly
38' Leandro Paredes
55' Cristian Romero

Argentina retain the title. 
Up next: Ecuador (H), 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, 6/09/2023

Men's European Wooden Sp00n - 19/06/2023
Finland 6 - 0 San Marino @ Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki (FIN) - Euro 2024 Qualifiers
16' Glen Kamara
39' Benjamin Kallman
65' 72' 74' Daniel Hakans
76' Teemu Pukki

San Marino retain the sp00n.
Up next: Denmark (A), 2024 European Championship Qualifiers, 7/09/2023

Men's South American Wooden Sp00n - 20/06/2023
Bolivia 0 - 0 Chile @ Estadio Ramon Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz (BOL) - Friendly

Bolivia retain the sp00n.
Up next: Brazil (A), 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, 6/09/2023


Current Holders Summary
Men
World: Argentina American Samoa
Asia: Australia Brunei
Africa: South Africa Seychelles
CONCACAF: United States Anguilla
S America: Argentina Bolivia
Oceania: New Zealand Tonga
Europe: Spain San Marino

Women
World: Australia Gibraltar
Asia: China Macau
Africa: Zambia Mauritania
CONCACAF: United States Turks & Caicos Islands
S America: Brazil Peru
Oceania: New Zealand American Samoa
Europe: England Gibraltar

There are a few tournaments coming up in late June through to early August, including the CONCACAF Gold Cup and the FIFA Women's World Cup, where there will be a few more matches to follow.

[hakejunter]

Men's CONCACAF Champions - 24/06/2023
United States 1 - 1 Jamaica @ Soldier Field, Chicago (USA) - 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage
13' Damion Lowe
88' Brandon Vazquez

United States retain the title.
Up next: St Kitts & Nevis (H), 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage, 28/06/2023

[max72]

Women's World Wooden Sp00n - 26/06/2023
Gibraltar 0 - 7 Panama @ Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar (GIB) - Friendly
22' 27' 76' Emily Masiel Cedeno Coba
39' Karla Riley
45+2' Erika Hernandez
60' Marta Cox (p)
85' Deysire Salazar

Gibraltar retain the sp00n.
Up next: to be announced

[max72]

I also add that from 5 to 16 July 2023 South Africa will host the 2023 COSAFA Cup. So next match for South Africa is :

Up next: Namibia (A), 2023 COSAFA Cup (Group stage, Group A, Day 1), 05/07/2023

and also Seychelles will participate, so :

Up next: Comoros (A), 2023 COSAFA Cup (Group stage, Group B, Day 1), 06/07/2023

[hakejunter]

Men's CONCACAF Champions - 28/06/2023
St Kitts & Nevis 0 - 6 United States @ CITYPARK, St Louis (USA) - 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage
12' 79' Dorde Mihailovic
14' Bryan Reynolds
16' 25' 50' Jesus Ferreira

United States retain the title.
Up next: Trinidad & Tobago (H), 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage, 2/07/2023

[hakejunter]

Women's European Champions - 1/07/2023
England 0 - 0 Portugal @ Stadium mk, Milton Keynes (ENG) - Friendly

England retain the title.
Up next: Denmark (N), 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group Stage, 28/07/2023