Summary of all world and continental titles

[druryfire]

Jan 4, 2011 0:09:35 GMT carter said:

Next match overall: 9th January - Japan vs. Jordan (men's world title) and Uzbekistan vs. Quatar (men's AFC title)

Uzbekistan played Qatar on the 7th, won 2:0, defended their title

[jessekuiper]

12/01/2011: Uzbekistan 2:1 Kuwait
16/01/2011: China PR 2:2 Uzbekistan
21/01/2011: Uzbekistan 2:1 Jordan
25/01/2011: Uzbekistan 0:6 Australia

That means today's match between Japan and Australia is a triple-header: a unification of the UFWC and both the official and unofficial Asian championships!

[brunei]

Finally Japan won!! they obtain the three titles, so they're UFWC winners, Unofficial Asian champions and AFC best team too.

Next match will be against Montenegro on March but these are Europeans means a World UFWC match only. Japan has no Asian matches yet.

Gambare Japan

[petewaring]

Hi, back from a bit of a break. Japan have now unified the World and Asian men's titles. Meanwhile, the United States inevitably hit back in the women's game, following their stunning dethroning late last year. They beat Canada 2-1 on 23rd January to take back the World and CONCACAF titles. The Americans' next World defence is against Japan on 2nd March 2011. A Japanese win is highly unlikely; however, if it was to happen, Japan would achieve the very rare feat of holding both men's and women's unofficial titles simultaneously.

The next action is on 9th February, with three men's matches:
1) Macau attempt to offload their World and Asian sp00ns against Cambodia.
2) Libya defend their African title against Benin.
3) Finally, the big one! Liechtenstein, holders of the European wooden sp00n since 2008, face arguably the only European team even weaker than them - San Marino. It promises to be an exciting clash!

Current holders (men’s title/ men’s sp00n----- women’s title/ women’s sp00n):

World: Japan Macau----- United States Macedonia
Europe: Greece Liechtenstein----- Germany Macedonia
South America: Peru Paraguay -----Ecuador Peru
Africa: Libya Seychelles -----Nigeria Guinea-Bissau
Asia: Japan Macau----- Japan Guam
CONCACAF: Mexico Anguilla----- United States Turks & Caicos Islands
Oceania: Fiji Tonga----- New Zealand American Samoa

[petewaring]

Results:
Cambodia 3-1 Macau
Libya 3-2 Benin
San Marino 0-1 Liechtenstein.

Therefore, it's as you were for Macau and Libya. Liechtenstein, though, have offloaded the European sp00n courtesy of their win over San Marino. The Sammarinese have only ever won one match (against Liechtenstein themselves in 2004), and have not even managed a single draw since then, so they look to be in for a long haul as sp00n holders.

Next match overall is the second leg of the Macau-Cambodia tie in the AFC Challenge Cup, to be played next Wednesday.

Current holders (men’s title/ men’s sp00n----- women’s title/ women’s sp00n):

World: Japan Macau----- United States Macedonia
Europe: Greece San Marino----- Germany Macedonia
South America: Peru Paraguay -----Ecuador Peru
Africa: Libya Seychelles -----Nigeria Guinea-Bissau
Asia: Japan Macau----- Japan Guam
CONCACAF: Mexico Anguilla----- United States Turks & Caicos Islands
Oceania: Fiji Tonga----- New Zealand American Samoa

[netzakh]

NB: Macau 3-2 Cambodia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_AFC_Challenge_Cup_qualification: Attendance: 100, very fitting for a UFWWS game...

BTW, when UFWWS was determined using the assumption that the Baltic States teams did not disappear and reappear but were just "inactive," it was calculated that UFWWS belonged to Niger in 2009. Since then, this version of UFWWS was passed to Egypt, then to Australia, then to India, which makes the unification quite plausible, though India and Cambodia are in different groups of the AFC Challenge Cup qualification, see the link above.

[carter]

The US ladys had a three-in-a-row strike last week. They won 2-1 versus Japan, 2-0 versus Norway and 4-0 versus Finland. Looks like the short break was just the motivation they needed.

But not only the best team of the world was in action this week, but also the worst team. Macedonia drew verus Lithuania and - two days later - won against Luxemburg by 5-1, thus making them the new sp00n holder (world and UEFA). Today they will play against Lithuania.

Current holders (men’s title/ men’s sp00n----- women’s title/ women’s sp00n):

World: Japan Cambodia----- United States Luxemburg
Europe: Greece San Marino----- Germany Luxemburg
South America: Peru Paraguay -----Ecuador Peru
Africa: Libya Seychelles -----Nigeria Guinea-Bissau
Asia: Japan Macau----- Japan Guam
CONCACAF: Mexico Anguilla----- United States Turks & Caicos Islands
Oceania: Fiji Tonga----- New Zealand American Samoa

Upcoming matches:

Men:
21/03/11 - Cambodia vs. Maledives - Friendly
25/03/11 - Japan vs. Montenegro - Friendly
25/03/11 - Libya vs. Comoros - Cup of Nations qualifier (questionable due to political situation)
26/03/11 - Greece vs. Malta - EURO 2012 qualifier
03/06/11 - San Marino vs. Finnland - EURO 2012 qualifier
07/06/11 - Paraguay vs. Bolivia - Friendly
04/07/11 - Peru vs. Uruguay - Copa América

Women:
08/03/11 - Luxemburg vs. Lithuania - EURO 2013 qualifier
01/04/11 - Nigeria vs. Namibia - Olympia 2012 qualifier
02/04/11 - USA vs. England - Friendly
03/06/11 - Germany vs. Italy - Friendly

[carter]

Luxemburg lost 1-4 to Lithuania, thus remaining the unoffically worst team of the world and of UEFA. Next game not scheduled.

[carter]

Cambodia lost 0-4 to the Maledives, thus retaining their world w00den sp00n. Their next (friendly) match will be tomorrow against Tajikistan.

[carter]

Once again Cambodia retained their title, this time by losing 0-3 to Tajikistan. The next sp00n match will be tomorrow against Kyrgyzstan.

Other notes:
- According to FIFA.com the macht Libya vs. Comoros has been postponed to 27/03
- The match Japan vs. Montenegro seems to be cancelled, next challenge for Japan will be on 02/07 against Colombia (Copa America)

[jessekuiper]

This site www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g1KemuPcCxNwj26LhNpSmd4_i1nA?docId=6353669 says the CAF has moved the match between Libya and Comoros to Bamako, Mali, and it will be played on Monday.

Meanwhile in Asia, Cambodia also lost from Kyrgyzstan 4:3. Their next match is not yet scheduled.

[carter]

Greece once again played their "favorite" result (1-0) against Malta, retaining their unofficial UEFA title.

Besides that, we apparently missed another win of the US ladys more than a week ago. This time they defeated Iceland by 4-2 on 09/03/11.

Current holders (men’s title/ men’s sp00n----- women’s title/ women’s sp00n):

World: Japan Cambodia----- United States Luxemburg
Europe: Greece San Marino----- Germany Luxemburg
South America: Peru Paraguay -----Ecuador Peru
Africa: Libya Seychelles -----Nigeria Guinea-Bissau
Asia: Japan Macau----- Japan Guam
CONCACAF: Mexico Anguilla----- United States Turks & Caicos Islands
Oceania: Fiji Tonga----- New Zealand American Samoa

Upcoming matches:

Men:
27/03/11 - Libya vs. Comoros - Cup of Nations qualifier
29/03/11 - Greece vs. Poland - Friendly
29/03/11 - Peru vs. Ecuador - Friendly
03/06/11 - San Marino vs. Finnland - EURO 2012 qualifier
05/06/11 - Mexico vs. El Salvador - Copa América
07/06/11 - Paraguay vs. Bolivia - Friendly
02/07/11 - Japan vs. Colombia - Copa América

Women:
02/04/11 - USA vs. England - Friendly
03/04/11 - Nigeria vs. Namibia - Olympia 2012 qualifier
03/06/11 - Germany vs. Italy - Friendly

[jessekuiper]

As I already mentioned, the game between Libya and Comoros has been moved to Mali and was played yesterday. Libya won 3:0 so they remain unofficial African champions. Their next match is scheduled for 3 June, again vs. the Comoros, but then the Comoros will be the home team.

[petewaring]

On 2 April, the United States women surprisingly lost 2-1 to England (great news!). Please see the Women's UFWC thread for more details. Meanwhile, Libya, Greece and Peru have all retained their respective men's titles, and Nigeria beat Namibia 7-0 to retain their women's African title.

Current holders (men’s title/ men’s sp00n----- women’s title/ women’s sp00n):

World: Japan Cambodia----- England Luxembourg
Europe: Greece San Marino----- Germany Luxembourg
South America: Peru Paraguay -----Ecuador Peru
Africa: Libya Seychelles -----Nigeria Guinea-Bissau
Asia: Japan Cambodia----- Japan Guam
CONCACAF: Mexico Anguilla----- United States Turks & Caicos Islands
Oceania: Fiji Tonga----- New Zealand American Samoa

A slightly quiet period now. The only remaining fixture in April is Namibia v Nigeria for the women's African title (16th April).

[petewaring]

It’s been a little under a year since this thread started, so time for a review of the last 12 months in all 28 competitions.

Men’s world championship. Spain secured the UFWC by winning the 2010 World Cup. However, their hold on the title unconvincing to say the least. They were lucky to scrape a last-gasp draw with Mexico and, although they enjoyed a routine win over Liechtenstein, they were then beaten comprehensively, 4-1, by Argentina. The South Americans lost at the first attempt though, to Japan. The Blue Samurai have now made nine successful defences, winning the Asian Cup along the way, sharing the Kirin Cup, and helping to unite the country after March’s devastating earthquake and tsunami. Their next scheduled defence is on 10th August against South Korea in Sapporo.

Men’s world wooden sp00n. Macau took the sp00n in April 2009. After their first seven attempts to offload all ended in defeat, they finally beat Cambodia in February 2011. The Cambodians then lost three out of three; their next fixture is at home to Laos on 29th June in an early qualifying match for the 2014 World Cup.

Men’s European championship. Greece became European champions with victory over Serbia last August, and have been unbeaten ever since. Amongst their eight successful title defences, the most impressive was a 0-0 draw with Croatia in Zagreb. Their next fixture is on 10th August in Bosnia.

Men’s European wooden sp00n. At the twentieth time of asking, and after a two and a half year tenure, Liechtenstein finally ridded themselves of the sp00n in February with a 1-0 win over fellow microstate San Marino. The Sammarinese have lost two out of two since; it is likely to be a very long time before they get rid of the sp00n – certainly, they won’t offload it in their next fixture, given that they travel to Holland on 2nd September.

Men’s South American championship. Since taking the title in October 2009, Peru have defended it only twice. Matches against Colombia and Ecuador both ended in draws. The title’s next destination will be decided in the Copa America in Argentina next month; Peru’s first match is against Uruguay on 4th July.

Men’s South American wooden sp00n. Rather embarrassingly, Paraguay had been sp00ners since October 2009, despite being World Cup quarter-finalists last year. The problem is that they didn’t play a single South American team again until May 2011. They lost to Argentina (who thus avoided taking the sp00n – they have still not held it since 1909), but then beat Bolivia. Three days later, the sides met again, with a draw ensuring that Bolivia held on to the sp00n. This competition will also be contested in the Copa America; Bolivia play hosts Argentina in the opening game on 1st July.

Men’s African championship. Egypt were champions, following their African Cup of Nations victory in early 2010. Sensationally, they were dispossessed in October by Niger, who then lost the following month (on penalties) to Libya. Despite major political problems, Libya’s football team have retained their unofficial African title through three successful defences. Their next is at home (or more probably on neutral territory) against Mozambique on 2nd September.

Men’s African wooden sp00n. Seychelles are still the holders, having not played since October 2009.

Men’s Asian championship. In October 2010, the Asian title changed hands three times in nine days, from Iran to Kuwait, to Bahrain and eventually to Uzbekistan. The Uzbeks took the title as far as the Asian Cup semi-finals, where they were routed 6-0 by Australia, who themselves lost to Japan in the final. The Asian title, as well as the world title, will be on the line when Japan play South Korea on 10th August.

Men’s Asian wooden sp00n. The Asian sp00n has run in parallel with the world sp00n since 1979, and still does.

Men’s Concacaf championship. Holders Mexico had not played Concacaf opposition from the end of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers in October 2009 until the Concacaf Gold Cup earlier this month. They are still unbeaten in the competition, and face the United States for both the official and unofficial Concacaf titles in just a few hours time.

Men’s Concacaf wooden sp00n. Anguilla have held the sp00n since 2004, and still do, after four further failures to offload in the last 12 months. At least they managed a draw in their last outing (against the US Virgin Islands) – the first time they have done so in over seven years. They play Dominican Republic in a World Cup qualifier on 8th July.

Men’s Oceanian championship. Holders Fiji have not been in action since 2008. However, they are scheduled to play at the Pacific Games (which double as 2014 World Cup qualifiers) in August 2011.

Men’s Oceanian wooden sp00n. Tonga have not played since 2009, but they too are due at the Pacific Games in August.

Women’s world championship. The United States were on a long run as champions before a sensational defeat to Mexico in November 2010. Canada then took up the reins, before the United States reclaimed the title in January. In April, though, the Americans were shocked again, this time by England. On 23rd May, Australia beat England 2-0 in a World Cup warm-up which, bizarrely, has not been mentioned in the English press, or indeed the English FA’s own website, despite it clearly being recognised by both Australia and FIFA. It is thus Australia (WUFWC champions for the very first time) who take the title into the World Cup, with their opening match being against Brazil on 29th June.

Women’s world wooden sp00n. Long-time holders Macedonia beat Luxembourg 5-1 in March 2011 to rid themselves of the sp00n. Luxembourg have suffered heavy defeats in all three matches since, including the first ever women’s world wooden sp00n match to feature a non-European team (Luxembourg lost 8-0 to Equatorial Guinea on 18th June). No further fixture is yet scheduled.

Women’s European championship. Germany have been holders ever since winning Euro 2009, and next defend the title in the World Cup (which, of course, is hosted by Germany). They play France in Monchengladbach on 5th July.

Women’s European wooden sp00n. After Equatorial Guinea’s easy win over Luxembourg, the European wooden sp00n is still running in parallel with the world sp00n.

Women’s South American championship. In November 2010, Ecuador beat Argentina to take the title. They have not played since, nor are they due to do so any time soon. It was only the second time the title has ever changed hands (Argentina themselves beat original holders Brazil in November 2006).

Women’s South American wooden sp00n. Peru have held the sp00n since 2006. Four defeats in four World Cup qualifiers last November ensure they still do.

Women’s African championship. Equatorial Guinea, the 2008 African champions, fell at the last hurdle of their 2010 defence, losing to Nigeria in the final. Nigeria then lost to Ghana in a May friendly. The Black Queens have no current plans for a title defence.

Women’s African wooden sp00n. Guinea-Bissau took the sp00n in 2006, and have not played since.

Women’s Asian championship. Australia, South Korea, North Korea and Japan (in that order) have held the title in the last 12 months. Japan now hold both men’s and women’s Asian titles, as well as the men’s world title. Like their male counterparts, the Japanese women’s next defence is against South Korea, on 3rd September.

Women’s Asian wooden sp00n. Guam have held the sp00n since 2001, but haven’t played since 2009.

Women’s Concacaf championship. The United States’ run over 50 consecutive successful defences was an all-time world record, beating China’s 48 consecutive successful defences of their Asian women’s title from 1989 to 2001. However, they lost to Mexico last November. The title then went to Canada, and then back to the States, who have made one successful defence already. Another lengthy spell could be getting underway...

Women’s Concacaf wooden sp00n. Turks and Caicos took the sp00n in 2006; their last match was in March 2010.

Women’s Oceanian championship. The only teams ever to hold this title have been Australia and New Zealand. Since Australia’s defection to Asia in 2006, New Zealand have had it all their own way, winning five matches in the last year, in which they scored 50 goals and conceded none.

Women’s Oceanian wooden sp00n. American Samoa took the sp00n in 1998, but have not played since 2007.

Current holders (men’s title/ men’s sp00n----- women’s title/ women’s sp00n):

World: Japan Cambodia----- Australia Luxembourg
Europe: Greece San Marino----- Germany Luxembourg
South America: Peru Bolivia -----Ecuador Peru
Africa: Libya Seychelles -----Ghana Guinea-Bissau
Asia: Japan Cambodia----- Japan Guam
CONCACAF: Mexico Anguilla----- United States Turks & Caicos Islands
Oceania: Fiji Tonga----- New Zealand American Samoa