Analysis of the top 16 of the Club World Cup: Europe and South America still hold the world s football world, with obvious host advantages

With the end of the third round of the Group G and Group H, the group stage of the Club World Cup has all ended, and 16 teams that advanced to the knockout stage have also been confirmed, including 9 European teams and 4 South American teams. It can be seen that the pattern of European and South American football in the world has not changed; the Central and North American teams have two teams advanced by relying on the host advantage, and the only Asian team is Riyadh Crescent, while the African team and Oceania team are completely wiped out, and none of them advance.

A total of 12 European teams participated in this Club World Cup, namely Porto in Group A, Paris Saint-Germain and Atletico Madrid in Group B, Benfica and Bayern Munich in Group C, Chelsea in Group D, Inter Milan in Group E, Dortmund in Group F, Manchester City and Juventus in Group G, Real Madrid and Salzburg Red Bull in Group H. In the end, the six teams, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Inter Milan, Dortmund, Manchester City and Real Madrid, won the first place in the group and advanced. Bayern, Chelsea and Juventus advanced in the group second. Porto, Atletico Madrid and Red Bull Salzburg won the third place in the group and were eliminated. The worst was Atletico Madrid, who was still eliminated with 6 points with two wins and one loss. If they were transferred to any group, they might be able to qualify.

There are 6 South American teams participating in this Club World Cup, namely Palmeiras in Group A, Botafogo in Group B, Boca Youth in Group C, Flamengo in Group D, Riverbed in Group E and Fluminense in Group F. In the end, Palmeiras and Flamengo won the first place in the group, Botafogo and Fruminense won the second place in the group, and all four Brazilian teams advanced, while Boca Youth and River Plate from Argentina only won the second place in the group and were eliminated.

A total of 5 Central and North American teams participated in this Club World Cup, including 3 from the host United States, namely Miami International in Group A, Seattle Bayer in Group B, Los Angeles in Group D, Monterey in Group E and Pachuca in Group H. In the end, Miami International and Monterrey advanced to the second place in the group. Seattle Bayer, Los Angeles and Pachuca were both eliminated at the bottom of the group. Seattle Bayer and Pachuca both lost all three games, and Los Angeles only scored 1 point.

There are 4 Asian teams participating in this Club World Cup, namely Urawa Red Diamonds in Group E, Ulsan HD in Group F, Ain in Group G and Riyadh Crescent in Group H. In the end, Saudi tycoon Riyadh Crescent beat Salzburg Red Bull and advanced to the second place in Group H, becoming the only Asian team to enter the round of 16. Ain won the third place in the group after defeating Casablanca Vidard in the same group. The two East Asian teams Urawa Red Diamonds and Ulsan HD both lost 3 games and ranked at the bottom of the group with 0 points. There are 4 African teams participating in the Club World Cup, namely Cairo Nationals in Group A, Tunisian Hope in Group D, Mamelodi Sunset in Group F and Casablanca Vidard in Group G. In the end, Tunisia Hope and Mamelodi Sunset won third place in the group, Cairo Nationals and Casablanca Vidard won fourth place in the group, and all four African teams were eliminated. But it is worth mentioning that only Casablanca Vidard scored zero points, and the rest of the teams scored more than 2 points. Tunisia Hope and Mamelodi Sunset also won the ball.

The last team participating was Auckland City from Oceania, which is the only semi-professional team and the only team where Chinese player Zhou Tong was. In the end, they were eliminated at the bottom of the group with a record of 1 draw, 2 losses, 1 goal and 17 goals. It is worth mentioning that their only draw was to tie Boca Youth 1-1.

The promotion success rate of European teams is as high as 75%, the promotion success rate of South American teams reaches 67%, the promotion success rate of Central and North American teams also reaches 40%, the promotion success rate of Asian teams is only 25%, and the promotion success rate of African and Oceania teams is both 0. This result is also in line with the football strength of various continents. Europe and South America have always been the two poles of the world football world; a large part of the performance of the teams in Central and North America is dependent on the power of the host and the star effect; Asian teams are completely dependent on the power of money; African clubs have lost serious talents in recent years and have completely become the vegetable basket of European football; Oceania teams focus on participation.

The next 1/8 final knockout round is the real beginning of the Club World Cup! Let's wait and see.

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