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Originally Posted by Burgey
You justify it because the tourney has moved to a different phase.
In the 1998 Football WC two teams did not lose a single match in thw wholte tourney. One team, Les Frogs, won the tourney. The other, Australia, didn't even make the final as they drew 2-2 at home in the last qualifying match vs Iran.
There was much gnashing of teeth here I can.tell you, but they were the rules, and every team knew what it had to do to qualify before they started.
It's not always fun, but them's the rules.
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The difference is that in football, there are 3 results possible, win, draw or loss.
Out of curiousity, did any team which qualified at their expense had a lower win rate than Australia at the point of latter's exit?