Worldcup
2024-06-18
The FIFA World Cup is the most prestigious tournament in international soccer. The tournament not only crowns the best national team but also recognizes individual talents through various awards. This analysis aims to explore the relationship between individual awards and team performance in the World Cup.
The dataset used for this analysis includes several variables:
tournament_id: Unique identifier for each tournament. tournament_name.x: Name of the tournament (from award winners data). award_id: Unique identifier for each award. award_name: Name of the individual award (e.g., Golden Boot, Silver Boot). player_id: Unique identifier for each player. family_name: Player’s last name. given_name: Player’s first name. team_id: Unique identifier for each team. team_name.x: Name of the team (from award winners data). team_code.x: Country code for the team (from award winners data). position: Final position of the team in the tournament.
First, we load and combine the data from the award winners and tournament standings datasets.
# Load the data
award_winners <- read.csv("award_winners.csv")
tournament_standings <- read.csv("tournament_standings.csv")
# Merge the data
merged_data <- merge(award_winners, tournament_standings, by = c("tournament_id", "team_id"))Analyzing the distribution of awards among different countries can provide insights into which countries have historically dominated individual awards.
# Get a list of countries that have won any individual award
award_winning_countries <- merged_data %>%
select(tournament_name.x, award_name, team_name.x) %>%
distinct()
# Display the award-winning countries
award_winning_countries## tournament_name.x award_name team_name.x
## 1 1930 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Argentina
## 2 1930 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Boot United States
## 3 1930 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot Uruguay
## 4 1934 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Czechoslovakia
## 5 1934 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot Germany
## 6 1934 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot Italy
## 7 1938 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Brazil
## 8 1938 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot Hungary
## 9 1938 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot Italy
## 10 1950 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Boot Brazil
## 11 1950 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Brazil
## 12 1950 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Boot Spain
## 13 1950 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Boot Uruguay
## 14 1950 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot Uruguay
## 15 1954 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot Austria
## 16 1954 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Hungary
## 17 1954 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot West Germany
## 18 1958 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot Brazil
## 19 1958 FIFA Men's World Cup Best Young Player Brazil
## 20 1958 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot France
## 21 1958 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot West Germany
## 22 1962 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Brazil
## 23 1962 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Chile
## 24 1962 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Yugoslavia
## 25 1966 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Boot England
## 26 1966 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Portugal
## 27 1966 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Boot Soviet Union
## 28 1966 FIFA Men's World Cup Best Young Player West Germany
## 29 1966 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot West Germany
## 30 1966 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Boot West Germany
## 31 1970 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot Brazil
## 32 1970 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot West Germany
## 33 1974 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot Netherlands
## 34 1974 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot Poland
## 35 1974 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Poland
## 36 1974 FIFA Men's World Cup Best Young Player Poland
## 37 1978 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Ball Argentina
## 38 1978 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Argentina
## 39 1978 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Ball Brazil
## 40 1978 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Ball Italy
## 41 1978 FIFA Men's World Cup Best Young Player Italy
## 42 1978 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Boot Netherlands
## 43 1982 FIFA Men's World Cup Best Young Player France
## 44 1982 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Italy
## 45 1982 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Ball Italy
## 46 1982 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Ball West Germany
## 47 1982 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot West Germany
## 48 1986 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot Argentina
## 49 1986 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Ball Argentina
## 50 1986 FIFA Men's World Cup Best Young Player Belgium
## 51 1986 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Ball West Germany
## 52 1990 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Ball Argentina
## 53 1990 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Boot England
## 54 1990 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Italy
## 55 1990 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Ball Italy
## 56 1990 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Ball West Germany
## 57 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Boot Germany
## 58 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Boot Norway
## 59 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Ball Norway
## 60 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Boot United States
## 61 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball United States
## 62 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot United States
## 63 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Ball United States
## 64 1994 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Boot Brazil
## 65 1994 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Ball Brazil
## 66 1994 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Bulgaria
## 67 1994 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Ball Bulgaria
## 68 1994 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Ball Italy
## 69 1994 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Boot Sweden
## 70 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Boot China
## 71 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Boot Norway
## 72 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Ball Norway
## 73 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball Norway
## 74 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot Norway
## 75 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Ball Norway
## 76 1998 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Ball Brazil
## 77 1998 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Croatia
## 78 1998 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Ball Croatia
## 79 1998 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Ball France
## 80 1998 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Glove France
## 81 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot Brazil
## 82 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Ball Brazil
## 83 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Glove China
## 84 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball China
## 85 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot China
## 86 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Boot Norway
## 87 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Glove United States
## 88 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Ball United States
## 89 2002 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Ball Brazil
## 90 2002 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot Brazil
## 91 2002 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Brazil
## 92 2002 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot Germany
## 93 2002 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Ball Germany
## 94 2002 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Glove Germany
## 95 2002 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Ball South Korea
## 96 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Ball Germany
## 97 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball Germany
## 98 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Glove Germany
## 99 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Boot Germany
## 100 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot Germany
## 101 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Ball Sweden
## 102 2006 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Ball France
## 103 2006 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Germany
## 104 2006 FIFA Men's World Cup Best Young Player Germany
## 105 2006 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Glove Italy
## 106 2006 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Ball Italy
## 107 2006 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Ball Italy
## 108 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Ball Brazil
## 109 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot Brazil
## 110 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball Brazil
## 111 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Ball Germany
## 112 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Glove Germany
## 113 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Boot Norway
## 114 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Boot United States
## 115 2010 FIFA Men's World Cup Best Young Player Germany
## 116 2010 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot Germany
## 117 2010 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Ball Netherlands
## 118 2010 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Boot Netherlands
## 119 2010 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Ball Spain
## 120 2010 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot Spain
## 121 2010 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Glove Spain
## 122 2010 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Ball Uruguay
## 123 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball Japan
## 124 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot Japan
## 125 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Ball United States
## 126 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Glove United States
## 127 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Boot United States
## 128 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Ball United States
## 129 2014 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Ball Argentina
## 130 2014 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Boot Brazil
## 131 2014 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot Germany
## 132 2014 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Glove Germany
## 133 2014 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Ball Germany
## 134 2014 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Ball Netherlands
## 135 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Boot Germany
## 136 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot Germany
## 137 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Ball Japan
## 138 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball United States
## 139 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Boot United States
## 140 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Glove United States
## 141 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Ball Belgium
## 142 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Boot Belgium
## 143 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Glove Belgium
## 144 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Ball Croatia
## 145 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot England
## 146 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup Best Young Player France
## 147 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot France
## 148 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Ball France
## 149 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Ball England
## 150 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Boot England
## 151 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Glove Netherlands
## 152 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball United States
## 153 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Ball United States
## 154 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Boot United States
## 155 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot United States
## 156 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Ball Argentina
## 157 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Glove Argentina
## 158 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup Best Young Player Argentina
## 159 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Boot Argentina
## 160 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Ball Croatia
## 161 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup Silver Ball France
## 162 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup Bronze Boot France
## 163 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot France# Get the final rankings of the award-winning countries
final_rankings <- merged_data %>%
select(tournament_name.y, position, team_name.y) %>%
distinct()
# Display the final rankings
final_rankings## tournament_name.y position team_name.y
## 1 1930 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 Argentina
## 2 1930 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 United States
## 3 1930 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 Uruguay
## 4 1934 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 Czechoslovakia
## 5 1934 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 Germany
## 6 1934 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 Italy
## 7 1938 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 Brazil
## 8 1938 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 Hungary
## 9 1938 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 Italy
## 10 1950 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 Brazil
## 11 1950 FIFA Men's World Cup 4 Spain
## 12 1950 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 Uruguay
## 13 1954 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 Austria
## 14 1954 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 Hungary
## 15 1954 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 West Germany
## 16 1958 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 Brazil
## 17 1958 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 France
## 18 1958 FIFA Men's World Cup 4 West Germany
## 19 1962 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 Brazil
## 20 1962 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 Chile
## 21 1962 FIFA Men's World Cup 4 Yugoslavia
## 22 1966 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 England
## 23 1966 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 Portugal
## 24 1966 FIFA Men's World Cup 4 Soviet Union
## 25 1966 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 West Germany
## 26 1970 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 Brazil
## 27 1970 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 West Germany
## 28 1974 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 Netherlands
## 29 1974 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 Poland
## 30 1978 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 Argentina
## 31 1978 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 Brazil
## 32 1978 FIFA Men's World Cup 4 Italy
## 33 1978 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 Netherlands
## 34 1982 FIFA Men's World Cup 4 France
## 35 1982 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 Italy
## 36 1982 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 West Germany
## 37 1986 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 Argentina
## 38 1986 FIFA Men's World Cup 4 Belgium
## 39 1986 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 West Germany
## 40 1990 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 Argentina
## 41 1990 FIFA Men's World Cup 4 England
## 42 1990 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 Italy
## 43 1990 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 West Germany
## 44 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup 4 Germany
## 45 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup 2 Norway
## 46 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 United States
## 47 1994 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 Brazil
## 48 1994 FIFA Men's World Cup 4 Bulgaria
## 49 1994 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 Italy
## 50 1994 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 Sweden
## 51 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup 4 China
## 52 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Norway
## 53 1998 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 Brazil
## 54 1998 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 Croatia
## 55 1998 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 France
## 56 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 3 Brazil
## 57 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 2 China
## 58 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 4 Norway
## 59 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 United States
## 60 2002 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 Brazil
## 61 2002 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 Germany
## 62 2002 FIFA Men's World Cup 4 South Korea
## 63 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Germany
## 64 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup 2 Sweden
## 65 2006 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 France
## 66 2006 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 Germany
## 67 2006 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 Italy
## 68 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 2 Brazil
## 69 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Germany
## 70 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 4 Norway
## 71 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 3 United States
## 72 2010 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 Germany
## 73 2010 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 Netherlands
## 74 2010 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 Spain
## 75 2010 FIFA Men's World Cup 4 Uruguay
## 76 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Japan
## 77 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 2 United States
## 78 2014 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 Argentina
## 79 2014 FIFA Men's World Cup 4 Brazil
## 80 2014 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 Germany
## 81 2014 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 Netherlands
## 82 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup 4 Germany
## 83 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup 2 Japan
## 84 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 United States
## 85 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 Belgium
## 86 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 Croatia
## 87 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup 4 England
## 88 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 France
## 89 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup 4 England
## 90 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup 2 Netherlands
## 91 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 United States
## 92 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup 1 Argentina
## 93 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup 3 Croatia
## 94 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup 2 France# Filter data for countries that won the World Cup
world_cup_winners <- merged_data %>%
filter(position == 1)
# Count the number of times a country with an award winner won the World Cup
award_win_counts <- world_cup_winners %>%
group_by(team_name.x, award_name) %>%
summarise(count = n()) %>%
ungroup()## `summarise()` has grouped output by 'team_name.x'. You can override using the
## `.groups` argument.# Display the counts
award_win_counts## # A tibble: 49 × 3
## team_name.x award_name count
## <chr> <chr> <int>
## 1 Argentina Best Young Player 1
## 2 Argentina Golden Ball 3
## 3 Argentina Golden Boot 1
## 4 Argentina Golden Glove 1
## 5 Argentina Silver Boot 2
## 6 Brazil Best Young Player 1
## 7 Brazil Bronze Boot 1
## 8 Brazil Golden Ball 1
## 9 Brazil Golden Boot 3
## 10 Brazil Silver Ball 1
## # ℹ 39 more rows# Create a bar plot with Plotly
fig <- plot_ly(
data = award_win_counts,
x = ~reorder(team_name.x, -count),
y = ~count,
color = ~award_name,
type = 'bar',
text = ~paste('Country:', team_name.x, '<br>Award:', award_name, '<br>Count:', count),
hoverinfo = 'text'
)
fig <- fig %>% layout(
title = "World Cup Wins and Individual Award Winners",
xaxis = list(title = "Country"),
yaxis = list(title = "Number of World Cup Wins"),
barmode = 'stack'
)
fig# Count the total number of each award by country
award_distribution <- merged_data %>%
group_by(team_name.x, award_name) %>%
summarise(total_awards = n()) %>%
ungroup()## `summarise()` has grouped output by 'team_name.x'. You can override using the
## `.groups` argument.# Display the award distribution
award_distribution## # A tibble: 101 × 3
## team_name.x award_name total_awards
## <chr> <chr> <int>
## 1 Argentina Best Young Player 1
## 2 Argentina Bronze Ball 1
## 3 Argentina Golden Ball 4
## 4 Argentina Golden Boot 2
## 5 Argentina Golden Glove 1
## 6 Argentina Silver Boot 2
## 7 Austria Silver Boot 1
## 8 Belgium Best Young Player 1
## 9 Belgium Bronze Boot 1
## 10 Belgium Golden Glove 1
## # ℹ 91 more rows# Create a bar plot with Plotly
fig2 <- plot_ly(
data = award_distribution,
x = ~reorder(team_name.x, -total_awards),
y = ~total_awards,
color = ~award_name,
type = 'bar',
text = ~paste('Country:', team_name.x, '<br>Award:', award_name, '<br>Total Awards:', total_awards),
hoverinfo = 'text'
) %>%
layout(
title = "Distribution of Individual Awards by Country",
xaxis = list(title = "Country"),
yaxis = list(title = "Total Number of Awards"),
barmode = 'stack'
)
fig2# Analyze the performance of countries with different types of awards
award_performance <- merged_data %>%
group_by(team_name.x, award_name, position) %>%
summarise(count = n()) %>%
ungroup()## `summarise()` has grouped output by 'team_name.x', 'award_name'. You can
## override using the `.groups` argument.# Display the performance analysis
award_performance## # A tibble: 135 × 4
## team_name.x award_name position count
## <chr> <chr> <int> <int>
## 1 Argentina Best Young Player 1 1
## 2 Argentina Bronze Ball 2 1
## 3 Argentina Golden Ball 1 3
## 4 Argentina Golden Ball 2 1
## 5 Argentina Golden Boot 1 1
## 6 Argentina Golden Boot 2 1
## 7 Argentina Golden Glove 1 1
## 8 Argentina Silver Boot 1 2
## 9 Austria Silver Boot 3 1
## 10 Belgium Best Young Player 4 1
## # ℹ 125 more rows# Count the total number of each award by country
award_distribution <- merged_data %>%
group_by(team_name.x, award_name) %>%
summarise(total_awards = n()) %>%
ungroup()## `summarise()` has grouped output by 'team_name.x'. You can override using the
## `.groups` argument.# Prepare data for word cloud (each country repeated by the number of total awards)
award_words <- award_distribution %>%
uncount(total_awards) %>%
pull(team_name.x)The following word cloud visualizes the frequency of awards won by different countries. Larger names represent countries with a higher number of awards.
# Set the seed for reproducibility
set.seed(1234)
# Create word cloud
wordcloud(
words = award_words,
scale = c(3, 0.5),
max.words = 100,
colors = brewer.pal(8, "Dark2"),
random.order = FALSE,
rot.per = 0.35
)## Warning in tm_map.SimpleCorpus(corpus, tm::removePunctuation): transformation
## drops documents## Warning in tm_map.SimpleCorpus(corpus, function(x) tm::removeWords(x,
## tm::stopwords())): transformation drops documents
# Create a heatmap with Plotly
fig3 <- plot_ly(
data = award_performance,
x = ~position,
y = ~reorder(team_name.x, -position),
z = ~count,
type = 'heatmap',
colors = colorRamp(c("purple", "red")),
text = ~paste('Country:', team_name.x, '<br>Award:', award_name, '<br>Position:', position, '<br>Count:', count),
hoverinfo = 'text'
)
fig3 <- fig3 %>% layout(
title = "Country Performance with Different Types of Awards",
xaxis = list(title = "Final Position"),
yaxis = list(title = "Country")
)
fig3unique_award_countries <- award_winning_countries %>%
select(team_name.x) %>%
distinct() %>%
summarise(count = n())
unique_award_countries## count
## 1 27Key Findings and Trends Dominance of Certain Countries The word cloud highlights that countries like Brazil, Germany, and Argentina have won the most individual awards. This dominance correlates with their strong historical performance in the World Cup.
Correlation Between Awards and Team Success Our analysis shows that countries with key individual award winners, such as the Golden Boot, often finish in the top four positions. This indicates that having standout players significantly contributes to a team’s success.
European and South American Supremacy The visualizations consistently show that European and South American countries dominate the distribution of individual awards. This trend corroborates background research indicating these regions’ historical strength in international soccer.
Diverse Talent Pool Despite the dominance of a few countries, the word cloud also shows a significant number of unique countries winning individual awards. This diversity underscores the global nature of talent in the World Cup.
Our analysis provides valuable insights into the relationship between individual awards and team performance in the FIFA World Cup. The visualizations not only highlight key trends but also corroborate existing research on the dominance of certain countries and regions in international soccer.
This data was collected from Josh Fjelstul(Ph.D. data scientist and political economist.)