"If a team wants to intimidate you physically and you let them, they've won."
Spain won the 2010 World Cup. But they were ranked 20th & 28th on the basis of height & weight respectively!
Tall & Short Tales
European teams are tall and well built.
On an average, Uruguay, Paraguay & Argentina were almost of the same physique.
Nigeria was the tallest African team.
The South Koreans were slightly tall and well built than the North Koreans.
FIFA-2010
Teams Ordered By Avg Height
Each bar is a country. The 'height' of the bar is the average height of players & the 'width' is the average weight. Click on a bar to view country-wise information.
FIFA-2010 The Giants & The Giant Killers - OVERALL
- The group of goalkeepers of 29 out of 32 teams were the tallest, the 3 exceptions being Honduras, Mexico & Nigeria where the defenders were the tallest in their teams.
- Defenders are generally tall but the defenders of France, Ivory Coast & Paraguay were the shortest in their teams.
- Forwards of Argentina, Chile, Japan & North Korea were shorter than their midfielders.
- Midfielders of 25 teams were the shortest in their teams except for 3 South American teams (Argentina, Chile & Paraguay), 2 Asian teams (Japan, North Korea), 1 African team (Ivory Coast) & 1 European team(France)