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Türkiye’s World Cup humiliation – Where do they rank among most valuable flops in history?
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The World Cup claimed its first major victim on Saturday, when Türkiye were eliminated from the competition following a 1-0 defeat to Paraguay. Due to the head-to-head rules and the nation’s prior 2-0 defeat to Australia, the European giants were officially knocked out of the World Cup, despite still having one game left to play against the United States on June 26. With an overall squad market value of €473.7 million, Vincenzo Montella’s side entered the World Cup as the thirteenth most valuable nation. So how does their elimination just 10 days after the opening game of the World Cup compare to the biggest upsets in the history of the competition? Let’s take a look.
Market Value
A. Güler
Attacking Midfield
€90.00m
Market Value
K. Yıldız
Left Winger
€75.00m
While Türkiye’s poor performance at this year’s tournament isn’t the worst in the history of the sport, it has unfortunately made its way into the top 10 most valuable national teams to fall at the first hurdle of a World Cup. As we can see in the table below, this year’s Türkiye side ranks ninth in the all-time table, sitting above tenth-placed Italy, who were knocked out of the 2010 World Cup after just 10 days despite having a squad market value of €447m. France in 2010 and England in 2014, curiously, both got knocked out of the World Cup in their respective years after less than a fortnight at the tournament, with identical squad market values of €475m.
As we can see from the top five biggest flops in World Cup history, some of the most successful nations in the competition’s history have had moments of disaster. In fifth place are once again Italy, who dropped out of the 2014 tournament after just nine days. Above them are perennial dark horses Belgium, who stumbled at the first hurdle in 2022 despite a squad market value of €659m. In third place is Spain’s notorious 2014 World Cup, where the European giants failed at the group stage just four years after winning their first-ever World Cup. And, surprisingly, the top two spots go to Germany, who despite winning the World Cup on four occasions and reaching four other finals, stumbled out of the tournament in 2022 and 2018 at the group stage round with squad market values of €1.14b and €1.19b. So if there’s any consolation for Türkiye fans following this year’s embarrassment its simply that a star-studded squad isn’t always a good indication of success at the World Cup.
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