sstackho Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Someone on this board referred me to the interesting phenomenon that is the World Perpetual Football Championship. Canada's men first-ever challenge for the title is Saturday against the Czechs. YOU CAN DO IT!! http://members.ozemail.com.au/~allnutt/WPFC_next.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 That was me. I'm glad someone else thinks this is cool. I can't believe we're playing for a world title and it's not on TV Given our lineup, perhaps it's for the best. Come on Canada, get into em! cheers, matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 I also think this is cool. Lots of fun trivia. Like, isn't it amazing that the title was once held by Netherlands Antilles? There is a mirror of the basic stats at RSSSF, but they call it the Unofficial World Championship (they also have a women's version, which Canada claimed when we beat China on PKs on June 7, 2000, defended against Japan and Mexico, then lost to China on June 26, 19 days after claiming it). But RSSSF goes even further. These don't involve Canada, but there's Nasazzi's Baton (what a cool name!), which counts only those matches regarded as full internationals by FIFA and counts extra time but not PKs, and there's the Virtual World Championship (needs a better name), which is like Nasazzi's Baton but doesn't count friendlies and doesn't count extra time nor PKs (the link includes a women's version). Then there's the Triple Crown which, as the name implies, is awarded when a team holds the Perpetual/Unofficial World Championship, Nasazzi's Baton and the Virtual World Championship at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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