RJB Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Basically, after watching the US advance to the semi's of the Centario, I got to imagining them winning, at home, again. And I realised, that they've only every won anything at home. Same as England. So basically, I'm wondering if these are the only two? Has any country other than England (WC '66) and the USA (GC '91, '02, '05, '07, '13) won a major tournament, but only ever as the host? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrstepp817 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Imagining a US win is an incredible long shot....the vibe here is "Let's hope we dont lose 4-0 to Argentina" making the semis I think is considered a big success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Wikipedia makes this easy to answer. Counting only the World Cup, Confederations Cup and continental championships for non-youth teams: World Cup - England (1966) Africa Cup of Nations - Algeria (1990), Ethiopia (1962), South Africa (1996), Sudan (1970), Tunisia (2004) Asian Cup - Israel (1964), Kuwait (1980) Copa America - Bolivia (1963), Chile (2015), Colombia (2001) CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup - Haiti (1973), Honduras (1981), United States (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted June 28, 2016 Author Share Posted June 28, 2016 The question that I have, is does this (Centario 2016) count as a proper Copa victory for Chile away from home, or is this a separate tournament? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted July 8, 2016 Author Share Posted July 8, 2016 I guess we can expand this to think about runner-ups or winners who've only done so at home, now that Portugal has reached their first final away from home. World Cup: Sweden (1958), England (1966) UEFA: none CONCACAF: Honduras (1981) *** honorable mention to USA 1993, as they made the final and got thrashed 4-0, but played every match at home other than the final. AFC: UAE (1996) COMNEBOL: Bolivia (1963, 1997) *** honorable mention to Colombia 1975, as there was no fixed venue. OFC: Papua New Guinea (2016), Soloman Islands (2004) CAF: Libya (1982) I think that's it. So, Portugal has left some pretty exclusive company, as from my tabulation, only the above eight nations have only ever reached a final of a major competition at home. And Bolivia did it twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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