2008

Austria+

Switzerland

2008-06-07 → 2008-06-29

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Champion

Spain

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Teams

Matches

Total goals

2.48/match

1,143,990

Attendance

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Germany

Runner-up

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Spain

Champion

Awards & marks

Top scorer

David Villa

Spain · 4 goals

Best player

Xavi

Spain

Squad composition — domestic vs foreign-based

Where each player's club is based. Sorted by % playing abroad. Pre-1990s WCs lean heavily domestic; modern CONMEBOL squads lean heavily abroad.

16 teams · club→country map covers ~72% of historical clubs

Portugal

100% abroad

0 dom · 23 abroadof 23

Switzerland

100% abroad

0 dom · 23 abroadof 23

France

100% abroad

0 dom · 23 abroadof 23

Czech Republic

91% abroad

2 dom · 21 abroadof 23

Croatia

87% abroad

3 dom · 20 abroadof 23

Sweden

74% abroad

6 dom · 17 abroadof 23

Netherlands

61% abroad

9 dom · 14 abroadof 23

Poland

57% abroad

10 dom · 13 abroadof 23

Romania

48% abroad

12 dom · 11 abroadof 23

Greece

39% abroad

14 dom · 9 abroadof 23

Austria

35% abroad

15 dom · 8 abroadof 23

Turkey

26% abroad

17 dom · 6 abroadof 23

Spain

22% abroad

18 dom · 5 abroadof 23

Germany

17% abroad

19 dom · 4 abroadof 23

Italy

17% abroad

19 dom · 4 abroadof 23

Russia

4% abroad

22 dom · 1 abroadof 23

Derived from squad[i].club.country on GET /tournaments/2008

Confederation breakdown

16 qualifying teams

Spain's road to the title

Every match Spain played, group stage through the final

5W1D0L·12 GF3 GA·6 matches

Group DWvs Russia2008-06-104–1
Group DWvs Sweden2008-06-142–1
Group DWvs Greece2008-06-182–1
QFDvs Italy2008-06-220–0AET
SFWvs Russia2008-06-263–0
FinalWvs Germany2008-06-291–0