Continental NT Competition Standard

The European Championship Standard is considered in competitive performance in total 16 teams of each tournament. That means some qualifying round matches of the previous tournaments are included.


European Championship Standard Chart

                                                                            

European Championship Standard Table

Year	Std. Rate	Competitive Standard Analysis
1960	3.4	The first tournament of European competition saw the large absences of Big nations are England, West Germany, Italy and later Spain withdraw in the quarter-final round. However, they all are not a top leading performer in the Europe continent at that time. Grade A- : Soviet Union Grade B+ : Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, France Grade B : Hungary Grade B- : Austria, Portugal, Bulgaria
1964	3.89	The only big nation West Germany absent again from the participation. Grade A- : Spain Grade B+ : Soviet Union, Hungary Grade B : Denmark, Sweden, Italy, France, East Germany, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia,   Northern Ireland Grade B- : Luxembourg, Portugal
1968	4.44	The host nation was announced after the qualifying round. Grade A- : Italy, Yugoslavia Grade B+ : England, Soviet Union, Hungary. West Germany Grade B : Bulgaria, France, Spain, Scotland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia Grade B - : Portugal, Romania, Belgium, Poland
1972	4.23	The first tournaments without absence of any nation. It is considered as the most competitive UEFA Euro tournament ever. Grade A : West Germany Grade A- : Soviet Union Grade B+, Hungary, Belgium, Italy, Romania Grade B : Yugoslavia, England, Netherlands, East Germany, Spain, Switzerland,   Czechoslovakia Grade B- : Austria, Bulgaria, Portugal
1976	4.42	Grade A- : West Germany, Czechoslovakia Grade B + : Yugoslavia, Netherlands, England, Poland, Soviet Union Grade B : Spain, Portugal, Wales, Italy Grade B- : Hungary, Romania, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Greece
1980	4.49	The tournament was expanded from four to eight participants. It is the last tournament with Third Place competition. Grade A- : West Germany Grade B+ : Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, England Grade B : Austria, Yugoslavia, Poland, Spain, Greece, France Grade B- : East Germany, Hungary, Turkey
1984	4.30	Grade A- : France Grade B+ : Spain, Portugal, Denmark, West Germany, Netherlands, England, Soviet Union Grade B : Denmark, Belgium, Romania, Northern Ireland, Yugoslavia Grade B- : Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Wales
1988	4.00	Grade A : Netherlands Grade B+ : Soviet Union, West Germany, Italy Grade B : Spain, Ireland, England, Romania, East Germany Grade B- : Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Sweden, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Scotland
1992	4.12	Yugoslavia was suspended from its internal war and Denmark is eligible to replace and finally won the trophy. Grade A- : Denmark, Netherlands Grade B+ : West Germany, Sweden, France, England, Yugoslavia Grade B :  Scotland, Soviet Union, Switzerland, Romania, Wales, Ireland Grade B- : Italy, Portugal, Czechoslovakia
1996	4.60	The tournament was first increased from 8 to 16 teams. Grade A- : West Germany Grade B+ : Czech Republic, England, Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Italy Grade B : Croatia, Scotland, Bulgaria, Denmark Grade B- : Turkey, Switzerland, Romania
2000	4.23	Grade A- : France, Italy Grade B+ : Portugal, Netherlands, Spain Grade B : Romania, Yugoslavia, Norway Grade B- : Turkey, England, Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Germany
2004	3.77	The tournament saw the lowest competitive standard in history of UEFA Euro in exception of the inaugural tournament in 1960. Grade B+ : Greece, Portugal, England, Netherlands, Czech Republic Grade B : Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Germany Grade B- : Russia, Croatia
2008	3.90	Grade A- : Spain Grade B+ : Germany, Italy Grade B : Portugal, Croatia, Turkey, Netherlands, Russia Grade B- : Romania, Sweden, Czech Republic, Switzerland
2012	3.44	Grade A- : Spain Grade B+ : Italy, Portugal, Germany, England Grade B : France, Czech Republic Grade B- : Greece, Russia, Denmark, Croatia, Ukraine, Sweden
2016	3.46	Grade B+ : Italy, France, Wales, Portugal, Germany Grade B : Spain, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, Croatia, Grade B- : England, Hungary, Slovakia, Ireland, Northern Ireland

Copa America Standard Chart

Copa America Standard Table

The South American Championship in the first half of 20th century was very unsteady in its participants and distance between tournaments. The standard assessment of pre-war and war-time era is based on a half decade. The second half of 20th century to present is assessed by tournament. 

Era	Std.Rate	Competitive Standard Analysis
Amateur Era 2nd Half 1910s –	1916 : 1.90 1917 1.28 1919 : 1.63	The early South American Championship tournament was participated by regular four nations, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Almost all host nations could won the title.
Amateur Era 1st Half 1920s	1920 : 2.11 1921:2.14 1922:2.37 1923:2.40 1924:2.07	Paraguay was an additional regular participant and number of members were irregular from 3 to 5 teams. In 1922, the tournament achieved its highest standard with five participants. Almost all host nations could won the title.
Amateur Era 2nd Half 1920s	1925 : 2.03 1926 : 0.54 1927 : 0.61 1929 : 1.35	Brazil was inclined not to take part in any competition. Peru and Bolivia were a new comer of the competition. In 1926, the tournament achieved its highest standard with five competitors.
2nd half 1930s	1935 : 2.22 1937 : 3.02 1939 : 1.69	The beginning era of professional tournament. Ecuador was first appeared in 1939. In 1937, the tournament was participated by six teams.
1st Half 1940s	1941 : 1.96 1942 : 2.51 1945 : 2.25	The tournament was raised up in its standard and saw seven participants in 1942 and 1945. Colombia first took part in the 1945 tournament.
2nd half 1940s	1946 : 2.74 1947 : 2.71 1949 : 2.09	The tournament was first participated by eight teams in 1947 and the first time the play-off final match was held after points equal in the finished league.
1st Half 1950s	1953 : 3.15 1955 :2.29	Argentina absent in the 1953 tournament and Brazil absent in the 1955 tournament
2nd half 1950s	1956 : 3.19 1957 :2.12 1959: 2.74	There were four tournaments in this period including twice tournaments in the same year of 1959.
1963	3.01	The tournament was absent by Uruguay. The standard of competition was deviated in negative direction when the competition was held in Bolivia in which is too much higher than sea level and the atmosphere effect the inhale rate of players. Grade B+ : Bolovia Grade B : Paraguay Grade B- : Argentina, Brazil
1967	2.51	Brazil once again did not enter and Peru also inclined to take part. It was the first participation of Venezuela. Grade B+ : Argentina, Uruguay Grade B- : Chile, Paraguay
1975	3.04	The tournament format was transformed from the league to group in preliminary round with knock-out round in the second phase and the previous champion automatically qualified for semi-final round. It is the first tournament all ten members of COMEBOL unanimity entered. Grade B+ : Peru, Colombia, Brazil Grade B : Argentina, Uruguay Grade B- : Paraguay, Chile
1979	3.12	Grade B+ : Paraguay, Brazil Grade B : Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru,Colombia Grade B- : Ecuador
1983	3.26	Grade B+ : Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay Grade B : Peru, Argentina, Chile Grade B- : Colombia
1987	3.04	Grade B+ : Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia Grade B : Brazil Grade B- : Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador
1989	2.96	The previous champion was not eligible automatically to qualify in semi-final round any longer. The second phase was transformed to league format. Grade B+ : Brazil Grade B : Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia Grade B- : Ecuador, Peru
1991	3.01	Grade B+ : Argentina, Brazil Grade B : Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia Grade B- : Ecuador, Peru
1993	3.38	USA and Mexico was first joined and the format was returned in the traditional tournament style once again with 12 nations participated. Grade B+ : Argentina, Brazil Grade B : Colombia, Uruguay, Mexico. Peru, Ecuador Grade B- : Chile, Paraguay
1995	3.54	Grade B+ : Uruguay, Brazil Grade B : Colombia, USA, Argentina, Paraguay, Mexico  Grade B- : Chile, Bolivia
1997	2.73	Costa Rica was invited to take part for the first time. Grade A- : Brazil Grade B+ : None Grade B :  Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, Ecuador Grade B- : Uruguay, Paraguay
1999	3.33	Japan was invited to take part for the first time Grade A- : Brazil Grade B+ : Argentina Grade B : Mexico, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Colombia Grade B- : Peru, Bolivia
2001	2.88	Argentina withdraws from the tournament. Honduras was invited to take part for the first time Grade B+ : Colombia Grade B : Uruguay, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, Honduras, Peru, Chile Grade B- : Ecuador
2004	3.10	Grade B+ : Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay Grade B : Colombia, Paraguay, Mexico Grade B- : Peru, Costa Rica
2007	1.82	Grade B+ : Argentina, Brazil Grade B : Uruguay, Mexico Grade B- : Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Paraguay
2011	3.05	Grade B+ : Uruguay Grade B : Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Peru, Paraguay Grade B- : Costa Rica
2015	3.05	Grade B+ : Chile, Argentina Grade B : Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Colombia, Uruguay Grade B- : Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Mexico
2016	3.03	Grade B+ : Chile, Argentina Grade B : Colombia, Mexico, United States Grade B- : Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Ecuador, Costa Rica

African Cup of Nations Standard Chart

African Cup of Nations Standard Table

The African Cup of Nations Standard is considered in competitive performance in total 16 teams of each tournament. That means some qualifying round matches of the previous tournaments are included.

Era	Std.Rate	Competitive Standard Analysis
1957, 1959	1957 : 0.87 1959 : 1.36	The first two African Cup of Nations was participated just three teams and there was no qualifying round. Grade C+ : Egypt Grade C : Sudan Grade C- : Ethiopia
1962	2.28	The qualification round was first introduced. The Final tournament was divided into twice groups with three of each. Grade C+ : Ethiopia Grade C : United Arab Public, Tunisia Grade C- : Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana
1963	1.53	Grade B- : Ghana Grade C+ : United Arab Public, Sudan, Ethiopia Grade C : Tunisia, Morocco Grade C- : Nigeria, Guinea
1965	1.82	Grade B- : Ghana Grade C+ : Tunisia, Senegal, Ivory Coast Grade C : Ethiopia, Sudan, Zaire Grade C- : Guinea
1968	2.74	The Final Tournament was first participated by 8 teams into twice groups in the first round. Grade C+ : Zaire, Ghana, Ethiopia Grade C : Ivory Coast, Senegal, Algeria, Guinea, Sudan Grade C- : Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Congo
1970	2.57	Grade C+ : Sudan, Ghana, United Arab Public, Ivory Coast Grade C : Cameroon, Algeria, Senegal, Zambia Grade C- : Zaire, Ethiopia, Guinea, Morocco
1972	3.00	Grade C+, Congo, Zaire, Cameroon, Morocco Grade C : Sudan, Mali, Kenya, Togo, Ghana, Algeria Grade C- : Egypt, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Zambia
1974	3.00	Grade C+ : Zaire, Zambia, Egypt, Congo Grade C : Guinea, Cameroon, Mali Grade C- : Ivory Coast, Uganda, Mauritius, Tanzania, Algeria, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal
1976	3.13	Grade B- : Morocco Grade C+ : Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Tunisia, Ghana Grade C : Zaire, Egypt, Uganda, Algeria, Congo, Ivory Coast
1978	2.88	Grade B- : Ghana Grade C+ : Tunisia, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Morocco Grade C : Algeria, Congo, Gabon, Ethiopia, Senegal
1980	3.11	Grade B- : Nigeria Grade C+ : Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Ghana, Ivory Coast Grade C : Guinea, Tanzania, Kenya, Sudan, Zambia, Zaire
1982	3.48	Grade B- : Ghana, Libya Grade C+ : Algeria, Zambia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Morocco Grade C : Ethiopia, Guinea, Morocco, Zaire, Tunisia
1984	3.50	Grade B- : Cameroon, Algeria, Egypt Grade C+ : Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Tunisia. Morocco Grade C : Togo, Malawi, Angola, Senegal
1986	3.57	Grade B- : Cameroon, Egypt Grade C+ : Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal, Algeria Grade C : Nigeria, Zambia, Zaire, Libya, Mozambique, Ghana
1988	3.71	Grade B- : Cameroon Grade C+ : Nigeria, Algeria, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Egypt Grade C : Kenya, Zaire, Sudan, Sierra Leon, Kenya, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Tunisia
1990	3.33	Grade B : Algeria Grade B- : Nigeria Grade C+ : Zambia, Senegal, Ivory Coast Grade C : Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Egypt, Gabon
1992	3.54	The Competition was increased to 12 participants, and was first separated into four group with 3 teams of each. Grade B- : Ghana Grade C+ : Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon Grade C : Senegal, Zaire, Congo, Zambia, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Gabon
1994	3.27	Grade B- : Nigeria Grade C+ : Ivory Coast, Zambia Grade C : Ghana, Zaire, Mali, Sierra Leon, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Senegal, Cameroon, Egypt, Algeria
1996	2.65	The Final Tournament was expanded to 16 teams with four groups in the first round. Grade B- : South Africa Grade C+ : Egypt, Ghana, Zambia, Algeria Grade C : Cameroon, Gabon, Tunisia, Sierra Leon, Zaire, Liberia, Ivory Coast
1998	3.10	Grade B- : Egypt Grade C+ : South Africa, Zaire, Tunisia, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Ivory Coast Grade C : Zambia, Guinea, Ghana
2000	3.30	Grade B : Nigeria Grade B- : Cameroon, Egypt Grade C+ :  South Africa, Tunisia, Ghana, Ivory Coast Grade C : Togo, Morocco, Senegal, Algeria
2002	3.41	Grade B- : Senegal, Cameroon, Nigeria Grade C+ : Ghana, Egypt, Morocco Grade C : South Africa, Mali, Zaire, Tunisia, Liberia
2004	2.94	Grade B- : Tunisia, Morocco, Nigeria, Cameroon Grade C+ : Mali, Algeria, Egypt, South Africa Grade C : Guinea, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Senegal
2006	3.48	Grade B- : Egypt, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Nigeria Grade C+ : Senegal, Guinea, Ghana, Tunisia, Zaire, Angola Grade C : Zimbabwe, Zambia, Morocco
2008	2.86	Grade B-, Cameroon, Ghana, Egypt Grade C+ : Ivory Coast, Tunisia, Angola, Nigeria Grade C : Mali, Guinea, Morocco, Zambia, Senegal, South Africa
2010	3.13	Grade B- : Egypt, Ghana Grade C+ : Nigeria, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Angola Grade C : Zambia, Cameroon, Gabon, Tunisia, Mali
2012	3.34	Grade B- : Zambia, Ivory Coast, Ghana Grade C+ : Mali, Gabon, Tunisia, Equitoria Guinea Grade C : Guinea, Morocco, Sudan, Angola, Libya
2013	3.22	Grade B- : Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast Grade C+ : Mali, South Africa, Cape Verde, Togo, Tunisia Grade C : Zambia, Morocco, Zaire
2015	2.74	Grade B- : Ghana, Ivory Coast Grade C+ : Zaire, Algeria, Congo  Grade C : Tunisia, Cap Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Cameroon, Zambia, Gabon
2017	3.41	Grade B- : Cameroon, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Senegal Grade C+ : Ghana, DR Congo, Tunisia Grade C : Mali, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Gabon

AFC Asian Cup of Nations Standard Chart

AFC Asian Cup of Nations Standard Table

Era	Std. Rate	Competitive Standard Analysis
1956	1.76	The Inaugural Final Tournament was participated by only four teams in round robin basis. The Qualification round in zonal group was held but most of teams were withdrawn. Grade C : South Korea, Israel Grade C- : Hong Kong
1960	1.26	Grade C : South Korea, Israel Grade C- : China, Iran
1964	1.86	Qualification round in zonal group was held in only Eastern Zone and most teams in other zones were withdrawn. Grade C : Israel Grade C- : India, South Korea
1968	1.72	The Number of team in final tournament in the league system was increased from four to five teams. Grade C : Iran Grade C- : Burma, Israel
1972	2.38	The Tournament was re-changed in its format with total six teams in twice groups in the first round and was followed by the knock-out competition. Since this tournament, Israel has not been entering due to a long period war with ARAB nations. Grade C : Iran Grade C- : South Korea, Kuwait
1976	2.28	North Korea qualified but it did not enter for the final tournament. Grade C : Iran, Kuwait Grade C- : Iraq
1980	2.15	The Number of team in final tournament was increased from six to ten teams in twice groups in the first round. Grade C+ : Kuwait Grade C- : South Korea, North Korea, Syria, Iran Grade C- : China, Qatar, Malaysia
1984	2.60	Grade C+ : Saudi Arabia Grade C : China, Iran, Kuwait Grade C- : UAE, Qatar, Singapore, Syria, South Korea
1988	3.03	Grade C+ : South Korea, Saudi Arabia Grade C : China, Iran Grade C- : Qatar, Syria, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain
1992	2.62	The Number of team in final tournament was reduced from ten to eight teams in twice groups of the first round. Grade C+ : Japan, Saudi Arabia Grade C : China, UAE, Iran Grade C- : Qatar, Thailand, North Korea
1996	2.87	The Number of team in final tournament was increased to 12 teams divided into three group of the first round. Grade C+ : Saudi Arabia, UAE Grade C : Iran, Japan, Iraq, Kuwait Grade C- : China, Syria, Uzbekistan, South Korea
2000	2.80	The Number of team in final tournament was increased to 16 teams divided into four group of the first round. Grade B- : Japan Grade C+ : Saudi Arabia, Iran, South Korea, China Grade C : Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar Grade C- : Thailand, Lebanon
2004	2.80	Grade C+ : Japan, China, Iran, Uzbekistan Grade C : Jordan, Iraq, Bahrain, South Korea Grade C- : Oman, Kuwait, Indonesia
2007	2.88	Australia first participated in the tournament after its affiliation to AFC. Grade C+ : Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran Grade C : South Korea, Japan , Uzbekistan, China, Australia Grade C- : Thailand, Indonesia, Bahrain, Vietnam, UAE
2011	2.86	Grade C+ : Japan, Australia, South Korea, Iran Grade C : Jordan, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Qatar Grade C- : China, Syria, Bahrain
2015	2.84	Grade C+ : Japan, Australia, South Korea, Iran Grade C : UAE, Iraq, China, Uzbekistan Grade C- : Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman

CONCACAF Gold Cup Standard Chart