Surprise semi-finalists

2006 Portugal
2002 S Korea, Turkey
1998 Croatia
1994 Sweden, Bulgaria
1990 -
1986 Belgium
1982 Poland

That's eight relatively small teams* in the last seven tournaments. It pretty much always happens. Funny that.

But then, unlike the Euros, they never get to the final, let alone win. in fact only six different countries have been in the final since 1970. Funny that, too.

* no casual racism intended.

Posted By: The Judge, Jun 17, 13:30:38