Who will win the cup of life??

The 3964 theory
This theory states that when we add up the years of the country that wins world cup, we would get a total of 3964. Argentina won the world cup in 1978 and 1986. (1978 + 1986 = 3964) West Germany won the cup in 1974 and 1990. (1974 + 1990 = 3964) Brazil Won the world cup in 1970, 1994 (1970 + 1994 = 3964) and 1962, 2002 (1962 + 2002 = 3964)

3964 – 2006 = 1958

Brazil is the country who won the world cup in 1958. Therefore Brazil will win the world cup this year!

The hosting nation and defending champion theory
In the world cup history, whenever Brazil won the world cup, the following world cup would either being successfully defended by Brazil or being won by the host country.
Brazil won the world cup in 1958.
In 1962, they successfully defended the world cup.
Brazil won the world cup in 1970.
West Germany won the cup as host in 1974.
Brazil won the world cup in 1994.
France won the cup as host in 1998.
Brazil won the cup in 2002.
Therefore, it would be either Germany (host) or Brazil who will win the 2006 world cup!

The Germany formula
Germany had previously won the world cup in 1954, 1974 and 2002. Now the Germans came out with a winning formula.
54 X 74 – 1990 = 2006
Which they claimed is the year (2006) that Germany would win the world cup. Though this formula looks unconvincing, I’ve to salute the Germans for their creativity.

------World cup winners------------Host
1930 Uruguay----------------------Uruguay
1934 Italy--------------------------Italy
1938 Italy--------------------------France
1950 Uruguay----------------------Brazil
1954 West Germany----------------Switzerland
1958 Brazil--------------------------Sweden
1962 Brazil--------------------------Chile
1966 England-----------------------England
1970 Brazil--------------------------Mexico
1974 West Germany----------------West Germany
1978 Argentina---------------------Argentina
1982 Italy--------------------------Spain
1986 Argentina---------------------Mexico
1990 West Germany----------------Italy
1994 Brazil-------------------------USA
1998 France------------------------France
2002 Brazil-------------------------South Korea/Japan
2006 ?-----------------------------Germany

The average age theory
For the last ten world cup, the winner team’s average age is less then 28 years old. The only exception in the world cup history is the 1962 Brazil’s team where their average age is 30 years and one month old. Since then, the average age of the winning team is
1966 England (27 years and 1 month old)
1970 Brazil (25 years and 2 months old)
1974 West Germany (27 years and 3 months old)
1978 Argentina (26 years old and 3 months old)
1982 Italy (27 years and 4 months old)
1986 Argentina (26 years and 10 months old)
1990 West Germany (27 years and 9 months old)
1994 Brazil (27 years and 11 months old)
1998 France (27 years and 4 months old)
2002 Brazil (26 years and 9 months old)

One thing interesting that we should take note is that the average age of these winning teams is 26 years old and 11 months old. This is exactly the average age of the Germany Squad in world cup 2006. No other team has the same average age as Germany in the tournament. Does this mean that Germany would win the world cup?

The witch’s prophecy
According to the “Berlin Daily”, a witch in Berlin had predicted the results of the 2006 world cup using poker cards. She claimed that her prediction had an accuracy of 98%.
1. Italy will win the world cup.
2. Brazil will be knocked out in the semis.
3. England will make it to the finals but Rooney will do something stupid that brings disaster to the team.
4. Germany could not even make it to the quarter final.
Ironically, this witch doesn’t even know anything about football!