Average Height of International Football Teams at Major Tournaments

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World Cup 2006

http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/average-height-of-the-teams.364049/

185.1 - Serbia         
184.6 - Croatia       
184.5 - Czech Rep     
184.2 - Germany       
184.2 - Sweden         
184.1 - Australia     
183.8 - Holland       
183.8 - Poland         
183.5 - Switzerland 
182.9 - Italy         
182.7 - France         
182.7 - Ukraine       
182.6 - Tunisia       
182.4 - England       
182.3 - Togo           
181.9 - Trinidad       
181.3 - USA           
181.0 - Brazil         
180.8 - Iran           
180.4 - Ghana         
180.4 - Paraguay       
180.3 - Korea         
180.1 - Costa Rica     
179.7 - Angola         
179.6 - Spain         
179.6 - Ivory Coast   
179.5 - Portugal       
179.0 - Ecuador       
178.7 - Japan         
177.3 - Saudi Arabia   
176.6 - Mexico         
175.4 - Argentina     

Euro 2008

http://www.thebesteleven.com/2008/06/tallest-and-shortest-players-on-euro.html

184.91 - Croatia
184.87 - Germany
184.61 - Switzerland
184.48 - Greece
184.43 - Austria
184.17 - Sweden
184.14 - Poland
184.00 - Czech Republic
183.30 - Netherlands
183.17 - Italy
182.09 - Russia
181.83 - France
181.43 - Romania
180.57 - Portugal
180.35 - Turkey
179.61 - Spain

World 2010

http://theglobalherald.com/fifa-world-cup-2010-serbia-tops-tallest-teams/4368/

1.86 - Serbia
1.85 - Greece
1.85 - Denmark
1.85 - New Zealand
1.84 - Germany
1.84 - Nigeria
1.84 - Slovakia
1.84 - Slovenia
1.84 - Australia
1.83 - Switzerland
1.83 - Cameroon
1.83 - Brazil
1.82 - Korea Republic
1.82 - Algeria
1.82 - France
1.82 - England
1.81 - Portugal
1.81 - Italy
1.81 - Netherlands
1.81 - USA
1.81 - Cote D’Ivoire
1.81 - Paraguay
1.81 - Spain    
1.81 - Uruguay
1.79 - Japan
1.78 - Ghana
1.78 - Argentina
1.78 - Honduras
1.78 - Mexico
1.78 - South Africa
1.78 - Korea DPR
1.76 - Chile    

Euro 2012

http://pieathalftime.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/euro-2012-tallest-and-smallest/



World Cup 2014

http://themissinggraph.wordpress.com/2014/06/24/2014-fifa-world-cup-the-players-series-ii-their-height-tallest-shortest-player-team-position-infographic/

185.3 - Germany
185.0 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
184.7 - Greece
184.5 - Belgium
184.4 - Croatia
183.9 - South Korea
183.3 - England
183.1 - Iran
183.0 - USA
182.8 - Switzerland
182.4 - Italy
182.2 - Algeria
182.0 - Brazil
182.0 - Nigeria
181.9 - Netherlands
181.9 - Russia
181.8 - Portugal
181.7 - Colombia
181.3 - France
181.2 - Uruguay
181.1 - Argentina
180.8 - Ivory Coast
180.3 - Australia
180.3 - Costa Rica
179.8 - Spain
179.6 - Honduras
179.4 - Cameroon
179.4 - Ghana
179.3 - Ecuador
178.0 - Japan
178.0 - Mexico
176.0 - Chile

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False. Jordi alba is 170 no 165

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cool stats. so Germany not only won the world cup, they were the tallest. 

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Completely wrong

Gameiro 172cm
Van der Wiel 181cm
Joao Moutinho 173cm
Jordi alba 170 cm
Martin Olsson 178cm

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Strange how, while the Netherlands has the tallest population, their 2014 national team was nowhere near being the tallest at the World Cup.

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6 feet or go home, that's the way in Sweden.

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Sweden is a middle of nowhere boring country only talked about for Ikea so no skin off my nose

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For football the best players always been short , maradona and Messi , accutally all Barcelona except the defenders short

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Quote from: Shortie on July 29, 2014, 06:13:50 PMFor football the best players always been short , maradona and Messi , accutally all Barcelona except the defenders short

CRonnie7 is 6'1. Tim Howard: 6'3. Just saying.

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Quote from: Tall on July 29, 2014, 11:01:50 PMCRonnie7 is 6'1. Tim Howard: 6'3. Just saying.

Goalkeepers like Howard though should always be tall for best success. I think pretty much all the great goalkeepers in football are tall. For the other positions it depends a lot on play style but the shorter guys can definitely be just as good as the taller ones.