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The Guardian - UK

Sport

Paul Campbell

Football quiz: runners up

The losers’ medal comes off. Photograph: Olivier Morin/AFP via Getty Images

Who were the losers of the first World Cup final – a game that was played just 125 miles away from their capital city?
1. Italy
2. Argentina
3. Chile
4. Brazil
Which European team has lost a World Cup final in their home country?
1. Hungary
2. Italy
3. Sweden
4. The Netherlands
Who finished second the last time Liverpool won the league?
1. Manchester United
2. Arsenal
3. Leeds
4. Aston Villa
Who finished second in the inaugural season of the Premier League, in 1992-93?
1. Norwich City
2. Blackburn Rovers
3. Liverpool
4. Aston Villa
Who were the first club to lose a European Cup final in their own stadium?
1. Bayern Munich
2. Real Madrid
3. Barcelona
4. Roma
Two clubs have lost consecutive Champions League finals: Juventus and ...
1. Atlético Madrid
2. Benfica
3. Valencia
4. Manchester United
Which country (that no longer exists) lost two of the first three European Championships finals?
1. Soviet Union
2. Yugoslavia
3. West Germany
4. East Germany
Who were the first country to finish runners-up at the European Championship while hosting the tournament?
1. France
2. Portugal
3. Belgium
4. Spain
Two teams have lost World Cup finals in three different continents: Germany (including West Germany) and …
1. The Netherlands
2. Argentina
3. Hungary
4. Brazil
Which of these clubs has never won the top flight but has finished second?
1. Crystal Palace
2. Southampton
3. Brighton
4. West Ham
Which club has made it to four FA Cup finals and lost them all – including three in one decade?
1. Middlesbrough
2. Crystal Palace
3. West Ham United
4. Leicester City

Solutions

1:B - The first World Cup final, in 1930, pitted hosts Uruguay against their neighbours Argentina in Montevideo. Uruguay won the game 4-2. Their second World Cup triumph was also a local affair. When they won the tournament in 1950, they did so by beating Brazil – the other country with whom they share a border – in Rio de Janeiro., 2:C - Sweden hosted the World Cup in 1958 and made it to the final, but a 17-year-old Pelé stole the show in a 5-2 win for Brazil., 3:D - In 1989-90. Manchester City finished 14th (one place below Manchester United)., 4:D - Villa have not come close to winning the league title since., 5:D - Two clubs have lost European Cup finals in their own stadiums: Roma lost the 1984 final to Liverpool in the Stadio Olimpico and Bayern Munich lost the 2012 final to Chelsea in the Allianz Arena., 6:C - Valencia have reached two Champions League finals: in 2000 and 2001. They lost them both., 7:B - Yugoslavia lost the Euro 60 final to Soviet Union and the Euro 68 final to Italy., 8:B - Portugal were expected to win the Euro 2004 final in Lisbon, but were beaten by Greece. They made amends 12 years later, when they beat France in Paris to win Euro 2016., 9:A - The Netherlands have never won the World Cup but they have lost finals in Europe, South America and Africa., 10:B - Southampton came closest to winning the league in the 1983-84 season, when they finished second to Liverpool. They also reached the FA Cup semi-finals that season, but were beaten in extra-time by Everton. Had it not been for two clubs from Merseyside, Southampton might have won the double. Instead, they won nothing, 11:D - They lost those four finals to Wolves, Tottenham, Manchester City and Manchester United.