Can you be a World Cup ‘winner’ without winning the World Cup?

The winner of the World Cup final will be crowned on Monday morning Australian time. Even though only one team will raise the trophy, how might other sides still consider their tournament a success? Historic overachievers FIFA rankings have existed since 1992 and surprisingly, the number one team has never won the World Cup during this time. So previous number one-ranked teams can be considered to have under-performed. But which sides have over-performed? The lowest ranked team to win the…