So the results are in and after 98 entries, there have been some pretty interesting results. There’ve been the odd funny result here and there with Honda at one point in the lead for the best player of the competition as well as Spain not getting a vote for best team until the 28th entry came in. All in all though most the results have been good victories with other one category being split.
For the complete breakdown of all the votes, head to the results page by clicking on the image or head below for the top 3 from each category.
Best Player of the Tournament
- David Villa (18 votes)
- Wesley Sneijder/Bastian Schweinsteiger (15 votes)
- Thomas Muller (13 votes)
Worst Player of the Tournament
- Wayne Rooney (42 votes)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (10 votes)
- Fernando Torres/Franck Ribery (8 votes)
Best Team of the Tournament
- Germany (43 votes)
- Spain (22 votes)
- Netherlands (13 votes)
Worst Team of the Tournament
- France (49 votes)
- England (19 votes)
- Italy (14 votes)
And there you have it. David Villa takes the top player of the tournament, evident with the 5 superb goals he’s scored in the tournament as well as leading the line well despite the notable absence of Fernando Torres. The worst player of the tournament is overwhelmingly Wayne Rooney. I think much of this comes with the negativity of the England team as a whole but even individually, amassing no goals and an apathetic first touch has made him take this accomplishment by landslide.
Voting for the teams was a lot more of an easier affair with Germany taking the vote. Expectations must have been low for the Germans with not many people having them down as potential winners but their brand of attractive counter attacking football has won many fans. France without question have fallen from grace. After reaching the Final in the last World Cup, they’ve no only failed to qualify but also managed to do so with their image in tatters.
Also there were some very insightful comments that were left in the poll I thought were quite interesting and thought worth quoting:
Thomas Muller as standout player due to his exploits at the world cup. Even at a young age and with little international experience (caps) he has done extremely well for Germany and especially against Argentina and England, scoring a total of 4 goals and a couple of assists.
Tie between W. Rooney and F. Ribery as the most underperformed, considering both are classed as "World Class" they failed to deliver for their respective teams.
Germany for team of the tournament as they have played good attacking football that has opened up defenses with good passing.
France for the worst team as not only did they play poorly but there was also the player revolt and poor decision making by the FFF overall a blight on the World Cup.
Raymond Jiang
I Picked Muller, Rooney, Germany and Italy for several reasons. For a neutral supporter Germany have been the team to watch. Enthusiastic young players combined with role players like Schweinsteiger, Lahm and Klose have proved to be succesful. And one of the young players which has been outstanding is
Thomas Muller which is pretty amazing if you consider that he was an amateur just one year ago.
Worst team I could have pick England but at last it was between France and Italy. But since France have had this problem during the season and they was in a quite difficult group I picked Italy because of their overrated team and performance in a quite easy group. I mean after New Zealand says it all....
Stefan Man
I think Honda should get the best player award simply because of being such an underrated player with a smaller reputation and finally an Asian player to get some well deserved limelight. I reckon he’ll be a great signing for anyone who comes in for him this summer
Anonymous
So that’s all for this years World Cup 2010 Poll and thank you all to those who voted. I’m sure you’ll all have your favourite moments of the competition and we’ll all definitely be looking forward to the next World Cup in Brazil in 2014.
Be sure to check out my selection of the World Cup Dream Team and my video of the Top Goals in this year’s tournament.
