If you were lamenting Holland’s early exit from Euro 2016 you may be interested to know that they are the latest team to fall victim of what can the called “The curse of the Weird Third”
Take a look at the graphic.
It turns out that all teams who came third in the World Cup since 1982 have failed to qualify for the subsequent Euro Championship.
Germany however have been the only team to overcome the voodoo – and that too not once but twice.