1. Alberto Alfonzo Tugberk ‘TT’ Tanrisevdir

2. This study examines what determines success in the Africa Cup of Nations from a macroeconomic perspective.

5. Continental soccer tournament in Africa First tournament in 1957 Organized in every 2 years Winner goes to FIFA Confederations Cup

6. METHODOLOGY Sources: WDI, Penn World Table, and CAF’s webpage We created different new variables to control for the results of the tournaments: Champion, Second Place, Third Place, and Fourth Place We test our hypothesis trough a series of different methods: Regressions Mean Comparison tests, and Fixed-Effect tests. For another approach to the study of our hypotheses, we excluded Egypt in a fixed-effect test as it seems the Egypt is an outlier to our theory.

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8. Both in Asia Close Number of Populations: China: 1,351 billion* India: 1,237 billion* *Data are taken from The World Bank’s 2012 information.

10. CHINA: $6,188* INDIA: $1,489* Children Malnutrition Health CareSports Investment and Facilities Better Education *Data are taken from The World Bank’s 2012 information.

11. If China has the highest population on Earth, why doesn’t China take 1 st place in every Olympics? *Data are taken from The World Bank’s 2012 information. If GDP Per Capita has a positive effect on winning a medal, why aren’t Luxembourg, Norway, and Switzerland –the top three countries by GDP Per Capita* dominant forces in the Olympics?

12. HOME ADVANTAGE

13. POPULATION CHANCE OF HAVING SPORTSMEN

14. Inadequate resources means that a country cannot use its human power

15. GDP Per Capita is an indicator of sports investment

19. *Data are taken from ESPN’s 2008 information.

20. Alabama University Crimson Tide Football Team played 14 games in 2008 and these 14 games costed them $3,580,868* *Information is taken from ESPN: http://espn.go.com/ncaa/revenue/_/type/expenses

23. These data are taken from Tucker’s video on Euronews webpage and interpreted into a different graph format

32. Home Advantage helps an African country win the Africa Cup of Nations Total Population does not improve the odds of winning the tournament, or reaching the semifinals Ambigious results with GDP Per Capita and Urban Population.