The evidence base

Sources & References

Every figure, chart and quote in this review comes from a primary FIFA document. All 20 are here, and each title links straight to the original PDF. Nothing here is second-hand.

20
Primary FIFA documents
~1,500
Pages we read through
5
Tournament technical reports
2006 · 2010 · 2014 · 2018 · 2022
15
Match-by-match data reports
4 men '22 · 4 men '26 · 7 women '23
Note on use: every source below links to the original PDF, hosted at files.australianfootballreview.com. The documents belong to FIFA. We've gathered them here so you can check the analysis against the source yourself. Each link opens its PDF in a new tab.