Timezone Tax

104 matches. 48 nations. Every kickoff scored by local hour for both fan bases.

Worst schedule
🇩🇿 Algeria · 88/100
Worst single kickoff
Sweden vs Tunisia · pain 7/8

All 48 Nations Ranked

Score reflects average kickoff pain across all group-stage matches. Higher = worse schedule. Bar length = pain.

Timezone Tax Rankings

  • 0-25 Ideal
  • 26-50 Fair
  • 51-75 Poor
  • 76-100 Worst
  1. 1 🇩🇿 Algeria
    3 overnight
    88
  2. 2 🇹🇳 Tunisia
    3 overnight
    79
  3. 3 🇮🇶 Iraq
    2 overnight
    67
  4. 4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland
    1 overnight
    67
  5. 5 🇳🇴 Norway
    2 overnight
    63
  6. 6 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
    2 overnight
    63
  7. 7 🇭🇷 Croatia
    1 overnight
    58
  8. 8 🇨🇩 DR Congo
    2 overnight
    58
  9. 9 🇵🇾 Paraguay
    1 overnight
    58
  10. 10 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
    2 overnight
    54
  11. 11 🇶🇦 Qatar
    1 overnight
    54
  12. 12 🇲🇦 Morocco
    50
  13. 13 🇸🇪 Sweden
    2 overnight
    50
  14. 14 🇳🇱 Netherlands
    1 overnight
    42
  15. 15 🇪🇬 Egypt
    1 overnight
    38
  16. 16 🇮🇷 Iran
    1 overnight
    38
  17. 17 🇿🇦 South Africa
    1 overnight
    38
  18. 18 🇦🇷 Argentina
    33
  19. 19 🇪🇸 Spain
    1 overnight
    33
  20. 20 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
    1 overnight
    33
  21. 21 🇦🇺 Australia
    1 overnight
    29
  22. 22 🇧🇪 Belgium
    1 overnight
    29
  23. 23 🇯🇵 Japan
    1 overnight
    29
  24. 24 🇦🇹 Austria
    1 overnight
    25
  25. 25 🇨🇻 Cape Verde
    25
  26. 26 🇫🇷 France
    25
  27. 27 🇩🇪 Germany
    25
  28. 28 🇯🇴 Jordan
    1 overnight
    25
  29. 29 🇵🇹 Portugal
    1 overnight
    25
  30. 30 🇸🇳 Senegal
    1 overnight
    25
  31. 31 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
    21
  32. 32 🇬🇭 Ghana
    21
  33. 33 🇹🇷 Turkiye
    1 overnight
    21
  34. 34 🇺🇸 USA
    21
  35. 35 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
    17
  36. 36 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    13
  37. 37 🇧🇷 Brazil
    13
  38. 38 🇳🇿 New Zealand
    13
  39. 39 🇰🇷 South Korea
    13
  40. 40 🇨🇭 Switzerland
    13
  41. 41 🇨🇦 Canada
    8
  42. 42 🇨🇴 Colombia
    8
  43. 43 🇨🇼 Curaçao
    8
  44. 44 🇭🇹 Haiti
    8
  45. 45 🇪🇨 Ecuador
    4
  46. 46 🇲🇽 Mexico
    4
  47. 47 🇵🇦 Panama
    4
  48. 48 🇺🇾 Uruguay
    4

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