by Gil Kaufman 06/14/14
The summer Olympics are awesome, and the winter games are no joke either. But if you’re like nearly half of the world’s 7.2 billion population, chances are you will watch some of the 2014 FIFA World Cup soccer championship at some point over the next month.
We’ll say that again: HALF OF THE GLOBE’S POPULATION.
Needless to say, footy is kind of a big deal. Which is MTV did a survey of just how excited young people are about the tournament and, well, they’re psyched to say the least.
The Best?
1. 61 percent of millennials we talked to in Australia, the U.K., France, Latin America (Argentina, Colombia and Mexico), Germany, Italy, Southeast Asia (Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore) and Spain think the World Cup will be more exciting than the Summer or Winter Olympics.
2. 74 percent of American millennials feel like the World Cup is an important event for uniting the world’s people.
3. Half said they’re more interested in the World Cup than their elders.
Feeling Cocky
4. Which country feels like they have the best chance at winning the whole thing? Germany, at 76 percent.
5. Defending champions Spain are right behind at 69 percent.
6. A Latin American country hasn’t hoisted the winning trophy since 2002, but respondents from the host region had a 60 percent confidence rate that this is their year.
Not So Much
7. As cocky as those countries are, some nations are not so sure. Respondents in the U.K. and France were pretty sure they were going to go home losers by a, respectively, 51 ...
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