Given that the accounts are over a three year period it’s more like being penalized twice for screwing up the same year.

This might be a good time to point out that the largest markets in the US/Canada without an NBA team are:

15. Montreal
16. Seattle
17. San Diego
18. St. Louis
19. Vancouver
20. Pittsburgh
21. Cincinnati
22. Las Vegas

Given the size of the NBA, many teams near the top of this list would be worthy candidates for expansion, and better locations for a franchise than many current franchises.

(As a note: Tampa was omitted, because of this weird thing where if a league has a team in Tampa [MLB, NHL, NFL], it won’t have one in Orlando, and if a league has a team in Orlando [NBA, MLS], it won’t have one in Tampa. It’ll probably be the Tampa-Orlando metro area in the near future anyways. Also: Baltimore, because it’s now the Washington-Baltimore metro area.)

This might be a good time to point out that the largest markets in the US/Canada without an NBA team are:

15. Montreal
16. Seattle
17. San Diego
18. St. Louis
19. Vancouver
20. Pittsburgh
21. Cincinnati
22. Las Vegas

Given the size of the NBA, many teams near the top of this list would be worthy candidates for expansion, and better locations for a franchise than many current franchises.

(As a note: Tampa was omitted, because of this weird thing where if a league has a team in Tampa [MLB, NHL, NFL], it won’t have one in Orlando, and if a league has a team in Orlando [NBA, MLS], it won’t have one in Tampa. It’ll probably be the Tampa-Orlando metro area in the near future anyways. Also: Baltimore, because it’s now the Washington-Baltimore metro area.)

New Zealand hasn’t lost a match to another OFC opponent since 2012, when they lost 2-0 to New Caledonia in the OFC Nations Cup semi-finals. (The second goal was scored at 90+3.)

They also lost to Fiji in 2008 in the OFC Nations Cup, in the last match after they had already won the title. And then, their previous loss was when Australia was still in the association.

They could lose, but they might be the surest bet of any team to qualify for the World Cup (that isn’t a host).