World Cup Simulations - lot of penalties and differences between platforms

It s supposed to be a tidbit and I don t know if someone tried it before, but inspired by last news about a guy, who made 1000 simulations of WC 2018 in FM, I tried something on the smaller scale with SWOS with few differences and unfortunately restrictions imposed by the game itself.

World Cup 1994 was simulated on 96/97 squads with default teams, while Brazil 2014 is on 16/17 squad with also default settings. For Russia 2018 I decided to use all teams, excluding those from 4th in their groups changing only Germany with Serbia, so the results are more based on simulating from playoff stage rather than entire tournament. Still I felt obligated to do this, since we re in the middle of this World Cup and squads from the previous season are close to the current one. Also fact that it s impossible (or I just don t know how?) to set third place playoff on DIY, I had to use old format for all tournaments. Top scorers are decided by the first on the list, except editions, when four or more players score the same number of goals.

Before putting the results, one more thing. I was raised by PC edition, so I guess I m in minority, since most started from Amiga and probably prefer it more. That s why I made a compromise and simulated World Cups in both versions and that was probably the most interesting thing about whole thing. It actually showed huge difference in randomness, which you can check yourself below:

Host PC	Champion	Final	Third place playoff	Top scorer(s)		Host Amiga	Champion	Final	Third place playoff	Top scorer(s)
I USA 96/97	Romania	Romania 0:0 Germany, pk.7:6	Belgium 1:1 Ireland, pk.2:4	Jurgen Klinsmann [5]		I USA 96/97	Italy	Russia 1:2 Italy	Holland 0:1 Ireland	Fabrizio Ravanelli [7]
II USA 96/97	Brazil	Spain 1:2 Brazil	Germany 0:0 Holland, pk.8:9	Jurgen Klinsmann [9]		II USA 96/97	Ireland	Germany 2:2 Ireland, pk.3:5	Norway 0:0 Italy, pk.3:4	Fredi Bobic [7]
III USA 96/97	Italy	Russia 1:2 Italy	Germany 0:0 Holland, pk.10:11	Fredi Bobic [6]		III USA 96/97	Italy	Spain 0:0 Italy, pk.5:6	Greece 3:1 Russia	Martin Dahlin [6]
IV USA 96/97	Brazil	Germany 0:1 Brazil	Spain 1:0 Belgium	Alfonso Perez [6]		IV USA 96/97	Brazil	Brazil 1:0 Bulgaria	Italy 3:1 Argentina	Fredi Bobic [6]
V USA 96/97	Holland	Holland 3:2 Russia	Romania 2:1 Colombia	Luc Nilis [6]		V USA 96/97	Romania	Romania 3:2 Italy	Spain 1:2 Belgium	Florin Raducioiu [7]
VI USA 96/97	Spain	Spain 0:0 Holland, pk.6:5	Germany 1:1 Bulgaria, pk.4:2	Patrick Kluivert [7]		VI USA 96/97	Spain	Spain 2:0 Romania	Holland 1:3 Brazil	Alfonso Perez [13]
VII USA 96/97	Brazil	Germany 0:1 Brazil	Romania 0:1 Holland	Tulio [6]		VII USA 96/97	Brazil	Germany 2:2 Brazil, pk.5:6	Romania 2:2 Italy, pk.3:5	Bebeto [7]
VIII USA 96/97	Italy	Spain 1:3 Italy	Germany 1:1 Holland, pk.7:6	seven players [4]		VIII USA 96/97	Russia	Russia 1:1 Holland, pk.2:0	Argentina 2:4 Brazil	Tulio [6]
IX USA 96/97	Brazil	Spain 1:1 Brazil, pk.2:4	Germany 2:1 Holland	Fredi Bobic [7]		IX USA 96/97	Germany	Germany 4:1 Romania	Italy 0:1 Argentina	Fredi Bobic [8]
X USA 96/97	Brazil	Spain 0:1 Brazil	Romania 1:2 Holland	Tulio [7]		X USA 96/97	Russia	Sweden 1:2 Russia	Germany 0:1 Spain	Abel Balbo [7]
XI USA 96/97	Holland	Holland 1:0 Germany	Romania 2:3 Switzerland	Dennis Bergkamp [5]		XI USA 96/97	Belgium	Belgium 2:1 Germany	Italy 1:2 Switzerland	Igor Kolyvanov [6]
XII USA 96/97	Holland	Germany 0:1 Holland	Colombia 0:0 Belgium, pk.4:1	Gabriel Batistuta [6]		XII USA 96/97	Brazil	Sweden 1:1 Brazil, pk.2:3	Bulgaria 1:0 Argentina	Abel Balbo [9]
XIII USA 96/97	Holland	Holland 1:0 Germany	Colombia 1:2 Bulgaria	Patrick Kluivert [7]		XIII USA 96/97	Romania	Romania 1:0 Italy	Morocco 4:4 Columbia, pk.5:6	Abdessalem Laghrissi [6]
XIV USA 96/97	Holland	Spain 2:2 Holland, pk.9:10	Germany 2:2 Brazil, pk.3:0	Bebeto [5]		XIV USA 96/97	Brazil	Sweden 0:2 Brazil	Argentina 1:3 Italy	Fabrizio Ravanelli [7]
XV USA 96/97	Germany	Germany 2:1 Romania	Spain 2:2 Brazil, pk.5:3	Fredi Bobic [5]		XV USA 96/97	Italy	Italy 3:2 Brazil	Argentina 4:3 Sweden	Gabriel Batistuta [7]
XVI USA 96/97	Germany	Germany 1:1 Holland, pk.3:1	Spain 2:2 Brazil, pk.1:3	Patrick Kluivert [8]		XVI USA 96/97	Russia	Russia 3:3 Italy, pk.7:6	Germany 3:2 Holland	Igor Kolyvanov [11]
XVII USA 96/97	Italy	Spain 1:2 Italy	Germany 1:2 Brazil	Tulio [6]		XVII USA 96/97	Ireland	Spain 0:1 Ireland	Germany 2:3 Brazil	Gabriel Batistuta [6]
XVIII USA 96/97	Holland	Spain 0:1 Holland	Germany 3:2 Bulgaria	Dennis Bergkamp [6]		XVIII USA 96/97	Italy	Bolivia 0:3 Italy	Spain 2:1 Holland	Gianfranco Zola [6]
XIX USA 96/97	Brazil	Germany 0:1 Brazil	Romania 0:0 Belgium, pk.1:3	Dennis Bergkamp [7]		XIX USA 96/97	Germany	Germany 1:1 Holland, pk.2:0	Italy 3:2 Columbia	Dennis Bergkamp [8]
XX USA 96/97	Brazil	Spain 0:1 Brazil	Germany 2:2 Holland, pk.5:3	Jurgen Klinsmann [5]		XX USA 96/97	Brazil	Russia 2:2 Brazil, pk.6:7	Saudi Arabia 1:3 Ireland	Igor Kolyvanov [8]
XXI USA 96/97	Brazil	Brazil 0:0 Italy, pk.5:4	Romania 0:1 Germany	Georgi Donov [5]		XXI USA 96/97	Romania	Romania 1:0 Belgium	Spain 1:5 Italy	Florin Raducioiu [6]
XXII USA 96/97	Holland	Holland 1:0 Spain	Romania 0:1 Germany	Patrick Kluivert [5]		XXII USA 96/97	Germany	Germany 2:0 Bolivia	Sweden 2:3 Brazil	Bebeto [7]
XXIII USA 96/97	Brazil	Germany 1:2 Brazil	Russia 3:3 Holland, pk.5:6	Fredi Bobic [7]		XXIII USA 96/97	Norway	Norway 0:0 Italy, pk.3:0	Spain 3:1 Columbia	Faustino Asprilla [6]
XXVI USA 96/97	Brazil	Germany 0:1 Brazil	Romania 0:1 Holland	Fredi Bobic [7]		XXVI USA 96/97	Argentina	Argentina 1:0 Columbia	Russia 1:1 Brazil, pk.2:3	four players [4]
XXV USA 96/97	Holland	Germany 2:2 Holland, pk.9:10	Romania 2:2 Brazil, pk.3:0	Dennis Bergkamp [6]		XXV USA 96/97	Italy	Brazil 1:1 Italy, pk.0:2	Romania 1:1 Argentina, pk.4:2	Georgi Donov [5]
XXVI USA 96/97	Germany	Germany 2:1 Romania	Spain 2:2 Brazil, pk.5:3	Fredi Bobic [5]		XXVI USA 96/97	Belgium	Switzerland 2:3 Belgium	Sweden 1:2 Italy	Luc Nilis [11]
XXVII USA 96/97	Germany	Germany 1:1 Holland, pk.3:1	Spain 2:2 Brazil, pk.1:3	Patrick Kluivert [8]		XXVII USA 96/97	Holland	Holland 2:1 Brazil	Russia 1:2 Italy	five players [5]
XXVIII USA 96/97	Italy	Spain 1:2 Italy	Germany 1:2 Brazil	Tulio [6]		XXVIII USA 96/97	Spain	Spain 3:1 Greece	Cameroon 0:1 Ireland	Alfonso Perez [6]
XXIX USA 96/97	Holland	Spain 0:1 Holland	Germany 3:2 Bulgaria	Dennis Bergkamp [6]		XXIX USA 96/97	Romania	Greece 0:2 Romania	Spain 0:0 Brazil, pk.1:4	Florin Raducioiu [9]
XXX USA 96/97	Brazil	Germany 0:1 Brazil	Romania 0:0 Belgium, pk.1:3	Dennis Bergkamp [7]		XXX USA 96/97	Italy	Bulgaria 2:3 Italy	Spain 1:0 Switzerland	Georgi Donov [7]
I Brazil 16/17	France	Germany 0:0 France, pk.8:9	Portugal 1:1 Ecuador, pk.3:4	Diego Costa [7]		I Brazil 16/17	England	Germany 2:3 England	Holland 0:1 France	Kevin Gameiro [7]
II Brazil 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 3:2 Germany	Portugal 1:2 France	Mario Gomez [5]		II Brazil 16/17	Switzerland	Switzerland 1:1 Italy, pk.4:1	Spain 2:1 Serbia	Diego Costa [6]
III Brazil 16/17	Germany	Brazil 1:1 Germany, pk.1:3	Nigeria 0:1 Serbia	Mario Gomez [7]		III Brazil 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 3:3 Serbia, pk.5:4	Uruguay 0:1 Italy	Gabriel Jesus [6]
IV Brazil 16/17	Italy	Italy 2:1 Germany	Brazil 0:0 Holland, pk.2:4	Diego Costa [6]		IV Brazil 16/17	England	England 1:1 Italy, pk.6:5	Croatia 1:0 Spain	Harry Kane [8]
V Brazil 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 2:1 England	Ghana 0:2 France	Kevin Gameiro [9]		V Brazil 16/17	England	Portugal 0:0 England, pk.2:4	Costa Rica 0:2 France	Joel Campbell [7]
VI Brazil 16/17	France	Ghana 1:2 France	Nigeria 2:3 Germany	Kevin Gameiro [8]		VI Brazil 16/17	Uruguay	Uruguay 1:0 France	Germany 0:1 Spain	Raul Jimenez [7]
VII Brazil 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 2:1 Germany	Nigeria 0:0 Holland, pk.5:3	Raul Jimenez [7]		VII Brazil 16/17	Portugal	Portugal 3:3 Germany, pk.9:8	Chile 2:4 Holland	Cristiano Ronaldo [8]
VIII Brazil 16/17	Argentina	Argentina 1:0 Brazil	Croatia 1:2 England	Antoine Griezmann [4]		VIII Brazil 16/17	Germany	Uruguay 0:2 Germany	Ecuador 3:1 Croatia	Mario Mandzukic [6]
IX Brazil 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 1:1 Spain, pk.6:5	Portugal 1:1 Serbia, pk.3:0	Gabriel Jesus [7]		IX Brazil 16/17	Spain	Croatia 1:2 Spain	Chile 2:3 Argentina	Mario Mandzukic [5]
X Brazil 16/17	Spain	Mexico 3:3 Spain, pk.7:8	Portugal 1:1 Holland, pk.5:6	Cristiano Ronaldo [6]		X Brazil 16/17	Italy	Chile 3:3 Italy, pk.2:4	Brazil 0:0 Argentina, pk.5:3	Ever Banega [6]
XI Brazil 16/17	Germany	Germany 0:0 France, pk.4:2	Urugwaj 0:2 England	Wayne Rooney [7]		XI Brazil 16/17	France	France 3:2 Portugal	Costa Rica 1:5 Argentina	Cristiano Ronaldo [7]
XII Brazil 16/17	Holland	Holland 2:1 Germany	Portugal 1:1 England, pk.3:5	Cristiano Ronaldo [6]		XII Brazil 16/17	Argentina	Argentina 2:0 Spain	Portugal 2:1 France	Cristiano Ronaldo [7]
XIII Brazil 16/17	Germany	Germany 1:1 England, pk.2:1	Brazil 0:0 France, pk.1:3	Alvarto Morata [5]		XIII Brazil 16/17	Switzerland	Switzerland 2:1 Italy	Croatia 1:3 Germany	Mesut Ozil [7]
XIV Brazil 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 1:1 Germany, pk.5:4	Portugal 1:1 Holland, pk.10:9	Mario Gomez [7]		XIV Brazil 16/17	Spain	Cameroon 1:3 Spain	Ecuador 1:0 Serbia	Diego Costa [7]
XV Brazil 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 3:2 France	Italy 1:2 Germany	Willian [7]		XV Brazil 16/17	France	Mexico 0:1 France	Germany 0:2 Italy	Edinson Cavani [6]
XVI Brazil 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 1:0 Germany	Portugal 1:3 France	Antioine Griezmann [7]		XVI Brazil 16/17	France	Brazil 1:3 France	Chile 0:1 Holland	Chicharito [8]
XVII Brazil 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 4:4 England, pk.3:0	Portugal 0:1 Germany	Gabriel Jesus [8]		XVII Brazil 16/17	France	Mexico 3:4 France	Uruguay 0:1 Holland	Chicharito [9]
XVIII Brazil 16/17	Germany	France 0:0 Germany, pk.2:4	Croatia 2:2 Italy, pk.3:4	Nani [6]		XVIII Brazil 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 2:0 Holland	Croatia 1:2 Spain	Diego Costa [6]
XIX Brazil 16/17	Holland	Brazil 0:0 Holland, pk.0:3	Uruguay 0:1 Germany	Diego Costa [7]		XIX Brazil 16/17	England	Ghana 1:2 England	Cameroon 1:2 Argentina	Gonzalo Higuain [8]
XX Brazil 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 2:2 Spain, pk.5:4	Portugal 0:2 England	Diego Costa [7]		XX Brazil 16/17	Holland	Nigeria 0:3 Holland	Ghana 1:5 Italy	Vincent Janssen [7]
XXI Brazil 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 0:0 France, pk.6:5	Nigeria 1:3 Spain	Vincent Janssen [7]		XXI Brazil 16/17	Ghana	Ghana 1:1 Italy, pk.4:3	Mexico 0:0 Spain, pk.1:3	Raul Jimenez [6]
XXII Brazil 16/17	France	Germany 3:3 France, pk.3:4	Portugal 2:3 England	Kevin Gameiro [6]		XXII Brazil 16/17	Croatia	Brazil 0:1 Croatia	Uruguay 1:0 Argentina	Mario Mandzukic [7]
XXIII Brazil 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 1:1 Spain, pk.3:2	Portugal 0:2 England	Wayne Rooney [9]		XXIII Brazil 16/17	England	France 0:0 England, pk.2:3	Argentina 3:1 Spain	Kevin Gameiro [7]
XXIV Brazil 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 1:1 Spain, pk.3:0	Portugal 2:3 Germany	Alvaro Morata [6]		XXIV Brazil 16/17	Spain	Holland 3:3 Spain, pk.4:5	Cameroon 0:1 Serbia	Vincent Janssen [10]
XXV Brazil 16/17	Portugal	Portugal 1:1 Holland, pk.5:3	Mexico 0:2 France	Vincent Janssen [5]		XXV Brazil 16/17	England	England 1:1 Switzerland, pk.4:3	Brazil 2:3 Argentina	Haris Seferovic [7]
XXVI Brazil 16/17	France	Croatia 0:0 France, pk.3:4	Ghana 1:3 Germany	Mario Gomez [6]		XXVI Brazil 16/17	Croatia	Brazil 0:1 Croatia	USA 1:1 Holland, pk.3:4	Mario Gomez [7]
XXVII Brazil 16/17	Spain	Brazil 1:1 Spain, pk.4:5	Nigeria 0:0 France, pk.2:4	Diego Costa [5]		XXVII Brazil 16/17	Holland	Ghana 1:2 Holland	Nigeria 1:3 Argentina	Asamoah Gyan [12]
XXVIII Brazil 16/17	Spain	Portugal 1:2 Spain	Holland 1:2 England	Gonzalo Higuain [7]		XXVIII Brazil 16/17	Portugal	Switzerland 2:3 Portugal	Argentina 3:1 Serbia	five players [5]
XXIX Brazil 16/17	Germany	Croatia 0:0 Germany, pk.3:5	France 0:1 England	Raul Jimenez [5]		XXIX Brazil 16/17	Spain	Mexico 1:2 Spain	Italy 2:3 Holland	Diego Costa [9]
XXX Brazil 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 0:0 Spain, pk.5:4	Portugal 0:1 Germany	Mesut Ozil [6]		XXX Brazil 16/17	Spain	Croatia 1:2 Spain	Germany 1:1 Argentina, pk.2:4	Gonzalo Higuain [8]
I Russia 16/17	Belgium	Belgium 1:0 France	Germany 1:0 Senegal	Diego Costa [6]		I Russia 16/17	Portugal	Portugal 1:0 Argentina	Spain 4:1 Uruguay	Diego Costa [8]
II Russia 16/17	Belgium	Spain 0:0 Belgium, pk.2:4	England 2:1 Germany	Mario Gomez [8]		II Russia 16/17	Portugal	Argentina 0:0 Portugal, pk.0:1	Spain 0:0 Mexico, pk.6:5	Carlos Bacca [6]
III Russia 16/17	Spain	Spain 0:0 Germany, pk.5:3	France 2:2 Belgium, pk.8:7	Mario Gomez [6]		III Russia 16/17	Germany	Germany 1:1 Senegal, pk.1:0	Belgium 2:0 Sweden	Romelu Lukaku [9]
VI Russia 16/17	Spain	Spain 1:1 Brazil, pk.4:3	England 4:2 Colombia	Oumar Niasse [5]		VI Russia 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 1:0 Portugal	Belgium 2:0 Tunisia	Gabriel Jesus [9]
V Russia 16/17	Spain	Spain 2:1 Germany	England 2:1 Belgium	Harry Kane [7]		V Russia 16/17	Spain	Spain 2:0 France	Croatia 0:1 Portugal	Diego Costa [8]
VI Russia 16/17	Argentina	Argentina 1:1 Belgium, pk.3:2	Nigeria 1:1 Senegal, pk.2:3	Gonzalo Higuain [8]		VI Russia 16/17	England	England 1:0 Germany	Switzerland 2:3 Spain	Romelu Lukaku [6]
VII Russia 16/17	Germany	Spain 4:4 Germany, pk.1:4	England 1:1 Belgium, pk.3:2	Mesut Ozil [7]		VII Russia 16/17	Germany	Germany 2:1 Sweden	Belgium 2:1 Denmark	Romelu Lukaku [9]
VIII Russia 16/17	Spain	Spain 1:1 Germany, pk.5:3	England 3:2 Belgium	Kevin De Bruyne [5]		VIII Russia 16/17	Germany	Spain 2:3 Germany	Argentina 2:2 France. pk.4:2	Romelu Lukaku [9]
IX Russia 16/17	Germany	England 0:0 Germany, pk.2:4	Spain 1:1 Belgium, pk.2:1	Harry Kane [8]		IX Russia 16/17	Belgium	Belgium 0:0 France, pk.4:1	Brazil 3:4 Portugal	Antoine Griezmann [9]
X Russia 16/17	Spain	Spain 2:1 Germany	Brazil 2:2 Senegal, pk.10:9	Oumar Niasse [6]		X Russia 16/17	Germany	Belgium 2:3 Germany	Switzerland 1:3 Senegal	Romelu Lukaku [10]
XI Russia 16/17	France	Germany 1:1 France, pk.2:3	Brazil 0:0 Argentina, pk.5:3	Mario Gomez [7]		XI Russia 16/17	Spain	Spain 1:0 Brazil	Switzerland 1:0 Argentina	Ahmed Musa [7]
XII Russia 16/17	Spain	Spain 0:0 Belgium, pk.5:4	Brazil 2:2 Germany, pk.2:3	Mario Gomez [9]		XII Russia 16/17	England	Switzerland 0:1 England	Croatia 2:0 Uruguay	Wayne Rooney [8]
XIII Russia 16/17	Spain	Spain 2:1 Germany	France 3:2 Portugal	four players [4]		XIII Russia 16/17	Belgium	Columbia 1:1 Belgium, pk.3:4	Germany 0:2 England	Kevin Gameiro [8]
XIV Russia 16/17	Germany	Spain 1:1 Germany, pk.1:4	Brazil 0:0 Belgium, pk.5:3	Mario Gomez [9]		XIV Russia 16/17	Spain	Belgium 0:1 Spain	Germany 1:0 Brazil	Mario Gomez [7]
XV Russia 16/17	Spain	Spain 1:0 Portugal	Brazil 3:2 Denmark	Gabriel Jesus [8]		XV Russia 16/17	Germany	Germany 1:0 Senegal	Argentina 2:2 Belgium, pk.5:4	Mario Gomez [10]
XVI Russia 16/17	Argentina	Argentina 1:1 Germany, pk.7:6	Senegal 0:1 Belgium	Romelu Lukaku [5]		XVI Russia 16/17	Croatia	Croatia 2:1 Uruguay	Switzerland 2:5 France	Kevin Gameiro [10]
XVII Russia 16/17	Belgium	England 2:3 Belgium	Senegal 1:2 Germany	Romelu Lukaku [7]		XVII Russia 16/17	Argentina	Argentina 2:1 France	Germany 2:2 Belgium, pk.4:2	Gonzalo Higuain [7]
XVIII Russia 16/17	Spain	Spain 2:2 Germany, pk.3:0	England 1:0 Brazil	David Silva [6]		XVIII Russia 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 0:0 France, pk.3:0	Belgium 1:0 Uruguay	Luis Suarez [7]
XIX Russia 16/17	Spain	Spain 2:2 Brazil, pk.7:6	France 1:1 Senegal, pk.2:4	Kevin Gameiro [6]		XIX Russia 16/17	Belgium	Portugal 0:1 Belgium	Sweden 1:2 France	Carlos Bacca [7]
XX Russia 16/17	Spain	Spain 1:1 Brazil, pk.4:3	England 2:0 Mexico	Diego Costa [6]		XX Russia 16/17	Portugal	Portugal 0:0 France, pk.7:6	Germany 1:0 Uruguay	Edinson Cavani [8]
XXI Russia 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 1:0 Germany	Senegal 0:0 Portugal, pk.1:4	James Rodriguez [5]		XXI Russia 16/17	Switzerland	Switzerland 2:0 England	Spain 2:1 Denmark	Wayne Rooney [8]
XXII Russia 16/17	Germany	Spain 1:1 Germany, pk.1:4	England 2:1 Brazil	Mesut Ozil [6]		XXII Russia 16/17	Germany	Germany 2:1 Argentina	Croatia 0:1 England	Harry Kane [11]
XXIII Russia 16/17	Belgium	England 1:2 Belgium	Spain 3:2 Germany	Mario Gomez [7]		XXIII Russia 16/17	Mexico	Germany 1:2 Mexico	Columbia 2:2 Senegal, pk.1:0	Chicharito [7]
XXIV Russia 16/17	England	England 1:0 Germany	Senegal 1:1 Brazil, pk.4:1	Romelu Lukaku [5]		XXIV Russia 16/17	Germany	Germany 2:1 Portugal	Argentina 1:4 England	Cristiano Ronaldo [10]
XXV Russia 16/17	Spain	Spain 2:1 Germany	England 2:2 Belgium, pk.3:2	Alvaro Morata [5]		XXV Russia 16/17	Croatia	Croatia 1:0 Switzerland	Argentina 2:4 France	Romelu Lukaku [7]
XXVI Russia 16/17	Spain	Spain 1:1 Brazil, pk.4:3	England 2:2 Germany, pk.4:1	Harry Kane [7]		XXVI Russia 16/17	Croatia	Germany 1:1 Croatia, pk.4:5	Nigeria 3:2 Uruguay	Diego Costa [10]
XXVII Russia 16/17	Spain	Spain 3:3 Belgium, pk.3:2	Senegal 0:1 Germany	Diego Costa [6]		XXVII Russia 16/17	France	Germany 2:3 France	Columbia 2:0 Brazil	Kevin Gameiro [8]
XXVIII Russia 16/17	Belgium	Spain 2:2 Belgium, pk.1:3	Senegal 1:2 Germany	Romelu Lukaku [10]		XXVIII Russia 16/17	England	Germany 1:2 England	Nigeria 1:2 Mexico	Odion Ighalo [7]
XXIX Russia 16/17	Spain	Spain 1:1 Germany, pk.3:1	France 2:3 Brazil	Mario Gomez [6]		XXIX Russia 16/17	Croatia	Croatia 1:0 Belgium	Spain 2:3 Brazil	Edinson Cavani [5]
XXX Russia 16/17	Brazil	Brazil 2:1 Germany	Spain 2:2 Belgium, pk.2:4	Diego Costa [5]		XXX Russia 16/17	Belgium	Belgium 4:2 Senegal	Croatia 1:1 Mexico, pk.3:2	Cristiano Ronaldo [8]

I would add more statistics, but don t know how to count words in cells if it appears in text (not just alone), so I guess I would have to make another cell for 3rd places... For now:

Best scorers in old days were definitely Bobic and Bergkamp, while on new squads there are three dominators: Lukaku, Mario Gomez and Kevin Gameiro.
Goal record for PC is Lukaku (10) and only once, when someone scored more than 9 goal on PC, while Amiga s record is Alfonso Perez (13) with few times over 9 goals scorers, but only up to 11.
Longest streak are Holland and Brazil on PC (4 times in a now in 96/97). On Amiga there there s only one long 3 streak run for France (16/17 Brazil).
Only one time Asian team gets to the semi final and strangely it s Saudi Arabia from 96/97.
African teams were pretty strong, especially on Amiga, especially Ghana, which won one time and get to the final few times (as well as few time runner-up Senegal).
PC is absolutely dominated by Brazil, but strangely in Russia they don t perform so well anymore and Spain on PC is destroying everyone.
We can risk saying that 16/17 squads are not so far away from actual WC in Russia on Amiga (except Germany), since England, Croatia and Belgium are doing pretty well (despite only one title, France is also doing fine, but in real life they are young team, so one year can give huge progress). For 2014 we have very strong Ghana and Costa Rica (twice in third place playoff!).
WC in USA was crazy in real life, but 3 champions for Russia, 2 for Ireland and 1 for Norway are huge surprises nevertheless.
I think that few teams, that I haven t included since 24 teams limit could have changed few things (especially Belgium in 2014 and Poland in 2018, since even Switzerland won three times!).
Fixed brackets probably are huge factor, so I guess DIY with seeded groups and more random brackets would also change final results significantly (if I only knew how to do third place playoff!).

PC	Titles		Amiga	Titles
USA 96/97			USA 96/97
Brazil	11		Italy	6
Holland	9		Brazil	5
Germany	4		Romania	4
Italy	4		Russia	3
Spain	1		Germany	3
Romania	1		Ireland	2
			Spain	2
Brazil 16/17			Belgium	2
Brazil	13		Norway	1
Germany	5		Holland	1
France	4
Spain	3		Brazil 16/17
Holland	2		England	6
Italy	1		Spain	5
Argentina	1		France	4
Portugal	1		Swtizerland	2
			Brazil	2
Russia 16/17			Portugal	2
Spain	15		Croatia	2
Belgium	5		Holland	2
Germany	4		Uruguay	1
Argentina	2		Germany	1
Brazil	2		Italy	1
France	1		Argentina	1
England	1		Ghana	1
			Russia 16/17
			Germany	7
			Belgium	4
			Croatia	4
			Portugal	3
			Spain	3
			England	3
			Brazil	2
			Swtizerland	1
			Mexico	1
			Argentina	1
			France	1