With the largest scheduled aviation database on the planet we’ve combined our data with detailed analysis of all 32 teams in the World Cup; assessed the relative strengths of all, included a touch of Maradona magic and taken onboard the views of the sports leading experts and come up with both the winners and the other three semi-finalists.

Surprise winners perhaps in our league will be Japan from Group H who will scrape through qualification from Group H, before beating Belgium and working their way through to the final. Scoring highly with their on-time attendance at all matches and press interviews and combining that work effort with some bullet train like free kick taking they will lift the trophy on the 15^th July before catching the Japan Air Lines flight back from Domodedovo the next morning day.

Applying some Maradona magic we calculate that England will reach the semi-finals before failing on penalties once again Spain in a piece of master-planning from the International Airline Group who will be allocating resources across their two largest business units. Germany meanwhile will have been beaten by Japan in a thrilling semi-final decided in the last minute with a wonder goal created on a play-station box by their managers 14-year-old son the night before the game.

Quite how we calculated the last four based on our data is a secret but if you think you know how, then let us know!

Congratulations, Japan.