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counting down our picks for the top ten
surprising championship wins before we
begin
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for this list we’re looking at those
teams that either started the season
slowly went into the playoffs as
underdogs or were just heavily favored
to lose but that ultimately triumphed
when it counted while we considered
Miracle on Ice is one of the greatest
underdog stories ever told we decided to
exclude it as that famous game was not
actually for a championship title number
10 the Florida Marlins the 2003 World
Series starting the season 16 and 22 and
struggling through injuries to all three
of their top pitchers the 2003 Marlins
didn’t look like a team on the verge of
a championship but there they were in
the postseason defeating the lovable
losers known as the Chicago Cubs in
probably the most contentious NLCS
series in MLB history ultimately moving
on to a World Series matchup against the
dreaded Yankees Florida proves that
baseball was about more than just who
had the deepest pocket and did so in a
david-and-goliath final series against
one of baseball’s most storied and
richest franchises in the process they
gave a tremendous amount of hope to
other clubs in so-called small markets
around the nation number 9 the Montreal
Canadiens the 1971 Stanley Cup on trade
always the same icon the previous season
they failed to make the playoffs star
player Jean Beliveau was about to retire
and according to some players their
coach al McNeil was incompetent as the
have entered the playoffs in April 1971
they decided to make things even harder
for themselves by inventing the goalie
controversy instead of calling on
starter rose irrational they selected a
youngster with only six professional
games to his name fortunately Ken Dryden
became the backbone of a stellar squad
throughout the postseason an L McNeil
looks at me
better get ready impressively leading
Montreal to a first round upset over
Boston and eventually bringing them to
the finals to face the formidable
Chicago Blackhawks Chicago took the
first two games but the halves came back
to force a Game seven
and eventually hoisted the cup against
all odds number eight the New York
Giants Super Bowl 42 I think the drives
have no chance whatsoever a win in this
football game in their final regular
season game of 2007 the New England
Patriots beats in New York Giants making
history as the first team to go
undefeated in the 16 game era New York
still ended their season with a
respectable 10 and 6 record finishing
second in their division and entering
the playoffs as a wild-card team then
the Giants went from witnessing history
to making it playing against the pass in
Super Bowl 42 New York was down 14 to 10
in the fourth quarter when David Tyree
kept the Giants comeback drive alive by
catching the ball with his helmet Eli
Manning put the final nail in the coffin
with a game-winning touchdown pass to
Plaxico Burress moments later killing
the Patriots hopes of a perfect season
for good it will go down as one of the
biggest upsets in Super Bowl history as
the Giants win it 5-3 number 7 Blackburn
Rovers FC the 1994-95 FA Premier League
championship ending an 81 year drought
without an English title the blue and
whites won the league in just their
third season back to the top tier of
English football under legendary manager
Kenny Dalglish Rovers finished the
season just one point ahead of
second-place Manchester United narrowly
winning the league titles despite a 2-1
loss to Liverpool on the final matchday
of the season Blackburn striker Alan
Shearer scored an astonishing 34 goal of
that year and was awarded the Golden
Boot as a result their success may be
behind them but Blackburn fans will
always have that dramatic Cinderella
story of 1995 number 6 the Villanova
Wildcats the 1985 NCAA Men’s Division
one basketball championship Villanova is
upset over Georgetown in the NCAA
tournament final
the greatest games and the biggest
upsets in the history of college
basketball Georgetown entered the
tournament as the reigning champions and
a number one seed with only two losses
in the 1984-85 season plus they’d
already beaten Villanova twice that year
on the other hand so anova with a number
8 seed with a 9 and 7 record this time
doing it and after the night we’ll know
just how good this Georgetown CA but it
didn’t matter on the biggest stage in
college basketball and up against the
seemingly unbeatable Georgetown Hoyas
the Villanova Wildcats put everything on
the line
winning the nail-biter with a final
score of 66 to 64 earning their first
ever NCAA title and becoming the lowest
seeded team to ever win the tournament
no one thought we could do it but I did
number five the Denmark national
football team so you wait for Euro 1992
I cannot promise that we will win the
game but I can promise you one thing and
that’s a Danish team every player will
do his thing
Denmark actually failed to qualify for
the 1992 UEFA Euro but Yugoslavia was in
the midst of a civil war so with less
than two weeks before the first match
Denmark was called up to take their
place as a result some teams
underestimated them placed in a group
with France England and Sweden no one
really believed Denmark could make it to
the knockout stage now except the Danes
the team escaped the group stage facing
a strong Dutch side in the semi final
and winning via penalty kicks but their
greatest challenge was facing Germany in
the final where most believe their luck
would run out but as fate would have it
Denmark beat the Germans to nil and
we’re crowned European champion number
four the New York Mets the 1969 World
Series in only their eighth season as an
MLB franchise the miracle Mets won their
first World Series title what’s so
miraculous about that well in their
previous seven seasons the Mets had been
a subpar team that never finished hired
the 9th in the National
please only had ten teams at the time
needless to say no one expected them to
turn things around so quickly but they
did the Mets finished first in the newly
created national league in 1969 and went
on to face a dominant Baltimore Orioles
team that had swept the Minnesota Twins
in the 1969 American League Championship
Series the Mets beat the Orioles and
five games a major step up for the
expansion franchise I can’t believe it
number three the New York Jets Super
Bowl three the other side may have
thought they were ready they weren’t
ready the Baltimore Colts came into
Super Bowl 3 as the heavy favorites
finishing the 1968 regular season
thirteen and one and blowing out the
Cleveland Browns to punch their ticket
for the final against Joe Namath New
York Jets while most pundits and sports
broadcasters had basically already
crowned the Colts as Super Bowl
champions Namath guaranteed a victory
for his team turns out that may have
been the vote of confidence they needed
going into Super Bowl three as Namath
kept his promise in spectacular fashion
in perhaps the greatest upset in NFL
history the Jets shocked the Colts Hall
of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas
allowing just one touchdown pass in a
game that finished 16 to 7 for the Jets
number two Leicester City FC the
2015-2016 Premier League championship
they had almost been relegated the
previous season and were given five
thousand to one odds of reaching the top
of the table but the Foxes shocked
bookmakers and the football world by
going on an unbelievable run and winning
the Premier League title their first
ever not only that but Leicester only
lost three games in the process led by
surprise sensation Jamie Vardy
who set a record by scoring a goal in 11
consecutive game along with winger riyad
mahrez
and midfielder in goal Conte manager
Claudio Ranieri squad surpassed all
expectations in a league filled with
some of the best clubs and players in
the world before we unveil our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions
[Applause]
for the first time in their 45-year
history
[Applause]
no escape Obama’s in elliptical areas el
campeón de la liga appear we are those
number one the Greece national football
team the UEFA Euro 2004 Greece entered
the 2004 euro as underdogs qualifying
for the tournament for just the second
time in the teams history they’ve barely
made it out of the group stage squeezing
their way through on goal scored and
faced a strong French squad in the
quarterfinals despite the strength of
their competition Greece managed to make
it to the final against host country
Portugal a team stacked with world-class
talent that included a young Cristiano
Ronaldo and in a tournament full of
upsets the final proves no different
Greece defeated Portugal 1 nil playing
the conservative style that had brought
them to the final in the first place
even more impressive prior to the 2004
euro Greece had never won a single match
at any major tournament do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
you
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
surprising championship wins before we
begin
we publish new videos every day so be
sure to subscribe for more great content
for this list we’re looking at those
teams that either started the season
slowly went into the playoffs as
underdogs or were just heavily favored
to lose but that ultimately triumphed
when it counted while we considered
Miracle on Ice is one of the greatest
underdog stories ever told we decided to
exclude it as that famous game was not
actually for a championship title number
10 the Florida Marlins the 2003 World
Series starting the season 16 and 22 and
struggling through injuries to all three
of their top pitchers the 2003 Marlins
didn’t look like a team on the verge of
a championship but there they were in
the postseason defeating the lovable
losers known as the Chicago Cubs in
probably the most contentious NLCS
series in MLB history ultimately moving
on to a World Series matchup against the
dreaded Yankees Florida proves that
baseball was about more than just who
had the deepest pocket and did so in a
david-and-goliath final series against
one of baseball’s most storied and
richest franchises in the process they
gave a tremendous amount of hope to
other clubs in so-called small markets
around the nation number 9 the Montreal
Canadiens the 1971 Stanley Cup on trade
always the same icon the previous season
they failed to make the playoffs star
player Jean Beliveau was about to retire
and according to some players their
coach al McNeil was incompetent as the
have entered the playoffs in April 1971
they decided to make things even harder
for themselves by inventing the goalie
controversy instead of calling on
starter rose irrational they selected a
youngster with only six professional
games to his name fortunately Ken Dryden
became the backbone of a stellar squad
throughout the postseason an L McNeil
looks at me
better get ready impressively leading
Montreal to a first round upset over
Boston and eventually bringing them to
the finals to face the formidable
Chicago Blackhawks Chicago took the
first two games but the halves came back
to force a Game seven
and eventually hoisted the cup against
all odds number eight the New York
Giants Super Bowl 42 I think the drives
have no chance whatsoever a win in this
football game in their final regular
season game of 2007 the New England
Patriots beats in New York Giants making
history as the first team to go
undefeated in the 16 game era New York
still ended their season with a
respectable 10 and 6 record finishing
second in their division and entering
the playoffs as a wild-card team then
the Giants went from witnessing history
to making it playing against the pass in
Super Bowl 42 New York was down 14 to 10
in the fourth quarter when David Tyree
kept the Giants comeback drive alive by
catching the ball with his helmet Eli
Manning put the final nail in the coffin
with a game-winning touchdown pass to
Plaxico Burress moments later killing
the Patriots hopes of a perfect season
for good it will go down as one of the
biggest upsets in Super Bowl history as
the Giants win it 5-3 number 7 Blackburn
Rovers FC the 1994-95 FA Premier League
championship ending an 81 year drought
without an English title the blue and
whites won the league in just their
third season back to the top tier of
English football under legendary manager
Kenny Dalglish Rovers finished the
season just one point ahead of
second-place Manchester United narrowly
winning the league titles despite a 2-1
loss to Liverpool on the final matchday
of the season Blackburn striker Alan
Shearer scored an astonishing 34 goal of
that year and was awarded the Golden
Boot as a result their success may be
behind them but Blackburn fans will
always have that dramatic Cinderella
story of 1995 number 6 the Villanova
Wildcats the 1985 NCAA Men’s Division
one basketball championship Villanova is
upset over Georgetown in the NCAA
tournament final
the greatest games and the biggest
upsets in the history of college
basketball Georgetown entered the
tournament as the reigning champions and
a number one seed with only two losses
in the 1984-85 season plus they’d
already beaten Villanova twice that year
on the other hand so anova with a number
8 seed with a 9 and 7 record this time
doing it and after the night we’ll know
just how good this Georgetown CA but it
didn’t matter on the biggest stage in
college basketball and up against the
seemingly unbeatable Georgetown Hoyas
the Villanova Wildcats put everything on
the line
winning the nail-biter with a final
score of 66 to 64 earning their first
ever NCAA title and becoming the lowest
seeded team to ever win the tournament
no one thought we could do it but I did
number five the Denmark national
football team so you wait for Euro 1992
I cannot promise that we will win the
game but I can promise you one thing and
that’s a Danish team every player will
do his thing
Denmark actually failed to qualify for
the 1992 UEFA Euro but Yugoslavia was in
the midst of a civil war so with less
than two weeks before the first match
Denmark was called up to take their
place as a result some teams
underestimated them placed in a group
with France England and Sweden no one
really believed Denmark could make it to
the knockout stage now except the Danes
the team escaped the group stage facing
a strong Dutch side in the semi final
and winning via penalty kicks but their
greatest challenge was facing Germany in
the final where most believe their luck
would run out but as fate would have it
Denmark beat the Germans to nil and
we’re crowned European champion number
four the New York Mets the 1969 World
Series in only their eighth season as an
MLB franchise the miracle Mets won their
first World Series title what’s so
miraculous about that well in their
previous seven seasons the Mets had been
a subpar team that never finished hired
the 9th in the National
please only had ten teams at the time
needless to say no one expected them to
turn things around so quickly but they
did the Mets finished first in the newly
created national league in 1969 and went
on to face a dominant Baltimore Orioles
team that had swept the Minnesota Twins
in the 1969 American League Championship
Series the Mets beat the Orioles and
five games a major step up for the
expansion franchise I can’t believe it
number three the New York Jets Super
Bowl three the other side may have
thought they were ready they weren’t
ready the Baltimore Colts came into
Super Bowl 3 as the heavy favorites
finishing the 1968 regular season
thirteen and one and blowing out the
Cleveland Browns to punch their ticket
for the final against Joe Namath New
York Jets while most pundits and sports
broadcasters had basically already
crowned the Colts as Super Bowl
champions Namath guaranteed a victory
for his team turns out that may have
been the vote of confidence they needed
going into Super Bowl three as Namath
kept his promise in spectacular fashion
in perhaps the greatest upset in NFL
history the Jets shocked the Colts Hall
of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas
allowing just one touchdown pass in a
game that finished 16 to 7 for the Jets
number two Leicester City FC the
2015-2016 Premier League championship
they had almost been relegated the
previous season and were given five
thousand to one odds of reaching the top
of the table but the Foxes shocked
bookmakers and the football world by
going on an unbelievable run and winning
the Premier League title their first
ever not only that but Leicester only
lost three games in the process led by
surprise sensation Jamie Vardy
who set a record by scoring a goal in 11
consecutive game along with winger riyad
mahrez
and midfielder in goal Conte manager
Claudio Ranieri squad surpassed all
expectations in a league filled with
some of the best clubs and players in
the world before we unveil our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions
[Applause]
for the first time in their 45-year
history
[Applause]
no escape Obama’s in elliptical areas el
campeón de la liga appear we are those
number one the Greece national football
team the UEFA Euro 2004 Greece entered
the 2004 euro as underdogs qualifying
for the tournament for just the second
time in the teams history they’ve barely
made it out of the group stage squeezing
their way through on goal scored and
faced a strong French squad in the
quarterfinals despite the strength of
their competition Greece managed to make
it to the final against host country
Portugal a team stacked with world-class
talent that included a young Cristiano
Ronaldo and in a tournament full of
upsets the final proves no different
Greece defeated Portugal 1 nil playing
the conservative style that had brought
them to the final in the first place
even more impressive prior to the 2004
euro Greece had never won a single match
at any major tournament do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
you
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