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diamond280779 t1_iymm4uo wrote

Reply to comment by desfirsit in [OC] Birth months of FIFA World Cup players. The top three are January, February and March, possibly due to the "Relative age effect" by desfirsit

England, Wales, Belgium, France, Germany, Croatia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain and Switzerland all start in September (academics)

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hoffmistrz t1_iymr41b wrote

Well, academic year in Poland starts in september but you still go to classes according with year you were born in. Children from January wil be the oldest in class and the ones from December the youngest(There are also cases where a children from example December can be moved to another year)

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locky_ t1_iymtfi7 wrote

That is not correct, at least in Spain. The classes start on September, but the students go to class following the calendar year. Someone born in April and someone born in November of the same year will go to the same class. And the same for sports.

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Junkley t1_iyn6jh7 wrote

Much of the US goes by the Sept cutoff too. There are some places that use raw age for sports but most use school class and the cutoff varies but usually is around Sept 1st or Labor Day

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