Top 10 Most Surprising Championship Winners

Everyone loves a great underdog sports story, and some of the most unexpected champions in sports history have come from behind to win it all. From the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII, to the New York Mets in the 1969 World Series, to the 1985 Villanova Wildcats, these are some of the most shocking titles wins ever. WatchMojo counts down ten teams that NEVER should have won championships, but did.

00:37 #10: Florida Marlins - 2003 World Series
#9: Montreal Canadiens - 1971 Stanley Cup
02:30 #8: New York Giants - Super Bowl XLII
03:25 #7: Blackburn Rovers F.C. - 1994-95 FA Premier League Championship
04:10 #6: Villanova Wildcats - 1985 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship
05:14 #5: Denmark National Football Team - UEFA Euro 1992
06:11 #4: New York Mets - 1969 World Series
06:57 #3, #2 & #1 ????

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[darkish]

What about Lightning McQueen winning the Piston Cup?

[BillyDrakePianoMan]

When I saw that Leicester was in 2nd on this list, I was surprised. I couldn't think of any bigger championship upset. Then WatchMojo made me realize I forgot about Greece in 2004.

[Manuelovic]

There's a rumor that a Greece player had to cancel his wedding to appear in the semi-final

[pantelisgkegka]

Greece was good on football all these players nikopolidis, zagorakis good times

[peterGchaves]

I'm portuguese... you guys can't even imagine the shame we have for being defeated by Greece, two times in the same championship, specially an Euro in Portugal... 😖

[vassilios_]

GREECE 2004 🇬🇷
Magical summer for every Greek alive!European champions and Olympic Games 2004 in Athens!!!😁

[yesGaming]

Big up our hometown Leicester! Putting us on the map for the world to see! The odds were completely against us. They said the odds of Elvis Presley being alive was higher than Leicester winning the Championship and yet we still managed to win!

[theravingtimes]

I was in the island of Crete, Greece during the 2012 Euro Cup and trust me, the Greeks are incredibly passionate about football/soccer and I learned that first hand when everyone at my hotel lost their shit when Greece scored the lone goal against Russia. The best/worst part about that game was that was only a match in the group stage, even the staff decided to take a lengthy break to watch those games.

[JoyMadrugada]

Greece ultimate underdogs I mean, still I don’t believe it. PS Coach of Leicester (Ranieri ) was previously on Greece NT and Santos who managed to win the EUropean Cup coincidence?

[erickarias]

This is wrong leicester city should be number one, uefa euro cup is a short tournament, leicester played 38 games to win

[christiandrasdo]

How does Kaiserslautern not make the list??? In 97/98 they went straight from second Division to become Bundesliga champions. Should be AT LEAST second on that list.

[munzhedzimukwevho]

am guessing Watch Mojo have never heard of a team called Nottingham Forrest

[edlavis]

Goran Ivanisevic winning wimbledon not being on this list is a joke. He was a wild card entry ranked 125 in the world had to beat 4 of the top 10 to win the tournament.

[ΝίκοςΣκιαδάς-πψ]

"Ελλας ολε ολε δεν σταματαω να τραγουδω ποτε οεε..." 2004 was a Greek year

[mugenkraist]

You are missing Deportivo de la Coruña 1999-2000's La Liga

[Hhammer]

1) is Leicester. To be favourite in relegation and to win a 38 game competition.

2) all the pronounciation mistakes killed me.

[jorgesequera]

This is One Of The Best Your List.
I am Real Madrid huge fan But Atlético Madrid In 2014 deserved The Championship.

[nathanamboulou]

Greece in 2004 was the BIGEST SURRISE IN SPORT EVER and it remains today !!!
GREECE GREECE GREECE !!!

[Kaiserin]

how could you possibly leave out 1 FC Kaiserslautern? King Otto Rehagle took Kaiserslautern from relegation and won the Bundesliga. The only team to ever do that in any major league much more impressive than Leicester

[Lamogios]

ΤΟ ΠΕΙΡΑΤΙΚΟ!!!Ο ΡΟΝΑΛΝΤΟΣ ΑΚΟΜΑ ΚΛΑΙΕΙ!!!