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The thing is that the first manga was completely adapted thanks to the first tv series (that had a slow pace) and was followed by a series of OVAs.
World Youth's anime apparently had financial issues and it was cancelled before the staff even finished the Asian eliminatories.
Then we had the Road to 2002 anime. It was completely suitable to have the World Youth adaptation back there but they only adapted the Sao Paulo's match and Shingo Aoi's introduction. Then they directly skipped to the Road to the 2002 arc rushing it a lot to the point they created original endings that contradicted following material.
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