With the group stage finished, how do you rank the teams + Poll: Who will win?

[Bi-honar]

Well, we did this after two games played, so let's revisit it now considering not only their performance from the 1st round, but the brackets they're in and potential opponents going forward, rest days in between games, yellow cards, injuries, etc. There are NO rules, so any type of ranking you like is good to go.

I have personally ranked the teams based on their odds (in my opinion) of winning each game going forward, multiplied the odds for all three games to get the overall chance of winning the tournament and ranked them in that order (all teams got a 50/50 chance in the final).

Again, keep in mind that this is not just based on the strength of the teams, but the brackets they're in. My ranking actually came VERY close to may ranking after match day 2:

1 - Iran: 23% (80% QF, 65% / 50% SF, 50% F).
1 - Australia: 23% (70% QF, 50% / 80% SF, 50% F).
3 - Japan: 21% (70% QF, 50% / 70% SF, 50% F)
4 - Korea: 18% (70% QF, 35% / 65% SF, 50% F).
5 - Uzbekistan: 9% (30% QF, 65% / 50% SF, 50% F)
6 - China: 6% (30% QF, 50% / 30% SF, 50% F).
7 - UAE: 5% (30% QF, 50% / 20% SF, 50% F).
8 - Iraq: 4% (20% QF, 35% / 35% SF, 50% F).

[babak_australia]

1. Japan
1. Iran
3. Korea
4. China
5. Australia
6. UAE
7. Uzbekistan
8. Iraq

I have Iran and Japan in equal first cause I think Iran had tougher opponents while I have Japan first cause it looks like they still have a lot of improvement in them (so does Iran but Japan just looked to be cruising. Hopefully what I take to be cruising is them really struggling. LOL)

My rankings don't mean Iraq will be easy to beat. They just impressed me the least after the first round. Jordan and Palestine were not great opponents. Top 3 teams are where they are based on clean sheets and gaining 9 points. China has also been good and for me is now the tournament dark horse.

[ali alipour]

1. Japan
2. Iran
3. Korea and Australia tied
5. Uae
6. Uzbekistan
7. China
8. Iraq

I dont think the best 8 teams made it out. Bahrain is better than iraq and kuwait didnt play so bad either.

[persianfire]

1 Japan
2 Iran
3 Australia
4 UAE
5 Korea
6 China
7 Uzbekistan
8 Iraq

Basically Japan raped all their opponents. I thought their defense is a weak point but so far it has been as solid as TM. I know Iraq and Jordan aren't that sharp in attack but still it's impressive that Japan didn't give their opponents ANY scoring chances. Their new manager looks like a good one.

[Z Joon]

1 Japan
2 Iran
3 Korea
4 Australia
5 UAE
6 China
7 Uzbekistan
8 Iraq

But to me Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia were better than Iraq

[Rumez]

Eventhough I believe in our tactics of solid defending, but I can't rate Iran as the top contender.
Here's the deal; we don't have strength going forward.
If we have the misfortune of a bad penulty call or deflected shot going in and fall behind, it will be very hard for us to come back.
To come back against a team that will press well and counter attack quickly, we will have a very hard time.
I'm talking Australia, Japan and S.Korea.
If we keep our klean sheet, we can hope for a goal or penalty shoot out, but if we concede I don't see us coming back from deficit.

[Karimi 8]

This is our AC

[Darloc]

This is our AC

No, it isnt. Stop repeating false hopes every 4 years. As long as IR is in power we wont take the cup to Tehran.

[CAGE]

No, it isnt. Stop repeating false hopes every 4 years. As long as IR is in power we wont take the cup to Tehran.

If you have 0 hope why in the world are you in these forums? Your another extreme an optimist is a hell of alot bettet than a pessimist. IF YOUR CERTAIN WE WONT TAKE THE CUP HOME WHY YOU ON THIS FORUM?? IR IS IN CHARGE RIGHT NOW, KARIMI HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE POSITIVE AND HOPEFUL

[Bi-honar]

At least, there seems to be consensus on one thing: Iraq being the weakest of the remaining teams!

Another interesting observation: None of us have the bottom 4 teams ranked in the order that they will most likely finish the final tournament ranking!

In other words, if all the 4 team that are perceived to be weaker lose their games, the final tournament ranking will have China in 5th place with 9 points, followed by the other 3 teams (Iraq, UAE, Uzbekistan) with 6 points based on their GD after the quarterfinals.

The only one whose ranking could end up being the final tournament ranking at this point is Babak and that would require China to beat Australia. Otherwise and as far as I can tell, there's no way any of our rankings will end up as the final tournament ranking!

[GoIran]

Korea won all games but they are far from impressive. They were dominated by Kuwait and Australia. I put UAE above them.

[Karimi 8]

No, it isnt. Stop repeating false hopes every 4 years. As long as IR is in power we wont take the cup to Tehran.

It's not false hope. I have watched many of the games and we can beat every team in this competition. I have never seen TM this united and hashieh free. I trust CQ and our hardworking players they will make us proud. If you don't believe it it's your choice.

[MoJo]

Japan is definitely the best team. Australia is the host and Korea is always a threat. I would rank teams in following order of strength,

1) Japan
2) Australia
3) Korea
4) Iran
5) UAE
6) Uzbekistan
7) China
8) Iraq

Our chances of reaching the final are greatly improved if Uzbekistan beats Korea. Either way, I think any team meeting Japan in this tournament is screwed. Japan will win it all.

[CHaMiLLionaire]

I have a feeling the winner is either going to be Australia or Iran... however, realistically speaking-

1) Australia
2) Japan
3) Korea
4) Iran
5) UAE
6) China
7) Uzbekistan
8) Iraq

[MR.S]

1. Iran, South Korea
2. Japan, Australia
3. UAE
4. Iraq, Uzbekistan
6. China