Who will have more points in WC ? Asia/Oceania or Africa ?

[zzgloo]

South Africa = 1
Who will do better at the end ?

Cameroon = 0
Ghana = 3
Algeria = 0
Nigeria = 0
Ivory Coast = 1
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+5


New Zeland = 1
Australia = 0
North Korea = ?
South Korea = 3
japan = 3
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+7

[Shervin.]

asia better average, but africa will scrape it cos they have 6

[persianballer]

asia will do better

[malleus]

Probably Africa.

I will be surprised to see Japan getting any luckier in the future.
Australia may pull a win and a tie but I do not see them progress.
Even Korea may fail to progress if they choke against Nigeria the way they did against Swiss in 2006.

[Abbas85]

Asia. Africa is over-rated.

[Nokhodi]

Points/#of teams: Asia
Total Points: Africa

[Shervin.]

Asia. Africa is over-rated.

too true, i always thought before the tornament that even teams like cameroun and nigeria are absolute garbage. Only ivory coast, ghana and egypt are decent teams.

[zzgloo]

World ranking

Top 100

.....................

Africa....................Asia

# 12-Eygpt...........................
#19-Cameroon.......................
........................#20-Australia
#21-Nigeria...........................
#27-Ivory Coast....................
$30-Algeria...........................
#32-Ghana...........................
#42-Gabon...........................
...........................#45-Japan
...........................#47-S.Korea
#55-Tunesia.........................
#60-Benin............................
............................#61-IRAN
.........................#66- Saudi's
.........................#69-Bahrain
#70-Morracco......................
#71-Zambia.........................
#73-Uganda........................
#75-Senegal........................
#76-Togo............................
...........................#80-IRAQ
#83-South Africa..................
...........................#84-China
#85-Mozambique..................
#86-Malawi.........................
#87-Guinea.........................
#88-Angola.........................
...........................#91-Oman
#93-Gambia........................
....................#94-Uzbakistan
...........................#96-Qatar
..........................#97-Kuwait
............................$98-Syria
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.....................# 105-N.Korea






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[malleus]

World ranking
Top 100

ELO ratings are a bit more favorable to Asians.
Egypt is the only African country that has a higher ELO rating than all AFC countries.
Iran is ranked 44th in ELO, much higher than the fifa ranking.

[Abbas85]

World ranking
Top 100
.....................
Africa....................Asia
# 12-Eygpt...........................
#19-Cameroon.......................
........................#20-Australia
#21-Nigeria...........................
#27-Ivory Coast....................
$30-Algeria...........................
#32-Ghana...........................
#42-Gabon...........................
...........................#45-Japan
...........................#47-S.Korea
#55-Tunesia.........................
#60-Benin............................
............................#61-IRAN
.........................#66- Saudi's
.........................#69-Bahrain
#70-Morracco......................
#71-Zambia.........................
#73-Uganda........................
#75-Senegal........................
#76-Togo............................
...........................#80-IRAQ
#83-South Africa..................
...........................#84-China
#85-Mozambique..................
#86-Malawi.........................
#87-Guinea.........................
#88-Angola.........................
...........................#91-Oman
#93-Gambia........................
....................#94-Uzbakistan
...........................#96-Qatar
..........................#97-Kuwait
............................$98-Syria
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.....................# 105-N.Korea
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Well #45 Japan just beat #19 Cameroon.....and we all know North korea will be far higher than their 105 position by the time new rankings come out.