Fifa World Ranking (updated 23 november):
1)Germany 1602 =
2)Brazil 1483 =
3)Portugal 1358 =
4)Argentina 1348 =
5)Belgium 1325 =
6)Spain 1231 +2
7)Poland 1209 -1
8 Switzerland 1190 +3
9)France 1183 -2
10)Chile 1162 -1
11)Perù 1128 -1
12)Denmark 1099 +7
13)Colombia 1078 =
14)Italy 1052 +1
15)England 1047 -3
16)Mexico 1032 =
17)Croatia 1018 +1
18 Sweden 998 +7
19)Wales 985 -5
20)Netherlands 952 +0
in this top 20 there are even 4 teams that will not participate in the next wolrd cup: Chile, Italy, Wales, Netherlands
Topic: 2018 World Cup discussion and information thread - page 3. (Read 16635 times)
Who will win the next World Cup?
Germany @6.00
Brazil @6.00
France @6.50
Spain @8.00
Argentine @9.00
Belgium @12.00
England @18.00
Portugal @23.00
Croatia @30.00
Russia @35.00
Uruguay @40.00
Colombia @45.00
Poland @55.00
Switzerland, Mexico @65.00
Sweden, Denmark,Serbia @80.00
Nigeria,Senegal,Islanda,Peru,Japan @150.00
Australia ,Morocco Egypt @250.00
Tunisia, Costa Rica, Iran,South Korea @500.00
Saudi Arabia, Panama @1000.00
Germany, Brazil and France are the great favorites.
Very interesting the quotes of Portugal and England.
Panama and Saudi Arabia are quoted at@1000
The three teams are indeed the favorites to win the World Cup and to be sure about their abilities, I wouldn't mind if there was a friendly match between them to ascertain which among them would be the clear favorites but I will be choosing France though. Germany @6.00
Brazil @6.00
France @6.50
Spain @8.00
Argentine @9.00
Belgium @12.00
England @18.00
Portugal @23.00
Croatia @30.00
Russia @35.00
Uruguay @40.00
Colombia @45.00
Poland @55.00
Switzerland, Mexico @65.00
Sweden, Denmark,Serbia @80.00
Nigeria,Senegal,Islanda,Peru,Japan @150.00
Australia ,Morocco Egypt @250.00
Tunisia, Costa Rica, Iran,South Korea @500.00
Saudi Arabia, Panama @1000.00
Germany, Brazil and France are the great favorites.
Very interesting the quotes of Portugal and England.
Panama and Saudi Arabia are quoted at@1000
Who will win the next World Cup?
Germany @6.00
Brazil @6.00
France @6.50
Spain @8.00
Argentine @9.00
Belgium @12.00
England @18.00
Portugal @23.00
Croatia @30.00
Russia @35.00
Uruguay @40.00
Colombia @45.00
Poland @55.00
Switzerland, Mexico @65.00
Sweden, Denmark,Serbia @80.00
Nigeria,Senegal,Islanda,Peru,Japan @150.00
Australia ,Morocco Egypt @250.00
Tunisia, Costa Rica, Iran,South Korea @500.00
Saudi Arabia, Panama @1000.00
Germany, Brazil and France are the great favorites.
Very interesting the quotes of Portugal and England.
Panama and Saudi Arabia are quoted at@1000
Germany @6.00
Brazil @6.00
France @6.50
Spain @8.00
Argentine @9.00
Belgium @12.00
England @18.00
Portugal @23.00
Croatia @30.00
Russia @35.00
Uruguay @40.00
Colombia @45.00
Poland @55.00
Switzerland, Mexico @65.00
Sweden, Denmark,Serbia @80.00
Nigeria,Senegal,Islanda,Peru,Japan @150.00
Australia ,Morocco Egypt @250.00
Tunisia, Costa Rica, Iran,South Korea @500.00
Saudi Arabia, Panama @1000.00
Germany, Brazil and France are the great favorites.
Very interesting the quotes of Portugal and England.
Panama and Saudi Arabia are quoted at@1000
It may be possible to see a stronger Italy in the future. A renewed italy can be better prepared this is good both the resignation of the federation president and the technical director.
Clamorous Peru could be excluded from 2018 World Cup,
Italy would take its place because it is the team with the best ranking among the eliminated teams
There is a proposed law put forward by Paloma Noceda which would put their football federation under the control of the State, which is not allowed under FIFA rules.
Fifa prohibits links between sports and political federations.
Bookmakers are listing the possibility of Italy at the next world cup [email protected] !
Italy would take its place because it is the team with the best ranking among the eliminated teams
There is a proposed law put forward by Paloma Noceda which would put their football federation under the control of the State, which is not allowed under FIFA rules.
Fifa prohibits links between sports and political federations.
Bookmakers are listing the possibility of Italy at the next world cup [email protected] !
Heart attacks in Italy,if Italy will not qualify it will be national tragedy,but lets see maybe penalties like again Germany during Euro
I’m extremely disappointed in Italy performance, they failed to qualify to the world cup, they did not score a single goal against Sweden they deserve to miss the world cup, but man a world cup without Italy is going to be weird, maybe this is a sign of things to come.Italy are playing badly, their squad is also much different from the Italian level in World Cup 2OO6. Sweden qualified, eventually they qualified but without the Great Zlatan. It was a terrible fate for Zlatan, his country qualified for the World Cup after Zlatan retired for the national team. In his heart there must be a sense of want to return to play for the national team to play in the World Cup.
Heart attacks in Italy,if Italy will not qualify it will be national tragedy,but lets see maybe penalties like again Germany during Euro
I’m extremely disappointed in Italy performance, they failed to qualify to the world cup, they did not score a single goal against Sweden they deserve to miss the world cup, but man a world cup without Italy is going to be weird, maybe this is a sign of things to come.Italy are playing badly, their squad is also much different from the Italian level in World Cup 2OO6. Sweden qualified, eventually they qualified but without the Great Zlatan. It was a terrible fate for Zlatan, his country qualified for the World Cup after Zlatan retired for the national team. In his heart there must be a sense of want to return to play for the national team to play in the World Cup.
Actually Italy played pretty bad, and Sweden played the second leg just to make sure atleast their opponent should not score and they did well. Not even the fans, but many felt disappointed. But personally I love both the teams, so when its either one of them it didn't kind of matter, but yes I wished I could see them both.
there are some rules for the December 1st draw for the next World Cup:
in each group there can be only one nation per federation, except for the European confederation being 14 nations,
in that case there will be at most 2 European nations in each group.
-for example Brazil and Argentina (1st pot) will not be in their group: Uruguay, Peru, Colombia (2nd pot)
so Brazil and Argentina will have in their group 1 team among these 5: Spain, England, Switzerland, Croatia, Mexico.
-Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal (3rd pot) will not have in their group Morocco and Nigeria (4th pot)
-Mexico (2nd pot), Costa Rica (3rd pot), Panama (4th pot), will be in different groups
-Iran (3 pot) will not be in the same group with Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea (4 pot).
-There will be at least 6 groups, with 2 European teams,
in each group there can be only one nation per federation, except for the European confederation being 14 nations,
in that case there will be at most 2 European nations in each group.
-for example Brazil and Argentina (1st pot) will not be in their group: Uruguay, Peru, Colombia (2nd pot)
so Brazil and Argentina will have in their group 1 team among these 5: Spain, England, Switzerland, Croatia, Mexico.
-Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal (3rd pot) will not have in their group Morocco and Nigeria (4th pot)
-Mexico (2nd pot), Costa Rica (3rd pot), Panama (4th pot), will be in different groups
-Iran (3 pot) will not be in the same group with Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea (4 pot).
-There will be at least 6 groups, with 2 European teams,
We always have 2 Europe team in group stage cuz they have most participant in WC.
Also think that we will have at least 2 "death" groups when 1st december comes draw.
It would be hard for some teams but think that this time maybe we will see that some team will defend title, Germany have good team but my pick will be maybe on Spain or Brazil this time.
Great update ciccio and thanks. Will be really interesting to see gow bookmakers change their odds now, though I might wait for the actual draws before selecting early winners.
I might take a couple of risky bets on perhaps Iceland or Senegal to win a semifinal berth, if there's any bookie offering.
P.s. england and brazil kits are leaked as usual. Nothing special but could be a surprise when them colourful African teams show up with theirs.
Anyone for some early side bets?
I might take a couple of risky bets on perhaps Iceland or Senegal to win a semifinal berth, if there's any bookie offering.
P.s. england and brazil kits are leaked as usual. Nothing special but could be a surprise when them colourful African teams show up with theirs.
Anyone for some early side bets?
there are some rules for the December 1st draw for the next World Cup:
in each group there can be only one nation per federation, except for the European confederation being 14 nations,
in that case there will be at most 2 European nations in each group.
-for example Brazil and Argentina (1st pot) will not be in their group: Uruguay, Peru, Colombia (2nd pot)
so Brazil and Argentina will have in their group 1 team among these 5: Spain, England, Switzerland, Croatia, Mexico.
-Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal (3rd pot) will not have in their group Morocco and Nigeria (4th pot)
-Mexico (2nd pot), Costa Rica (3rd pot), Panama (4th pot), will be in different groups
-Iran (3 pot) will not be in the same group with Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea (4 pot).
-There will be at least 6 groups, with 2 European teams,
in each group there can be only one nation per federation, except for the European confederation being 14 nations,
in that case there will be at most 2 European nations in each group.
-for example Brazil and Argentina (1st pot) will not be in their group: Uruguay, Peru, Colombia (2nd pot)
so Brazil and Argentina will have in their group 1 team among these 5: Spain, England, Switzerland, Croatia, Mexico.
-Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal (3rd pot) will not have in their group Morocco and Nigeria (4th pot)
-Mexico (2nd pot), Costa Rica (3rd pot), Panama (4th pot), will be in different groups
-Iran (3 pot) will not be in the same group with Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea (4 pot).
-There will be at least 6 groups, with 2 European teams,
Heart attacks in Italy,if Italy will not qualify it will be national tragedy,but lets see maybe penalties like again Germany during Euro
I’m extremely disappointed in Italy performance, they failed to qualify to the world cup, they did not score a single goal against Sweden they deserve to miss the world cup, but man a world cup without Italy is going to be weird, maybe this is a sign of things to come.Italy are playing badly, their squad is also much different from the Italian level in World Cup 2OO6. Sweden qualified, eventually they qualified but without the Great Zlatan. It was a terrible fate for Zlatan, his country qualified for the World Cup after Zlatan retired for the national team. In his heart there must be a sense of want to return to play for the national team to play in the World Cup.
Heart attacks in Italy,if Italy will not qualify it will be national tragedy,but lets see maybe penalties like again Germany during Euro
I’m extremely disappointed in Italy performance, they failed to qualify to the world cup, they did not score a single goal against Sweden they deserve to miss the world cup, but man a world cup without Italy is going to be weird, maybe this is a sign of things to come.Italy are playing badly, their squad is also much different from the Italian level in World Cup 2OO6. Sweden qualified, eventually they qualified but without the Great Zlatan. It was a terrible fate for Zlatan, his country qualified for the World Cup after Zlatan retired for the national team. In his heart there must be a sense of want to return to play for the national team to play in the World Cup.
Heart attacks in Italy,if Italy will not qualify it will be national tragedy,but lets see maybe penalties like again Germany during Euro
I’m extremely disappointed in Italy performance, they failed to qualify to the world cup, they did not score a single goal against Sweden they deserve to miss the world cup, but man a world cup without Italy is going to be weird, maybe this is a sign of things to come.Italy are playing badly, their squad is also much different from the Italian level in World Cup 2OO6. Sweden qualified, eventually they qualified but without the Great Zlatan. It was a terrible fate for Zlatan, his country qualified for the World Cup after Zlatan retired for the national team. In his heart there must be a sense of want to return to play for the national team to play in the World Cup.
Heart attacks in Italy,if Italy will not qualify it will be national tragedy,but lets see maybe penalties like again Germany during Euro
I’m extremely disappointed in Italy performance, they failed to qualify to the world cup, they did not score a single goal against Sweden they deserve to miss the world cup, but man a world cup without Italy is going to be weird, maybe this is a sign of things to come. 
Finally, we have all participants of the 2018 World cup in Russia.
Now we are waiting for the draw which will be held on 1st of December.
I hope we (Serbia) will not get too hard opponents
Russia Peru Iran would be cool
You guys have a great team, however, i wouldn't underestimate Peru or Russia. The south american squad have a great team, mixing youth (Carrillo, Cueva, Tapia, etc)and experience (Farfán, Paolo Gurrero, Yotún, etc). Russia on the other hand are playing at home, might be a plus in the early stages of the cup.Now we are waiting for the draw which will be held on 1st of December.
I hope we (Serbia) will not get too hard opponents
Russia Peru Iran would be cool
Just 2 more weeks to know the official groups for the World Cup. I'm excited to see the group that gets Spain, it's going to make things very interesting in the first round.
Finally, we have all participants of the 2018 World cup in Russia.
Now we are waiting for the draw which will be held on 1st of December.
I hope we (Serbia) will not get too hard opponents
Russia Peru Iran would be cool
nigeria will do better in these worldcup Now we are waiting for the draw which will be held on 1st of December.
I hope we (Serbia) will not get too hard opponents
Russia Peru Iran would be cool
It will be interesting to see whether the Italians will be able to break the defense of the Swedish national team in today's game. Football is a very unpredictable sport. I'll bet on the pass of the Italians.
They better up their game because a world cup without Italy will be worse than anything and the Swedish with their first leg advantage will like to hang on to their hopes of going to Russia. Not going to be easy but i think Italy will do their homework well.I think you watched the game and you found out how strong the Swedish defense is. In the meantime, despite the two H2H of Immobile Italy did not create any dangerous chances. Otherwise, what is really painful for me are the reviews that have scattered all over the social networks after the match, and that all detracts the history and palmarese of Italy.
Finally, we have all participants of the 2018 World cup in Russia.
Now we are waiting for the draw which will be held on 1st of December.
I hope we (Serbia) will not get too hard opponents
Russia Peru Iran would be cool
Now we are waiting for the draw which will be held on 1st of December.
I hope we (Serbia) will not get too hard opponents
Russia Peru Iran would be cool
Finally we have all the participants for the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018.The teams are arranged in for group with 8 participants based on FIFA rankings with exception of Russia as the host.The draw will be on 1. December 2017 in Moscow.
At first glance we have 20 strong teams,and 12 let's say a team that probably will not go through the group.Although World Cup always bring some surprise,we can expect something similar in next year competition.
At first glance we have 20 strong teams,and 12 let's say a team that probably will not go through the group.Although World Cup always bring some surprise,we can expect something similar in next year competition.
the 4 pots are unevenly balanced!
there may be very hard groups: for example Brazil,Spain,Egypt,Serbia or Argentina, England, Denmark, Japan
or very weak groups: Russia,Peru,Iran,Panama or Poland, Mexico, Iceland, South Korea
In this world cup there are many weak teams, and there are not many strong teams (Italy, Holland, Wales, Slovakia, Chile, USA, Ivory Coast)
Finally we have all the participants for the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018.The teams are arranged in for group with 8 participants based on FIFA rankings with exception of Russia as the host.The draw will be on 1. December 2017 in Moscow.
At first glance we have 20 strong teams,and 12 let's say a team that probably will not go through the group.Although World Cup always bring some surprise,we can expect something similar in next year competition.
At first glance we have 20 strong teams,and 12 let's say a team that probably will not go through the group.Although World Cup always bring some surprise,we can expect something similar in next year competition.
the 4 pots are unevenly balanced!
there may be very hard groups: for example Brazil,Spain,Egypt,Serbia or Argentina, England, Denmark, Japan
or very weak groups: Russia,Peru,Iran,Panama or Poland, Mexico, Iceland, South Korea
In this world cup there are many weak teams, and there are not many strong teams (Italy, Holland, Wales, Slovakia, Chile, USA, Ivory Coast)
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