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Making up the groups strengths
after the premier ranking Groups A and D are much stronger
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After the 6-year ranking only
Group D is unbalanced, Ghana, Cameroon, and Côte d'Ivore have had
less impact recently
In rankings
there have been three types of rankings:
1) The premier rankings
- a ranking that considers all past results but puts more weight on them
the more recent they are - this is the most appropriate ranking to identify
the actual status of a football nation
2) The 6-year-rankings
in which all results that are six years or older drop out. This ranking
can give information on the actual form
3) The historical rankings
in which all achievements count the same, regardless when they have taken
place
Aggregating the points from
the premier ranking for the 4 groups leads to the following strength
of groups:
Group A:
| Ghana |
1054 p. |
| Cameroon |
1500 p. |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
714 p. |
| Togo |
- |
| |
|
| aggregated |
3568 p.* |
*plus extra 300 points have
been added because with Ghana the hosts are playing in this group
Group B:
| South Africa |
614 p. |
| Gabon |
- |
| Algeria |
896 p. |
| DR Congo |
592 p. |
| |
|
| aggregated |
2102 p. |
Group C:
| Egypt |
1266 p. |
| Zambia |
694 p. |
| Burkina Faso |
52 p. |
| Senegal |
128 p. |
| |
|
| aggregated |
2140 p. |
Group D:
| Nigeria |
1778 p. |
| Tunisia |
624 p. |
| Morocco |
976 p. |
| Congo |
212 p. |
| |
|
| aggregated |
3890 p.* |
*plus extra 300 points have
been added because with Nigeria the hosts are playing in this group
Obviously Group A and Group
D are much stronger, and this they are not only because of the hosts of
the co-hosted tournament are playing in them.
Aggregating the points from
the 6-year-ranking for the 4 groups leads to a different picture:
Group A:
| Ghana |
100(100) p. |
| Cameroon |
300(156) p. |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
144(-) p. |
| Togo |
- |
| |
|
| aggregated |
744(456) p.* |
*plus extra 200 points have
been added because with Ghana the hosts are playing in this group
Group B:
| South Africa |
614(614) p. |
| Gabon |
- |
| Algeria |
-. |
| DR Congo |
156(156) p. |
| |
|
| aggregated |
770(770) p. |
Group C:
| Egypt |
312(312) p. |
| Zambia |
342(150) p. |
| Burkina Faso |
52( 52) p. |
| Senegal |
-. |
| |
|
| aggregated |
706(514) p. |
Group D:
| Nigeria |
788(260) p. |
| Tunisia |
356(356) p. |
| Morocco |
300(156) p. |
| Congo |
-. |
| |
|
| aggregated |
1644(972) p.* |
*plus extra 200 points have
been added because with Nigeria the hosts are playing in this group
Considering more recent
results, group D is far the strobggest, the other groups look balanced.
But the truth lies with the
actual form of the teams. |
