We faces the toughest group possible!!

As there are 4 groups the toughest possible draw is the teams ranked 1, 5, 9,

ie

1.. 2 ...3 ..4
5. 6 ...7 ..8
9. 10. 11..12
Ire.

Now the world rankings are

1 Spain 1456 0 Equal
2 Uruguay 1292 1 Up
3 Germany 1288 -1 Down
4 Netherlands 1234 0 Equal
5 Brazil 1155 1 Up
6 England 1145 1 Up
7 Argentina 1137 2 Up
8 Croatia 1053 0 Equal
9 Denmark 1019 1 Up
10 Portugal 996 -5 Down
11 Chile 994 2 Up
12 Italy 977 0 Equal


Take out the None European.

1 Spain 1456 0 Equal
2 Germany 1288 -1 Down
3 Netherlands 1234 0 Equal
4 England 1145 1 Up
5 Croatia 1053 0 Equal
6 Denmark 1019 1 Up
7 Portugal 996 -5 Down
8 Italy 977 0 Equal

So we faced the teams ranked 1, 5, 8, which is actually harder than theoretical hardest 1, 5,9!!! :mad: