I am back with the NT Strength topic for WC XXII. This time I am simplifying things: no correction factors and no phase rewards. Also, I am considering all played games, including the bot formation ones. I know there are some "NT manager work influence" on some results and that makes this ranking just a reference of team potential.

The ranking is something like this:

POS / NT / STRENGTH

#1 CROATIA 1142
#2 GERMANY 1132
#3 USA 1123
#4 FRANCE 1092
#5 UNITED KINGDOM 1074
#6 FINLAND 1065
#7 SLOVAKIA 1044
#8 MEXICO 1043
#9 BRAZIL 1035
#10 DENMARK 1029
#11 SERBIA 1023
#12 SWITZERLAND 1021
#13 POLAND 1020
#14 UKRAINE 1018
#15 NETHERLANDS 1010
#16 HUNGARY 1008
#17 AUSTRALIA 1008
#18 ITALY 1003
#19 SWEDEN 1001
#20 RUSSIA 1000
#21 SPAIN 993
#22 BULGARIA 992
#23 AUSTRIA 991
#24 IRELAND 986
#25 PORTUGAL 979
#26 SLOVENIA 978
#27 BELGIUM 970
#28 CZECH REPUBLIC 943
#29 ROMANIA 942
#30 TURKEY 940
#31 COLOMBIA 940
#32 CANADA 933
#33 BOSNIA 916
#34 ARGENTINA 911
#35 NORWAY 907
#36 NEW ZEALAND 900
#37 VENEZUELA 890

The expected qualifiers are highlighted in green.

linkleo911 wrote: Serbia, Spain and Ireland out of the green list? These rankings are always strange...

How about #6 Finland out? Just a brutal group F for all 5 teams. I hope Germany will survive it. That's not a given with Croatia, Finland and Hungary (who beat Finland today) in the group.

linkleo911 wrote: Bosnia has obviously no expectations from this group...

And even they are better than that Bosnia team that botted every match 2 seasons (IIRC) ago. They now have the second good coach in a row. But yeah, the talent level is on a different level than what the other 4 teams have. Even a good coach like Ivess can't do something about that.