Germany is World Champion in 2014? Formally yes. Yet, we have calculated for you how well the teams have done with respect to their (statistical) potential. The result is an interesting [ranking] – not just regarding the alternative World Champion, the ‘Ticos’ from Costa Rica!
Of course, there are different methods to create the following list, however, the approximate order of the teams should be similar in each case:
1. Costa Rica
2. Chile
3. Netherlands
4. Colombia
5. USA
6. France
7. Nigeria
8. Ivory Coast
9. Ecuador
10. Uruguay
11. Germany
12. Mexico
13. Algeria
14. Croatia
15. Iran
16. Australia
17. Belgium
18. Ghana
19. Greece
20. Argentina
21. South Korea
22. Russia
23. Honduras
24. Cameroon
25. Bosnia-Herzegovina
26. Portugal
27. Switzerland
28. Italy
29. Brazil
30. Japan
31. England
32. Spain
By the way, have you seen [our video summary of the 2014 World Cup]?
You can of course still get to the overview of all forecasted and actual results of the World Cup matches in Brazil on our page [World Championship 2014].
Click here for all our [hit rates] for the 2014 World Cup.