African Team, Asian Team, North American Team or Oceanian Team: Who will win the World Cup first?

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Thoughts?

 

[Muzumbu]

African

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

African

 

[SerenityNigh]

African team. They have more good teams. North America has two teams with a legitimate chance (unless you include Central American teams).

 

[Allezfan]

China or the US will do it eventually.

The Africans will never ever manage it.

 

[ste d' indica]

I said back in 98 that the US would lift the World Cup within 20 years... so I should probably swerve this rather than doling out any further drivel.

 

[neil999]

should have been ivory coast...

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

If India or China every take it seriously, I could see a potential winner from there

 

[ste d' indica]

An Oceanian team, would that be like mermaids and octopuses and suchlike? If so, them.

 

[Allezfan]

If India or China every take it seriously, I could see a potential winner from there

Yeah, this is where I'm going.

Looking at who is the best now is missing the point, noone outside europe or south america is good enough to win it now.

But if a big rich country like China or the States starts taking it seriously, they'd have a real shot at it. The americans have the advantage in build and sporting background but china has less sporting competition and more state funded sporting resources so it can go either way.

The Africans are held back by their poverty and corruption, it would make a massive massive shift in world politics for them to produce a winner.

 

[Kantareller]

Either African or Asian. Honestly don't rate USA, which I think is the best Nort American team, at all.

Can't see an Oceanian team win ever.

 

[Garrick]

North American.

Either Mexico or the United States.

Rising MLS fortunes will help Liga MX too through increased competition. It's good for both countries, and the club academies that produce the World Cup winning talent.

 

[SerenityNigh]

If India or China every take it seriously, I could see a potential winner from there

Massive cultural shift to get a grassroots football program built. Not to mention the poverty and political hurdles. Much more extensive work required even than in the US (which has a big soccer program, but it's behind baseball, basketball, and American football in prominence). Not that it can't happen, but it's a huge gap.

 

[Royal Blue Jersey]

Asian. Japan and South Korea are quality, plus as others have mentioned a gene pool of 1 billion should give China an unassailable edge

 

[ijjysmith]

I honestly don't know the answer to this Mikey.

Still seems long way off for any of them.