ACL - Which is harder: West Asia (Saudi, Iran, UAE) or East Asia (Japan, Korea, China)?

Discussion in 'Asian Football Confederation' started by footballcareer-redded, Apr 22, 2009.

  1. footballcareer-redded

    Feb 24, 2008
    In west, Saudi Arabia, Iran and UAE have 4 spots.
    In east, Japan, Korea and China have 4 spots.

    The groups are always like this.
    "Saudi + Iran + UAE + ???"
    "Japan + Korea + China + ???"

    Which is harder?

    Here is the stats as of the end of matchday 4.
    I don't think UAE deserve to have 4 spots...
    They have some good foreign imports but the level of domestic players is terrible!

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     1. Japan                      39 P    12  -  3  -  1
     2. Saudi Arabia               35 P    10  -  5  -  1
     3. South Korea                25 P     7  -  4  -  5
     4. China                      19 P     5  -  4  -  7
     5. Iran                       15 P     3  -  6  -  7
     6. UAE                         7 P     1  -  4  - 11
    
     
  2. greenlion

    greenlion Member

    Apr 22, 2004
    CHINA
    Club:
    Beijing Guoan
    Nat'l Team:
    China PR
    Teams from Uzbek and Qatar are competitive in west asia while in East asia we still have ASEAN clubs who are far behind the average level of east asia.
     
  3. druryfire

    druryfire Member

    Sep 10, 2007
    England
    I'll quicky note that UAE don't get 4 automatic spots.

    They earn that right by beating other lower oppostion.

    Generally, no side has any greater depth than what we already see, and as for the East, well, ASEAN certainly does let the side down. Whereas on the West, teams are more or less at the same level except for the odd one.

    But then what do you expect with some teams? Some teams are entered, although they are clearly not even the best in their own league, as you example before, UAE this year has 4 teams, yet their dometic league has 12 teams. 4th team is more mid table than championship material.
     
  4. persiangulf4ever-redded

    Nov 27, 2008
    Club:
    Perspolis
    Nat'l Team:
    Iran
    East Asia by a mile.

    Saudis are completely dominating the west but it is because other leagues in west asia (including us sadly) suck.
     
  5. burning_phoneix

    Jul 13, 2008
    Saudi Arabia
    Club:
    Al Wehda Mecca
    Nat'l Team:
    Saudi Arabia
    Same could go for Al-Ittifaq of Saudi Arabia, yet they are topping there group.
     
  6. al ittihady

    al ittihady Member

    Jan 5, 2009
    Club:
    Al Ittihad Jeddah
    Nat'l Team:
    Saudi Arabia
    east asia is dominated by japan,china and korean clubs..but west asia includes uzbek clubs and some what fight giving uae and qatari club...i think west asia is more harder
     
  7. debian-redded

    debian-redded Red Card

    Apr 18, 2006
    I think the hardest one is "Japan - Korea - China - Australia".
    A-League shouldn't be underrated and Adelaide United beat Bunyodkor convincingly last year.
     
  8. druryfire

    druryfire Member

    Sep 10, 2007
    England
    That's correct, and to be quite honest, that really is surprising me aswell.
     
  9. burning_phoneix

    Jul 13, 2008
    Saudi Arabia
    Club:
    Al Wehda Mecca
    Nat'l Team:
    Saudi Arabia

    To be brutally honest, I expected them to crash out of the tournament too. ;)
     
  10. Laith

    Laith Member

    May 10, 2006
    Club:
    Al Nasr Riyadh
    Nat'l Team:
    Saudi Arabia
    They ought to have given 4 spots to Qatari sides, they've been superior to Emirati clubs the last few years
     
  11. Sayf

    Sayf Member

    Jul 25, 2008
    Club:
    Al Hilal Riyadh
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    We had a discussion about this before the tournament started, and people like me and druryfire were arguing that the Western side is harder because there's more depth (that doesn't mean the top teams in the West are better than the top teams in the East; that's a separate question). So far, I think we've been proven correct -- the Western side is looking more competitive and harder to predict.
     
  12. Sayf

    Sayf Member

    Jul 25, 2008
    Club:
    Al Hilal Riyadh
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    :D

    https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=818126&page=3#22
     
  13. burning_phoneix

    Jul 13, 2008
    Saudi Arabia
    Club:
    Al Wehda Mecca
    Nat'l Team:
    Saudi Arabia
  14. ksa11

    ksa11 New Member

    Sep 5, 2008
    I think they are basically the same

    Saudi arabian clubs == japanese clubs.
    Uzbekistan clubs== S. Korean clubs.
    Iranian clubs == chinese clubs.
    in terms of performance, im not trying to be offensive in any way.

    oh and there are the qatari clubs

    so maybe it tilts a bit to west asia
     
  15. Sayf

    Sayf Member

    Jul 25, 2008
    Club:
    Al Hilal Riyadh
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Are you aware that the Korean champions beat the Japanese champions 4-1 last month?
     
  16. hilalfreak-redded

    Jan 17, 2009
    Club:
    Al Hilal Riyadh
    Nat'l Team:
    Saudi Arabia
    we know.
    but i think j-league has a better record than k-league overall nowadays.
    btw i disagree that the uzbek league is equal to k-league.
    the koreans are easily superior to the uzbeks in the depth of the league.
    uzbekistan has only 2 good clubs and the rest are weak.
    it's like Ukraine league or scottish league.
     
  17. hilalfreak-redded

    Jan 17, 2009
    Club:
    Al Hilal Riyadh
    Nat'l Team:
    Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia - 5
    Qatar - 3
    Uzbekistan - 2
    UAE - 2
    Iran - 2
    playoff - 2

    This is the best quality imo.
     
  18. greenlion

    greenlion Member

    Apr 22, 2004
    CHINA
    Club:
    Beijing Guoan
    Nat'l Team:
    China PR
    are you aware that Chinese runners-up beat Korean Champions 2-1 this week.

    OK I know Suwon had bounced back at home :)
     
  19. greenlion

    greenlion Member

    Apr 22, 2004
    CHINA
    Club:
    Beijing Guoan
    Nat'l Team:
    China PR
    man K-League still has best history records against J-League and CSL
     
  20. richdubai-redded

    richdubai-redded Red Card

    Jun 3, 2008
    dubai
    West asia by a mile!!
     
  21. burning_phoneix

    Jul 13, 2008
    Saudi Arabia
    Club:
    Al Wehda Mecca
    Nat'l Team:
    Saudi Arabia

    What?! So nearly half our league qualifies for ACL?


    No. Just no.
     
  22. RickChelsea

    RickChelsea Member

    Sep 28, 2008
    sidknee
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Mozambique
    I think West might have more 'super clubs' but without a doubt the east has far superior depth
     
  23. Sayf

    Sayf Member

    Jul 25, 2008
    Club:
    Al Hilal Riyadh
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Where does that depth come from? The two Singaporean clubs or the Indonesian one? Or maybe the Thai club? :p Even the two OZ clubs are bottom of their groups -- one of them has a GD of -6!

    I'll stipulate that the Japanese clubs are better than the Saudi ones, and that the Korean clubs are better than the Iranian ones. But as soon as you go further, the clubs on the Western side are much better than the ones in the East (Uzbek clubs, UAE clubs, Qatari clubs >>> Australian, Singaporean, Indonesian, Thai, and possibly even Chinese clubs). Therefore, the Western side of the tournament obviously has more depth and is more difficult to qualify from. The standings in the 8 groups bear this out.
     
  24. greenlion

    greenlion Member

    Apr 22, 2004
    CHINA
    Club:
    Beijing Guoan
    Nat'l Team:
    China PR
    the teams maybe better than ours, but not the clubs :p
     
  25. zhangbig-redded

    zhangbig-redded Red Card

    Jan 14, 2009
    China
    Club:
    Shandong Luneng
    Nat'l Team:
    China PR
    A - 5 pts
    B - 4
    C - 3
    D - 2
    E - 1

    A - Japan (4), Saudi Arabia (4)
    B - South Korea (4), China (4)
    C - Iran (4), UAE (4), Uzbekistan (2), Qatar (2), Australia (2)
    D - none
    E - Singapore (1), Indonesia (1)

    East - 60
    West - 56
     

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