because we now know... 17) Ivory Coast 18) Slovenia 19) Switzerland 20) South Africa 21) Australia 22) New Zealand 23) Serbia 24) Denmark 25) Greece 26) Italy 27) Nigeria 28) Algeria 29) France 30) Honduras 31) Cameroon 32) North Korea Round of 16: AFC: 2 (South Korea, Japan) out of 4 - 50% CAF: 1 (Ghana) out of 6 - 17% CONMEBOL: 5 (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay) out of 5 - 100% CONCACAF: 2 (USA, Mexico) out of 3 - 67% OFC: 0 out of 1 - 0% UEFA: 6 (England, Germany, Netherlands, Slovakia, Portugal, Spain) out of 13 - 46% Of the 7 countries who have won the World Cup (all of whom qualified), 2 are already gone, and at least another will go this weekend.
17) Ivory Coast 18) Slovenia 19) Switzerland 20) South Africa 21) New Zealand 22) Australia 23) Nigeria 24) Denmark 25) Serbia 26) Italy 27) Algeria 28) Honduras 29) Greece 30) Cameroon 31) France 32) North Korea
Me thinks it has more to do with the, 0 points and the worst goal differential of any team by an 8 goal margin, thing.
Major props to New Zealand. Sunil should throw them a bone and schedule a friendly with them when he'll have all of his MLS boys in camp.
no, the original poster generated the REAL 17-32 based on points in the group, as FIFA would assign them. Not an 17-32 based on opinion. Yours is just an opinion, but the 17-32 in the OP are the 17-32 FIFA will use for future seedings and confederation distribution of WC teams.