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All the "Traditional Top 5 teams" are out of the AFCON
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:08 pm
by Tobi17
Only Nigeria (6th on CAF ranking) and Ivory Coast (9th) are left.
This is shaping up to be the tournament of the dark horses, it has NEVER happened in AFCON history before and I stand corrected.
Re: All the "Traditional Top 5 teams" are out of the AFCON
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:12 pm
by Mzekezeke
Traditional top 5? Who are they? And what criteria made them top 5?
Re: All the "Traditional Top 5 teams" are out of the AFCON
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:15 pm
by ANC
People make up stats as they go.
Any traditional Top 5 teams, should include Nigeria, just have you know.
Re: All the "Traditional Top 5 teams" are out of the AFCON
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:17 am
by kawawa
Tobi don fabricate or is it sensationalize again!
Re: All the "Traditional Top 5 teams" are out of the AFCON
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:41 am
by TonyTheTigerKiller
The current rankings are the most unrealistic there’s ever been. Tunisia is not, by any stretch of the imagination, an African top 5 team; and neither is Egypt
Cheers.
Re: All the "Traditional Top 5 teams" are out of the AFCON
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:36 am
by Bigpokey24
FIFA's five highest-ranked countries at AFCON are all out
Re: All the "Traditional Top 5 teams" are out of the AFCON
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:41 am
by Kabalega
I blame Hayatou
Ever since he left, everything is better.
At this rate, a CAF minnow will win the World Cup before the so called “big teams.”
Re: All the "Traditional Top 5 teams" are out of the AFCON
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:31 am
by Tobi17
Kabalega wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:41 am
I blame Hayatou
Ever since he left, everything is better.
At this rate, a CAF minnow will win the World Cup before the so called “big teams.”
Wonder when Uganda will ever be that CAF minnow
Re: All the "Traditional Top 5 teams" are out of the AFCON
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:50 am
by Kabalega
Tobi17 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:31 am
Kabalega wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:41 am
I blame Hayatou
Ever since he left, everything is better.
At this rate, a CAF minnow will win the World Cup before the so called “big teams.”
Wonder when Uganda will ever be that CAF minnow
We need to define a minnow.
Re: All the "Traditional Top 5 teams" are out of the AFCON
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 9:13 am
by Tobi17
Kabalega wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:50 am
Tobi17 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:31 am
Kabalega wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:41 am
I blame Hayatou
Ever since he left, everything is better.
At this rate, a CAF minnow will win the World Cup before the so called “big teams.”
Wonder when Uganda will ever be that CAF minnow
We need to define a minnow.
Minnowship is relative, teams like Cape Verde, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, heck even Comoros etc can't be considered as big achievers on the African football stage as far as pedigree and winning trophies go, yet they have done absolutely well recently to be considered dark horses rather than "minnows". Uganda on the other hand...
Re: All the "Traditional Top 5 teams" are out of the AFCON
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:31 pm
by Workman
Maybe more significant - the 5 at the last world cup did not reach the q-finals.
Re: All the "Traditional Top 5 teams" are out of the AFCON
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:51 pm
by Aswani
Tobi17 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:08 pm
Only Nigeria (6th on CAF ranking) and Ivory Coast (9th) are left.
This is shaping up to be the tournament of the dark horses, it has NEVER happened in AFCON history before and I stand corrected.
Traditional top 5 teams without Nigeria or even Cameroun, I disagree
Re: All the "Traditional Top 5 teams" are out of the AFCON
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:57 pm
by Undertaker
Kabalega wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:50 am
Tobi17 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:31 am
Kabalega wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:41 am
I blame Hayatou
Ever since he left, everything is better.
At this rate, a CAF minnow will win the World Cup before the so called “big teams.”
Wonder when Uganda will ever be that CAF minnow
We need to define a minnow.
A minnow = Uganda
Re: All the "Traditional Top 5 teams" are out of the AFCON
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 9:59 pm
by Kabalega
Tobi17 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 9:13 am
Kabalega wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:50 am
We need to define a minnow.
Minnowship is relative, teams like Cape Verde, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, heck even Comoros etc can't be considered as big achievers on the African football stage as far as pedigree and winning trophies go, yet they have done absolutely well recently to be considered dark horses rather than "minnows". Uganda on the other hand...
Undertaker wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:57 pm
A minnow = Uganda
Uganda v Nigeria
Games won: 4
Games drawn: 2
Games lost: 2
Date Match Result Score Competition
14 Mar 1978 Uganda v Nigeria W 2-1 Africa Cup of Nations
26 Sep 1981 Nigeria v Uganda W 0-1 International Friendly
29 Aug 1992 Nigeria v Uganda L 2-0 Africa Cup of Nations
17 Jul 1993 Uganda v Nigeria D 0-0 Africa Cup of Nations
24 Mar 2007 Nigeria v Uganda L 1-0 Africa Cup of Nations
02 Jun 2007 Uganda v Nigeria W 2-1 Africa Cup of Nations
25 Mar 2015 Nigeria v Uganda W 0-1 International Friendly
20 Nov 2018 Nigeria v Uganda D 0-0 International Friendly
https://www.11v11.com/teams/uganda/tab/ ... n/Nigeria/
Re: All the "Traditional Top 5 teams" are out of the AFCON
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 12:57 am
by ANC
Kabalega wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 9:59 pm
Tobi17 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 9:13 am
Kabalega wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:50 am
We need to define a minnow.
Minnowship is relative, teams like Cape Verde, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, heck even Comoros etc can't be considered as big achievers on the African football stage as far as pedigree and winning trophies go, yet they have done absolutely well recently to be considered dark horses rather than "minnows". Uganda on the other hand...
Undertaker wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:57 pm
A minnow = Uganda
Uganda v Nigeria
Games won: 4
Games drawn: 2
Games lost: 2
Date Match Result Score Competition
14 Mar 1978 Uganda v Nigeria W 2-1 Africa Cup of Nations
26 Sep 1981 Nigeria v Uganda W 0-1 International Friendly
29 Aug 1992 Nigeria v Uganda L 2-0 Africa Cup of Nations
17 Jul 1993 Uganda v Nigeria D 0-0 Africa Cup of Nations
24 Mar 2007 Nigeria v Uganda L 1-0 Africa Cup of Nations
02 Jun 2007 Uganda v Nigeria W 2-1 Africa Cup of Nations
25 Mar 2015 Nigeria v Uganda W 0-1 International Friendly
20 Nov 2018 Nigeria v Uganda D 0-0 International Friendly
https://www.11v11.com/teams/uganda/tab/ ... n/Nigeria/
Wow
If stats are correct, well, not sure if Nigeria is not a minnow too.
