It starts today. I'm going for Morocco, based mainly on their run to the World Cup semi-final in 2022.

I think they're actually the highest ranked team in the FIFA world rankings, so that's possibly evidence that I'm right.

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Binder Dundat wrote:

On 2024-01-13 6:36 a.m., Mark wrote:

It starts today. I'm going for Morocco, based mainly on their run to the
World Cup semi-final in 2022.

I think they're actually the highest ranked team in the FIFA world
rankings, so that's possibly evidence that I'm right.

What is going on is that it is starting today. Host is Cote d Ivoire or Ivory Coast for you Anglo's.

This will be broadcast on Sky Sports, which these days I stream via their NOW TV service, so I'll try to watch as many of these games as my work schedule will allow. It was a fun covering the last AFCON on rss.

Let's start a dedicated [R] thread for this tournament!

RM

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Real_Mardin wrote:

Let's start a dedicated [R] thread for this tournament!

Unsophisticated predictions:

Group A:
Cote d'Ivoire
Nigeria
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea Bissau

Should be an easy one for the hosts and powerhouse Nigeria

Group B:
Egypt
Ghana
Cape Verde
Mozambique

Hmmm... Ghana and Cape Verde. Salah will be back in our FPL teams.

Group C:
Senegal
Cameroon
Guinea
Gambia

Senegal and Cameroon


Group D:
Algeria
Burkina Faso
Mauritania
Angola

Looks a lot weaker than some of the other groups: Algeria and Burkina Faso


Group E:
Tunisia
Mali
South Africa
Namibia

Another weakish group: Tunisia and South Africa


Group F:
Morocco
Dr Congo
Zambia
Tanzania

Morocco and DRC

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Futbolmetrix wrote:

Real_Mardin wrote:

Let's start a dedicated [R] thread for this tournament!

Unsophisticated predictions:

Group A:
Cote d'Ivoire
Nigeria
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea Bissau

Let's go with a surprise of sorts: Nigeria and Guinea Bissau.

Group B:
Egypt
Ghana
Cape Verde
Mozambique

Egypt and Ghana

Group C:
Senegal
Cameroon
Guinea
Gambia

Senegal and Cameroon

Group D:
Algeria
Burkina Faso
Mauritania
Angola

Algeria and Angola.

Group E:
Tunisia
Mali
South Africa
Namibia

Mali and South Africa

Group F:
Morocco
Dr Congo
Zambia
Tanzania

Zambia and DR Congo.


RM

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Futbolmetrix wrote:

Real_Mardin wrote:

Let's start a dedicated [R] thread for this tournament!

Unsophisticated predictions:

Let's see ho we did:

Group A:
Cote d'Ivoire
Nigeria
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea Bissau

Should be an easy one for the hosts and powerhouse Nigeria

EQG and Nigeria. 1 of 2

Group B:
Egypt
Ghana
Cape Verde
Mozambique

Hmmm... Ghana and Cape Verde. Salah will be back in our FPL teams.

Cape Verde and Egypt. 1 of 2

Group C:
Senegal
Cameroon
Guinea
Gambia

Senegal and Cameroon

2 of 2

Group D:
Algeria
Burkina Faso
Mauritania
Angola

Looks a lot weaker than some of the other groups: Algeria and Burkina Faso

Angola and BFA. 1 of 2

Group E:
Tunisia
Mali
South Africa
Namibia

Another weakish group: Tunisia and South Africa

Mali and South Africa. 1 of 2

Group F:
Morocco
Dr Congo
Zambia
Tanzania

Morocco and DRC

Yay! 2 of 2


That's 8 of 12 top-2 place finishers. Maybe it was better if I didn't check my predictions.

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