Sunday, April 10, 2011

Showing Some International Love: There's a Division III As Well

Yes, the World Championship runs this deep. The lowest of the tournaments will be held in South Africa this year. Mongolia has pulled out due to financial concerns, despite already submitting a roster. While not 100% sure on remembering it, but I think there was talk about the United Arab Emirates joining the World Championship competition within the next few years.

Division III (Host: South Africa)

World Ranking:
35. Turkey
39. Israel
42. South Africa
44. Luxembourg
45. Greece

Predictions:
1 (Promoted) - Israel
2 (Promoted) - Turkey
3 - South Africa
4 - Luxembourg
5 - Greece

Flat out, this competition 99.999% of the time goes by the world ranking, but after comparing the Israeli and Turkish rosters, its hard not to go with Israel ending up in first. That said, I wouldn't mind seeing an upset or two, just to mix things up over more-then-likely 12-1 games.

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