Believe Index · Matchday 1

Who's Defying the Market

Points are cheap to buy when your squad costs a billion. This ranks every team by what it earned per euro — so the cheapest squads punching up sit at the top, where they belong.

1. 1 Qatar AFC · Group B · $22M · #48 by value 518
   Punching Up
2. 2 Australia AFC · Group D · $84M · #36 by value 400
   Punching Up
3. 3 Iran AFC · Group G · $35M · #44 by value 322
   Punching Up
4. 4 New Zealand OFC · Group G · $37M · #43 by value 300
   Punching Up
5. 5 Saudi Arabia AFC · Group H · $44M · #41 by value 254
   Punching Up
6. 6 South Korea AFC · Group A · $150M · #33 by value 223
   Punching Up
7. 7 Cape Verde CAF · Group H · $53M · #39 by value 210
   Punching Up
8. 8 Scotland UEFA · Group C · $184M · #29 by value 182
   Punching Up
9. 9 Mexico CONCACAF · Group A · $207M · #27 by value 161
   Punching Up
10. 10 Egypt CAF · Group G · $126M · #34 by value 89
    Punching Up
11. 11 USA CONCACAF · Group D · $416M · #17 by value 80
    Punching Up
12. 12 Sweden UEFA · Group F · $439M · #15 by value 76
    Punching Up
13. 13 Bosnia and Herzegovina UEFA · Group B · $158M · #31 by value 71
    Punching Up
14. 14 Ivory Coast CAF · Group E · $564M · #11 by value 59
    Punching Up
15. 15 Canada CONCACAF · Group B · $215M · #26 by value 52
    Punching Up
16. 16 Japan AFC · Group F · $293M · #22 by value 38
    Punching Up
17. 17 Germany UEFA · Group E · $1.0B · #5 by value 33
    On Paper
18. 18 Switzerland UEFA · Group B · $359M · #20 by value 31
    Punching Up
19. 19 Uruguay CONMEBOL · Group H · $388M · #19 by value 29
    Punching Up
20. 20 Morocco CAF · Group C · $484M · #14 by value 23
    Punching Up
21. 21 Belgium UEFA · Group G · $591M · #10 by value 19
    On Paper
22. 22 Netherlands UEFA · Group F · $815M · #8 by value 14
    On Paper
23. 23 Brazil CONMEBOL · Group C · $1.0B · #6 by value 11
    On Paper
24. 24 Spain UEFA · Group H · $1.3B · #3 by value 9
    Underwater
25. 25 Curacao CONCACAF · Group E · $28M · #45 by value 0
    Punching Up
26. 26 Ecuador CONMEBOL · Group E · $398M · #18 by value 0
    Underwater
27. 27 Czech Republic UEFA · Group A · $203M · #28 by value 0
    On Paper
28. 28 South Africa CAF · Group A · $53M · #40 by value 0
    Punching Up
29. 29 Paraguay CONMEBOL · Group D · $166M · #30 by value 0
    Punching Up
30. 30 Turkey UEFA · Group D · $512M · #13 by value 0
    Underwater
31. 31 Haiti CONCACAF · Group C · $60M · #38 by value 0
    Punching Up
32. 32 Tunisia CAF · Group F · $76M · #37 by value 0
    Punching Up

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