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Socceroos vs Cameroon/ Curaçao March 2026 🇦🇺🇨🇲🇨🇼

How should Australia do March?

  • European based camp

    Votes: 7 38.9%

  • North American based camp

    Votes: 6 33.3%

  • Australian based camp

    Votes: 4 22.2%

  • Middle Eastern based camp

    Votes: 1 5.6%
  • Total voters
    18
Thought this might be of interest here - given that the other games in the Australian FIFA Series will be broadcast on FIFA+ locally for us, here’s the full list of men’s internationals coming up on FIFA+ (times in AEDT)

Thursday 26 March
7am US Virgin Islands v American Samoa
11am Puerto Rico v Guam
10:30pm Aruba v Macau

Friday 27 March
1:30am Tanzania v Liechtenstein
9am Bolivia v Suriname (Intercontinental Playoff)
2pm New Caledonia v Jamaica (Intercontinental Playoff)
2pm Chile v Cape Verde
5pm China v Curacao
5:15pm New Zealand v Finland
7:30pm Solomon Islands v Bulgaria
9pm Venezuela v Trinidad & Tobago

Saturday 28 March
12am Indonesia v St Kitts & Nevis
1am Uzbekistan v Gabon
3am Kenya v Estonia
6am Rwanda v Grenada
11pm Namibia v Comoros

Monday 30 March
2pm Cape Verde v Finland
5:15pm New Zealand v Chile
11pm Trinidad & Tobago v Gabon

Tuesday 31 March
1am Uzbekistan v Venezuela
5pm Cameroon v China

Wednesday 1 April
8am DR Congo v New Caledonia/Jamaica (Intercontinental Playoff)
2pm Iraq v Bolivia/Suriname (Intercontinental Playoff)
 
AliG040803 said:
FIFA Rankings are one of the most useless indicators of ability of national teams. They heavily favor European sides, and they don't give African sides anywhere near enough credit. The fact that Belgium was #1 in the world at any point should be enough of an indicator that the ranking are meaningless.
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Most useless thing? What so useless about it. I ve read it once you understand its pretty fair.

tell me what you don’t understand the system. USA is higher than Japan cuz Japan lost to Australia in world cup qualify and got knocked out by Iran in the quarterfinals in asian cup. This is the main tournament with major points
 
HonestSpursFan said:
To be fair that’s their worst finish at AFCON in 11 years (they were eliminated in the group stage in 2015). Their worst period ever since becoming a top side in Africa was in 2012 and 2013 when they didn’t qualify for AFCON.
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Anyone remember legend Roger Milla whose goals at age 38 took Cameroon to the quarter-finals in Italia 1990 (first African nation to make quarters) where they very nearly knocked out England, who only won 3-2 a.e.t.
 
mkxx said:
Most useless thing? What so useless about it. I ve read it once you understand its pretty fair.

tell me what you don’t understand the system. USA is higher than Japan cuz Japan lost to Australia in world cup qualify and got knocked out by Iran in the quarterfinals in asian cup. This is the main tournament with major points
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Not saying I favour one over the other


Comparison of Methodologies

Feature		World Football Elo RatingsFIFA World Ranking (Post-2018)
Formula TypeModified EloSimplified Elo-based "Sum" method
Goal DifferenceIncluded in calculationNot included
Home AdvantageExplicitly factored inNot factored in
Points for LossesPoints can be lost in any matchNo points lost in tournament knockouts
SensitivityHigh; reflects recent upsets quicklyLower; prioritizes stability for seeding



Current ranking - note USA first in one last in the other.


Group D: FIFA vs. Elo Rankings (March 2026)

Team		FIFA RankingElo RankingRanking Difference
Turkey (UEFA Path C)*2515+10 (Elo higher)
United States (Co-host)1534-19 (FIFA higher)
Australia2730-3 (FIFA higher)
Paraguay4022+18 (Elo higher)
 
LFC said:
whinge whinge whinge.
Do people expect to pay what AL games cost ?
People waste far more on betting for starters.
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Curacao in a Tuesday? Yeah I would expect to pay closer to what the a-league costs tbh. 40-50 seems fair to me.

And I don’t gamble :)
 
tsf said:
Curacao in a Tuesday? Yeah I would expect to pay closer to what the a-league costs tbh. 40-50 seems fair to me.

And I don’t gamble :)
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therefore your cashed up and that you are - stop being a tightarse over nickle and dime.
$40/50 your kidding me - thats what people spend at maccas for a quick woeful feed fix.
 
LFC said:
therefore your cashed up and that you are - stop being a tightarse over nickle and dime.
$40/50 your kidding me - thats what people spend at maccas for a quick woeful feed fix.
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Maybe I’m out of touch 😂
 
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