World Cup: Ranking of each team of the 2022 World Championship according to their transfer value with England 1st…

The World Cup has been reduced from 32 teams to 16 and there have already been some clashes in the group stage. But which teams were the biggest surprises and which were the most underperforming? We looked at the transfer value of each team in the national team to see.

Having the best players isn't always a guarantee of success in international tournaments, but having a strong squad should come in handy given the compressed nature of the 2022-23 season.

Many World Cup regulars - Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Iran, Australia - have squads that are worth less than Kylian Mbappe alone, which highlights the diverse profile of nations competing at the Qatar.

Players such as Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Luka Modric, who are invaluable to their respective nations, are no longer the most popular players due to their age, hinting at the changing of the guard which is a characteristic of every World Cup.

And some nations have younger players who stand out. As an example, Phil Foden replaced Harry Kane as England's most valuable player while Jamal Musiala is now Germany's MVP according to Transfermarkt. We can't argue with that, really, given Musiala's electric performance as Die Mannschaft came out early.

The upper echelons of this list are dominated by the big guns from Europe and South America, but, as past World Cups have demonstrated, there's nothing stopping a lower-ranked team from creating the surprised.

We've ranked every team participating in Qatar 2022 by their cumulative value on Transfermarkt, from lowest to highest.

32. Qatar - €14.9 million

Average Player Value: €575,000Most Valuable Player: Akram Afif (€4m)

31. Costa Rica - €18.75 million

Average Player Value: €721,000Most Valuable Player: Keylor Navas (€5m)

30. Saudi Arabia - €25.2 million

Average Player Value: €969,000Most Valuable Player: Sultan Al-Ghannam (€2.5m)

29. Australia - €38.4 million

Average player value: €1.48mMost Valuable Player: Matthew Ryan (€5m)

28. Iran - €59.53 million

Average player value: €2.38mMost valuable player: Mehdi Taremi (€20m)

27. Tunisia - €62.4 million

Average player value: €2.4mMost valuable player: Ellyes Skhiri (€13m)

26. Ecuador - €146.5 million

Average player value: €5.63mMost Valuable Player: Moises Caicedo (€38m)

25. Japan - 154 million

Average player value: €5.92mMost Valuable Player: Daichi Kamada (€30m)

24. Cameroon - €155m

Average player value: €5.96mMost Valuable Player: Frank Anguissa (€38m)

23. Wales - €160.15 million

Average player value: €6.16mMost valuable players: Ben Davies and Brennan Johnson (€20m)

22. South Korea - €164.48 million

Average player value: €6.33mMost Valuable Player: Son Heung-min (€70m)

21. Mexico - €176.1 million

Average player value: €6.77mMost Valuable Player: Edson Alvarez (€35m)

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20. Canada - €187.3 million

Average player value: €7.2mMost Valuable Player: Alphonso Davi...