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Friday, 13 June 2014

Germany is the most Valuable World Cup Team as Nigeria ranks 16th

The German machines have been valued at £642m thereby topping the list of most valuable Team present at the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup.

According to a recent study by Lloyd and the Center for Economic and Business Research, next to Germany is Spain (£591m) while England have an estimated incurable value of (£550m). Put together the top three are worth more than £1.7bn collectively, more than the 20 bottom teams combined.

The last on the list is Costa Rica valued at £18.5m.

In Africa, surprisingly, Ivory Coast are not the most valued despite the plethora of stars they are worth £132m while Cameroon are the most valuable squad with (£195.8m), Ghana (£185.5m) and Nigeria third £143.1m.

The insurance-related figures are based on club earnings and endorsement incomes of the 32-man World Cup squads.

Meanwhile, the 32 teams have a collective estimated value of £6.2bn.