Every World Cup team ranked by their countrys national flag
The 2018 World Cup is almost upon us and pubs around the country are starting to put up their 32-flag bunting featuring all of the nations competing in the tournament.
Famous teams such as Italy, the USA and the Netherlands miss out on having their ensigns featured, therefore leaving the big question: Who has the best flag of all the teams who have qualfied?
Scroll down to see our comprehensive, scientific, 100 per cent serious ranking of the 32 flags at the 2018 World Cup.
DISCLAIMER: If youre a person who thinks they might get genuinely offended by someone making fun of their countrys flag, dont read any further than this, you soft top.
32. Poland
If whoever designed this received even one penny for the job, then they were overpaid.
31. Australia
Lets be honest. Theyve just taken the Union Jack and put a few stars next to it.
30. Argentina
Why have they made the sun look like it has tentacles?
29. Uruguay
Another one with a tentacled sun! What is it with these South Americans and funny drawings of the sun?
28. Japan
Shocking flag. Literally just a full stop. Imagine deciding to sum up hundreds of years of imperial history with just a full stop.
27. Morocco
A star, thats it. Only slightly better than Japans full stop.
26. Saudi Arabia
Cant read what that says, so not interested in it.
25. Colombia
Why is the yellow bit so big? Why would they not just make the proportions equal like every other flag on the planet? Utterly stupid.
24. England
Wow, a cross. How exciting. Bet no other countries have done that.
23. Denmark
Oh shock, another cross, but with the colours the other way round. Really inventive.
22. Sweden
Copy. Paste. Boring. Cross.
21. Switzerland
This cross gets ranked higher than the others because the flags actually a square. So at least thats a bit different.
20. France
Wait, you didn't incorporate frogs legs OR snails? Disappointing.
19. Belgium
Decent flag, not very exciting though just like the country it represents.
18. Nigeria
Looks like a really close up, birds-eye-view of the half-way line.
17. Russia
Well at least there's no hammer and sickle. Mind you, the old CCCP kits were pretty cool.
16. Tunisia
You see this, Japan? This is a square with a dot in the middle, too, but these guys have put in a star and crescent as a nod to their history in the Ottoman Empire. How hard was that?
15. Portugal
If youre going to put your countrys coat of arms on your flag, at least make sure its more interesting than just a few shields and some castles.
14. Spain
This is a way better coat of arms. Good work, Spain.
13. Serbia
Its like the Russia flag, only upside down and with a cool double-headed eagle involved.
12. Iran
Something a bit different with the cultural designs separating the three coloured sections. More flags should take a leaf out of Irans book on this.
11. Costa Rica
Looks a little bit like toothpaste. Although thats not necessarily a bad thing.
10. Egypt
Dont want to say too much about this flag in case those wishing death on Sergio Ramos following his tangle with Mo Salah turn up at the office. Cool eagle, guys!
9. Croatia
Gets a high rating solely for the fact it has a golden goat with red horns on it.
8. Senegal
Vibrant colours and a nice little star in the middle. This is a simple flag you can get on board with.
7. Germany
Power flag. Black, red and yellow. No messing around with a white section or any of that nonsense. Proper flag, proper German.
6. Iceland
Round of applause for Iceland everyone. They managed to do a cross and not make it look boring. Who knew all it needed was a funky border?
5. South Korea
A very unique flag. So unique that four of the patterns surrounding the main circle (made up of three black lines) are unique. Thats elite level uniqueness.
4. Panama
Another unique effort which has to be appreciated. Does look a bit like a game of Piano Tiles though.
3. Peru
THERES A LLAMA IN THIS FLAG. Well, not your typical llama, its a vicuna a relative of a llama. Close enough.
2. Brazil
Great colours, for a great nation, which has led to a great football kit and a great football team (except in 2014).
1. Mexico
This has to be top as it is the only flag here that actually has something genuinely interesting going on in it. Who will win in the battle of eagle v serpent? We may never know.
