group of death?

Heading into the World Cup, Group G was hailed as the Group of Death, with Brazil, Portugal and Ivory Coast. But let's rank the groups, just for fun. Since every group advanced two, I have to rank them based on how they played in the knockout round.

I'll give one point for a win in the first round, and two points for a win in the next two rounds.

Group E - 5 points [three wins for Netherlands]
Group H - 5 points [three wins for Spain]
Group D - 4 points [one win for Ghana, two wins for Germany]
Group A - 3 points [two wins for Uruguay]
Group B - 1 point [one win for Argentina]
Group F - 1 point [one win for Paraguay]
Group G - 1 point [one win for Brazil]
Group C - 0 points

So there you go, thanks to the U.S. and England, Group C had the worst performance, and therefore Group D had the most number of teams advancing.