Recent history of Argentina's world cup draws

what i could not remember which is not much is taken from great site www.worldcup-history.com
i've awarded a measure to each draw based on what, albeit in retrospect, in consider the "toughness" of each draw.... 2002 will always be the toughest draw i think while 1998 the easiest.... in 1998 Argentina played two very weak teams in the first round: Japan and Jamaica.. thats unusual...... in 2002 Argentina played two very tough teams: England and Sweden & another team everyone thought was very tough but in retrospect turned out to be a paper tiger: Nigeria.. when Argentina beat Nigeria 1-0 in its opening match, believing Nigeria to be a very tough team, Argentines felt they were on the right track.. you could almost have predicted Argentina would fail to make second round simply by observing Nigeria's subsequent pitiful displays against England and Sweden..


2002 (difficulty index: 8.5)
Argentina
England
Nigeria
Sweden

1998 (difficulty index: 1)
Argentina
Croatia
Japan
Jamaica

1994 (difficulty index: 5)
Argentina
Greece
Bulgaria
Nigeria

1990 (difficulty index: 7.5)
Argentina
Cameroon
Soviet Union
Romania

1986 (difficulty index: 6.5)
Argentina
Bulgaria
Italy
South Korea