1/8 finals (your predictions)

My prediction for 1/8 finals:

A: South Africa and Mexico.
B: Argentina and Nigeria.
C: England and United States.
D: Germany and Serbia.
E: Netherlands and Cameroon.
F: Paraguay and Italy.
G: Brazil and Ivory Coast.
H: Spain and Chile.

In no particular order:

Group A: France and Mexico
Group B: Argentina and Nigeria
Group C: England and Slovenia
Group D: Germany and Ghana
Group E: Netherlands and Denmark
Group F: Italy and Paraguay
Group G: Brazil and Portugal
Group H: Spain and Chile

A: Uruguay and France
B:Argentina and South Kore
C: England and USA
D: Germany and Ghana
E: Netherlands and Denmark
F: Italy and Paraguay
G: Brazil and Portugal
H: Spain and Chile

No specific order

Group A: South Africa and Mexico
Group B: Argentina and Nigeria
Group C: England and United States
Group D: Germany and Ghana/Serbia (will give prediction when I know Ghana's squad)
Group E: Netherlands and Cameroon
Group F: Italy and Paraguay
Group G: Brazil and Cote d'Ivoire
Group H: Spain and Switzerland

You have too much faith on the African teams. They are all good, but not great teams. The coaching problems that Nigeria and Ivory Coast are facing right now does not help them out either. Three out of five of these teams advancing to round is a good possibility, but five out of five is just not going to happen.

GolDeLetra:
I'll give you Cote d'Ivoire, but I did post it when TO THE BEST OF EVERYONE'S KNOWLEDGE HIDDINK WAS COACH. And once that was announced EVERYONE had Cote d'Ivoire pipping Portugal. But the announcement was premature...

Nigeria has South Korea and Greece. Greece got utterly thrashed by Senegal. It was disgraceful, cuz a fairer result would be 6:0 or 7:0. If Greece get a single point I'll be in awe. So its a contest between South Korea and Nigeria. I'm betting on Nigeria. Besides... you yourself chose Nigeria... So? What exactly is your issue? (p.s. Nigeria no longer has coaching issues...)

4 or 5 out of 6. You forgot about Algieria.
I'm withholding from having an opinion on Ghana until I see the squad.
I may change my opinion on Nigeria after the first test matches with the new coach.
Plus I'm backtracking on Cote d'Ivoire (50/50 between Portugal and Cote d'Ivoire, but that still depends on how quick they get a coach).

So I have 3 out of 6 plus 2 noncommitals.

Besides Africa has had appauling WC after WC. So this time I see a change around. Plus the refs will finally get off African teams backs (vide 1998 or 1982).

In no Particular oder..


A: Uruguay and Mexico
B: Argentina and Nigeria
C: England and Slovenia
D: Germany and Ghana
E: Netherlands and Denmark
F: Italy and Paraguay
G: Brazil and Portugal
H: Spain and Chile


But Group A Mexico will win the first Match as Will Uruguay and thats why i think they will qualify to the second stage..

Group A: Mexico and Uruguay
Group B: Argentina and Nigeria
Group C: England and United States
Group D: Germany and Serbia
Group E: Nederland and Cameroon
Group F: Italy and Slovakia
Group G: Brazil and Portugal
Group H: Spain and Suisse

Group A: France and Mexico
Group B: Argentina and Nigeria
Group C: Ghana and Germany
Group D: England and United States
Group E: Netherlands and Denmark
Group F: Italy and Paraguay
Group G: Brazil and Ivory Coast
Group H: Spain and Chile

A: France and Mexico.
B: Argentina and Nigeria.
C: England and United States.
D: Germany and Ghana.
E: Netherlands and Cameroon.
F: Paraguay and Italy.
G: Brazil and Ivory Coast.
H: Spain and Chile.

I see a Brazil beating Spain in the finals. I actually think Spain may be the better team, but I'm not one to look for history to be broken (No European team has everyone a WC not played in Europe).

A: France, Mexico.
B: Argentina, Nigeria.
C: England, United States.
D: Germany, Ghana.
E: Netherlands, Cameroon.
F: Slovakia, Italy.
G: Brazil, Portugal.
H: Spain, Switzerland.

A: Uruguay, Mexico.
B: Argentina, Nigeria.
C: England, United States.
D: Germany, Ghana.
E: Netherlands, Denmark.
F: Italy, Paraguay.
G: Brazil, Portugal.
H: Spain, Honduras.

right....Paraguay won't get out of their group and Slovakia will....sigh

A: France, South Africa
B: Argentina, Greece
C: England, Slovenia
D: Serbia, Germany
E: Netherlands, Cameroon
F: Italy, Slovakia
G: Brazil, Portugal
H: Spain, Chile

A: Mexico, France.
B: Argentina, Nigeria.
C: England, Slovania.
D: Serbia, Ghana.
E: Netherlands, Denmark.
F: Paraguay, Italy.
G: Brazil, Portugal.
H: Spain, Switzerland.

BTW I'm betting on Argentina to be the outright winner this weekend

Group A: Mexico, South Africa (Never underestimate home advantage)
Group B: Argentina, Korea Republic (homer call lol)
Group C: England, USA
Group D: Germany, Australia
Group E: Netherlands, Denmark
Group F: Italy, Paraguay
Group G: Brazil, Ivory Coast
Group H: Spain, Switzerland

Many of you are not including South Africa in second round (exception Maruti, Jaime Chile, Fabio)? Remember the importance of fan pressure and the refereeing. Host nations have always progressed to the second round, including:
Japan and South Korea 2002 (scandalous refereeing)
USA 94
Mexico 86
Mexico 70
Chile 62
Sweden 58 (reached final)
Switzerland 54

Lets get over it. South Africa will reach the second round. I assume Mexico and Uruguay will see some surprising referee decisions in their matches with the host.

groups (first place followed by second)
a: france, uruguay
b: argentina, greece
c: usa, slovenia
d: germany, australia
e: netherlands, denmark
f: paraguay, italy
g: brasil, portugal
h: spain, switzerland

round 2:
france beats greece
usa beats australia
netherlands beats italy
brasil beats switzerland
uruguay beats argentina
germany beats slovenia
paraguay beats denmark
spain beats portugal

QF:
usa beats france
brasil beats netherlands
germany beats uruguay
spain beats paraguay

SF:
usa beats brasil on PKs
spain beats germany

final:
usa 2, spain 0. like last time. we beat them once, and we can do it again.

go usa!

I really think you should however note that both Japan and Korea advanced from their group phase FAIR AND SQUARE. Korea i.e. thrashed Poland and then beat a 9-man Portugal (but the truth is all cards for Portugal were well deserved).

jcp97: Not a single African team in the second round in an African World Cup??? Not likely... even if FIFA had to push an African team with the most corrupt referee in existence.

My prediction:

Group A: Mexico, France
Group B: Argentina, Korea Republic
Group C: England, USA
Group D: Ghana, Germany
Group E: Netherlands, Cameroon
Group F: Italy, Paraguay
Group G: Brazil, Ivory Coast
Group H: Spain, Chile

groups (first place followed by second)
a: france, mexico
b: argentina, s. korea
c: england, usa
d: serbia, germany
e: netherlands, cameroon
f: italy, paraguay
g: brasil, ivory coast
h: spain, chile

round 2:
france beats korea
england beats germany
argentina beats mexico
usa beats serbia
netherlands beats paraguay
brasil beats chile
cameroon beats italy
spain beats IC

QF:
england beats france
argentina beats usa
netherlands beats brasil
spain beats cameroon

SF:
netherlands beats england
spain beats argentina

final:
spain beats netherlands

changing this

A: France, Mexico.
B: Argentina, Nigeria.
C: England, United States.
D: Germany, Ghana.
E: Netherlands, Cameroon.
F: Slovakia, Paraguay.
G: Brazil, Portugal.
H: Spain, Switzerland.

Italy is not getting out of their group.

A: Mexico, Uruguay
B: Argentina, South Korea
C: England, USA
D: Germany, Serbia
E: Netherlands, Cameroon
F: Italy, Paraguay
G: Brazil, Ivory Coast
H: Spain, Switzerland

A: Mexico , Uruguay (maybe france if they start performing better in their friendlies)
B: Argentina, South Korea
C: England, USA
D: Germany, Serbia
E: NEtherlands, Cameroon
F: Italy, Paraguay
G: Brazil, Ivory Coast
H: Spain, Chile