What teams will qualify for 2006

[Soccerfever]

Originally posted by Korea_Fighting
Asia deserves and will get six spots.

Korea Rep.
Japan
China
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Thailand

I'll have to disagree with that!4 spots is enough for Asia!

While Korea Republic and Japan played very well at the World Cup,the other 2 nations were quite poor,especially Saudi Arabia.China were not that disapointing knowing that this was their first ever World Cup and they were drawn in a group containing the Champions and the third place team.But both China and Saudi Arabia failed to score a goal....

["Simply Ken"]

The following are IMO the strongest sides in each of the confederations right now. Of course, the picture could look different by the time of the qualifiers for 2006.

AFC
1. S.Korea (B)
2. Japan (B)
3. Iran (B-/B)
4. Saudi Arabia (C+/B-)
5. China (C+)

(The AFC has plenty of other teams that rank just below China or thereabouts, but as a whole, the confederation has probably only 3 teams that are clearly international level, i.e. B- or better).

Concacaf
1. Mexico (B)
2. USA (B)
3. Costa Rica (B-/B)
4. Honduras (B-)
5. Jamaica (C+)
(Concacaf has improved a lot, but in general, presents a picture IMO somewhat analagous to the AFC)

OFC
1. Australia (B-/B)
2. New Zealand (C+)
(The rest of the OFC teams are worthless)

Conembol
1. Brazil (B+/A-)
2. Argentina (B+/A-)
3. Paraguay (B)
4. Uraguay (B)
5. Columbia (B)
6. Ecuador (B-/B)
7. Chile (B-)
(After Brazil and Argentina, IMO there is a lot of parity in Conembol, with most of the other sides decent but not more)

UEFA
UEFA essentially has 4 type of teams, and plenty in each category. Hence, I won't rank them sequentially, instead mentioning that the first category sides (B+) include France, Holland, Germany, Spain, Italy, recently Turkey as well as England. The 2nd category trail close behind (B/B+) and include sides such as Denmark, Portugal, Yugoslavia, Ireland, etc. The next category drop somewhat and include sides such as Russia, Scotland, Austria, Belgium and others with experience but very little serious accomplishment in the larger scheme of things. The 3rd tier sides are mediocre (C+ or below), including some such as Greece or Slovenia that have qualified from UEFA to the World Cup. UEFA also has its share of real minnows as well.

CAF
There are many African sides that are decent. But while there is a usually one African team since Cameroon in WC90 that does well, the typical pattern is for the rest of the representatives from Africa to merely show themselves competitive while exiting in the first round.
Among the African teams, the first tier (B/B+) IMO right now still include Cameroon and Nigeria, with Senegal adding its name to the list. The 2nd tier include S.Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, and several other such sides ranging from (B-) to (B).

[soccerhooligan33]

CONCACAF (3.5)
1/Mexico
2/US
3/Costa Rica
4/Honduras

AFC (4.5)
1/Japan
2/S. Korea
3/S. Arabia
4/Iran
5/Thailand

CAF (5)
1/Cameroon
2/Nigeria
3/S. Africa
4/Morocco
5/Egypt

COMNEBOL
1/Argentina
2/Brazil
3/Uraguay
4/Paraguay

UEFA
1/France
2/Netherlands
3/Spain
4/Turkey
5/Italy
6/England
7/Demnark
8/Belgium
9/Ireland Republic
10/Yugoslavia
11/Russia
12/Sweden
13/Romania

OFC
1/Australia

HOST
1/Germany

[prk166]

Originally posted by Fender playa
[B]For conmebol

Brazil
Argentina
Paragauy
Colombia
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Sorry. That's won't happen with them going to 4 spots just so the flippin' Aussies can go to the World Cup.

[El Cabrito]

Okay here is my assesment...


CONCACAF:
1) Mexico
2) USA
3) Honduras
4) Costa Rica (play off Vs Asia)

Canada might get by however I think their youth needs to prove it on the field before I can put them on the list. Ofcourse this is a list from 2003 a lot can change.


CONMEBOL
1) Argentina
2) Brazil
3) Colombia
4) Uruguay

Paraguay has been slipping, however Colombia has a habit of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. It wouldnt surprise me if Paraguay snuck in with Colombia coming out... from the rest I dont know what to think of Ecuador, if they have some young up and coming talent they might be able to do it again.

UEFA
1) France
2) England
3) Holland
4) Italy
5) Spain
6) Ireland
7) Denmark
8) Portugal
9) Bulgaria
10) Russia
11) Romania
12) Belgium
13) Sweeden

Host) Germany

This one I didnt put in any specific order I am simply going by what I know about the Europeans (which is not very much) Croatia might be able to sneak in... Slovania and Greece might get in on account of the uneven groups.... I know I neglected to put Yugoslavia and Chech Rep. I know that they are decent teams however they also have a nack of not making it.

CAF
1) Nigeria
2) Cameroon
3) Morroco
4) Egypt
5) Ghana

I confess I dont know much about this region neithere however I have heard a lot of good things about Ghana, they never seem to get over the hump so I pick next WC as the year they do it. My noticable omission from the list is Sengal who might very well get in, personally I loved their WC run however I dont know if its legit or just a case of playing grate soccer douring that one month.


AFC

1) Japan
2) Korea
3) Iran
4) China
5) Saudi Arabia (Playoff Vs CONCACAF)

This is a hard region to call since there are plenty of teams that can do well vs certain teams in the region yet lose vs others... Iraq and Thiland might easily overun Irand or Saudi Arabia... China will probably be considerably better in 4 years.

OFC

Australia will pass go and collect free WC spot.



Playoff

Costa Rica Vs Saudi Arabia-------> Costa Rica

Unless Saudi Arabia has some young gun I dont know about I would say Costa Rica runs them down... Although they are our big rivals in CONCACAF, I really enjoy Paulo Cesar Wanchope... If Saudia Arabia can withstand the attack of Costa Rica, they might pull it off as the big weakness in CR is their deffense.

[Parkhead_Faithful]

Originally posted by Doctor Stamen
England should get there, depending on who's in the group. Ireland and possibly Wales as well. I doubt Scotland will though.

England probably, I dont think Wales will and Ireland are struggling as it is in the euro qualifiers, depends who they have managing them I suppose.
I think Scotland will be in much better shape by the time we get to world cup qualifying actually (i hope anyway) wether we qualify depends on the group, i think a play off would be much more likely if they are still working it that way, god knows anymore.

[Treetaliano]

I can't believe that there are 4 pages of posts on this.

You cant even begin to guess this crap UNTIL THE DRAW IS OUT

Although it's nice to have read perhaps the stupidest post ever on BS

Originally posted by Korea_Fighting
Asia deserves and will get six spots.


Lay off the sake dude...

[Soccerfever]

I'm surprised that from the CONCACAF teams,no one mentionned Trinidad & Tobago.

They have a huge crop of players like Arnold Dwarika and Stern John.They were poor at the end of the qualifiers in which they finished last in the final round of the region.But at least they got there!They will probably do better next time!

[gabe]

Playoff

Costa Rica Vs Saudi Arabia-------> Costa Rica

Unless Saudi Arabia has some young gun I dont know about I would say Costa Rica runs them down... Although they are our big rivals in CONCACAF, I really enjoy Paulo Cesar Wanchope... If Saudia Arabia can withstand the attack of Costa Rica, they might pull it off as the big weakness in CR is their deffense.


i agree that Costa Rica will go, but weakness in defense? Did you watch Gilberto Martinez during 2002? how cares if they lost a game allowing 5 goals against, but stil run the tapes of CR vrs Mexico in the Azteca, see how well he was there, and even against USA in Saprissa

[IASocFan]

America:
US, Mex, Costa Rica, Canada, Arg, Bra, Col, Par
Africa:
Senegal, Nigeria, Cameroon, S. Africa, Morroco
Asia, OFC:
Japan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Australia
UEFA:
Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, England, Netherlands, Czech Rep., Sweden, Turkey, Ireland, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Croatia

[AFCA]

Originally posted by "Simply Ken"
The following are IMO the strongest sides in each of the confederations right now. Of course, the picture could look different by the time of the qualifiers for 2006.

AFC
1. S.Korea (B)
2. Japan (B)
3. Iran (B-/B)
4. Saudi Arabia (C+/B-)
5. China (C+)

(The AFC has plenty of other teams that rank just below China or thereabouts, but as a whole, the confederation has probably only 3 teams that are clearly international level, i.e. B- or better).

Concacaf
1. Mexico (B)
2. USA (B)
3. Costa Rica (B-/B)
4. Honduras (B-)
5. Jamaica (C+)
(Concacaf has improved a lot, but in general, presents a picture IMO somewhat analagous to the AFC)

OFC
1. Australia (B-/B)
2. New Zealand (C+)
(The rest of the OFC teams are worthless)

Conembol
1. Brazil (B+/A-)
2. Argentina (B+/A-)
3. Paraguay (B)
4. Uraguay (B)
5. Columbia (B)
6. Ecuador (B-/B)
7. Chile (B-)
(After Brazil and Argentina, IMO there is a lot of parity in Conembol, with most of the other sides decent but not more)

UEFA
UEFA essentially has 4 type of teams, and plenty in each category. Hence, I won't rank them sequentially, instead mentioning that the first category sides (B+) include France, Holland, Germany, Spain, Italy, recently Turkey as well as England. The 2nd category trail close behind (B/B+) and include sides such as Denmark, Portugal, Yugoslavia, Ireland, etc. The next category drop somewhat and include sides such as Russia, Scotland, Austria, Belgium and others with experience but very little serious accomplishment in the larger scheme of things. The 3rd tier sides are mediocre (C+ or below), including some such as Greece or Slovenia that have qualified from UEFA to the World Cup. UEFA also has its share of real minnows as well.

CAF
There are many African sides that are decent. But while there is a usually one African team since Cameroon in WC90 that does well, the typical pattern is for the rest of the representatives from Africa to merely show themselves competitive while exiting in the first round.
Among the African teams, the first tier (B/B+) IMO right now still include Cameroon and Nigeria, with Senegal adding its name to the list. The 2nd tier include S.Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, and several other such sides ranging from (B-) to (B).

Nice post but what on earth makes you think that Argentina is stronger than any of the European (B) teams? I can agree with Brazil being just a bit above everyone else, but Argentina? They fit in with Europe's top. Not better, not worse.

[El Cabrito]

i agree that Costa Rica will go, but weakness in defense? Did you watch Gilberto Martinez during 2002? how cares if they lost a game allowing 5 goals against, but stil run the tapes of CR vrs Mexico in the Azteca, see how well he was there, and even against USA in Saprissa

From what I hear Gilberto Martinez is an exceptional talent however I dont think one player makes a defense overall I think they are a little below average in the "D" and The CR goalkeeper doesn't exactly inspire grate confidence, these factors combined are what make me seee CR's deffense as their weakness however I think they can light up the scoreboards with the rest of them in order to compensate.

[SABuffalo786]

Originally posted by usain2010
HOLLAND WILL BE THERE AND KICK EVERYONES ASS

Yeah, I think Matt Holland will be the breakout player of '06, too. :D

[astabooty]

Originally posted by usain2010
HOLLAND WILL BE THERE AND KICK EVERYONES ASS

good call, i agree. cept maybe for winning. at least semis tho.

[Mefisto]

Originally posted by gabe
Playoff

Costa Rica Vs Saudi Arabia-------> Costa Rica

Unless Saudi Arabia has some young gun I dont know about I would say Costa Rica runs them down..

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[art]

Ignore Montserrat at your peril.

[DoyleG]

From UEFA
Germany (Host)
England
France
Spain
Italy
Ukraine
Scotland
Netherlands
Sweden
Croatia
Turkey
Ireland
Czech Rep.
Wales

AFC
Japan
South Korea
China PR
Iran

CAF
Nigeria
Cameroon
Nigeria
South Africa
Ghana

CSF
Brazil
Argentina
Columbia
Chile

CONCACAF
USA
Canada
Mexico

OFC
New Zealand

Playoff:
Honduras def. Korea DPR

[Soccerfever]

Nigeria sending two teams?:)

[DoyleG]

Error there

Algeria

[Soccerfever]

I prefer the chances of Egypt!