Granted I'm basing this on a lot of assumptions Pool A: South Africa England Chile New Zealand Pool B: Brazil Russia Cameroon Australia Pool C: Germany Netherlands Ivory Coast Japan Pool D: Italy Serbia Paraguay Honduras Pool E: France Switzerland Tunisia North Korea Pool F: Spain Slovakia Uruguay South Korea Pool G: Argentina Greece Ghana Mexico Pool H: Portugal Denmark Algeria United States I just threw this out there to see where it might lead. Obviously the playoffs,final African fixtures,the way FIFA has its pots and the draw could throw a wrench into all this. Questions? Comments?
Germany and Netherlands in the same group? mmmm, I think Netherlands will be in the 1rst level the draw's day, beside South Africa, Brazil, Germany, Spain, Italy, Argentina and (France). In the other hand, I think Portugal gonna be in the 2nd european level, beside England, Serbia, Switzerland, Denmark, Slovakia, etc.
Edgar (he who knows) says the seeds should be South Africa, Italy, Brazil, Germany, Spain, England, Argentina and another European team (France/Portugal/Netherlands). That would stop the Group A shown above by the way. Ignoring that, the draw as it stands would be close to the worst possible for the AFC teams. J
I threw it out there to see what's possible,not what's going to happen. Now if that is the 2010 FIFA World Cup draw..............................
OP, first off england will be seeded, second italy will get group f, the winners of previous tournaments are placed in group f. other than that it seems ok
This may have been covered before but in 2006 Brazil (as holders) were given top seed in Group F (before the draw). Will this be the case with Italy this year? I have seen it mentioned but is it official?
You're right that England will be seeded. But WC winner to Group F? That happened once--Brazil in 2006. In 2002, France were placed into Group A. What are you basing this on?
Here is my draw.. very accurate by the way ..hehehe. Pot 1- South Africa-ARG-BRA-SPA-ITA-GER-NET-ENG Pot 2- DEN-SER-SWI-POR-GRE-RUS-UKR-SLVN Pot 3 -ATL-KOR-PDRK-******-BAH-CHI-PAR-URU Pot 4- CAM-ALG-GHA-TUN-CIV-HON.MEX-USA GROUPS A SOUTH AFRICA DENNMARK BAHRAIN USA B ARGENTINA CAMEROOM ESLOVENIJA AUSTRALIA C SPAIN PORTUGAL CHILE GHANA D ITALY RUSSIA PARAGUAY ALGERIA E GERMANY JAPAN TUNISIA UKRAINE F BRAZIL SERBIA PDR KOREA IVORY COAST G NETHERLAND GRECCE URUGUAY HONDURAS H ENGLAND KOREA MEXICO SWITZERLAND
If Uruguay does advance, which 5-team continent do you think gets the "advantage" of being in the same pot as CONMEBOL's 3 teams, Asia or Africa, and therefore not have to face them? It seems to me that this is going to be a completely political decision by FIFA, but I can't tell if they'll be pro-Africa because of the location of the Cup or pro-Asia because of the number of federations. In 2002, CONCACAF and AFC had to be put together for the sake of numbers because of the two Asian hosts and the glut of Euro teams. But in 2006, Par-Ecu & Australia could have been put with Asia's 5, but were instead put with Africa's 5, while CONCACAF and Asia shared a pot. Who determined that and how? And how will it be determined this time?
i can guarantee you 100% that it will not happen this way. You have both Greece and Ukraine making it.
oh shit, group C looks crazy. F looks very entertaining as well. In this draw i'd say A DENNMARK USA B ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA C SPAIN CHILE D ITALY RUSSIA E GERMANY UKRAINE F BRAZIL IvORY COAST G NETHERLAND URUGUAY H ENGLAND MEXICO
FIFA will avoid a South American country in the same group of South Africa. i am sure they will play against a CONCACAF nation and from Asia
so u also have russia and slovenia in there who are playing eachother and no france or ireland? you can sit down again.
I also thought past FIFA tournaments come into play re seedings. Unless its just world cup, but even still, how can england who missed out on euro be seeded and portugal not who not only qualified for euro but made the wtr finals aswell as making the semis in germany world cup? What a joke these seedings are. Same with Holland. Won every match in qualifying yet england looks as though will be seeded above them. What a joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I swapped england and portugal around because I think thats what will happen more than likely. Im not sure how it works they change the bloody format every year. Anyway Ive got South Africa vs Russia in the 2nd round im tipping south africa. Brazil vs Portugal Brazil. Germany vs Serbia germany wins. Italy vs Holland Italy holland would choke again even after there good win at euro. Switzerland vs Slovakia Slovakia. Spain vs France Spain - Spain. Argentina vs denmark - argentina and england vs chana - england. QTR Finals South africa vs Italy - Italy Brazil vs Germany - Germany Slovakia vs England - England Spain vs Argentina - Argentina Italy vs Argentina - Argentina Germany vs England - Germany Italy vs England - England Germany vs Argentina - Argentina replay of italia 90 except Argentina reigns triumphant, and england beats Italy to third place.