CONCACAF Number of Spots: 3.5 Mexico USA Costa Rica Hondurus CAF Number of spots: 5 Senegal South Africa Cameroon Nigeria Tunisia CONMEBOL Number of Spots: 4.5 Brazil Argentina Columbia Uruguay Chili AFC Nunber of Spots: 4.5 South Korea Japan China UAE Iran OFC Number of Spots: .5 Australia UEFA Number of Spots: 14 Czech Republic Holland Turkey Portugal Russia France Ireland Italy England Wales Spain Belgium Sweeden Greece Playoffs Chili vs Australia - Australia Hondurus vs Iran - Hondurus Host - Germany
Pot A Brazil Argentina Germany Spain France Nigeria Holland Italy Pot B England Mexico Portugal Czech Republic Ireland Cameroon Sweeden Turkey Pot C USA Costa Rica Belgium South Korea Japan Australia Russia Columbia Pot D Hondurus Senegal Tunisia South Africa UAE Uruguay Greece China
Group A Spain Ireland Japan Tunisia Group B Holland England Columbia China Group C Brazil Czech Republic Belgium Hondurus Group D Italy Portugal South Korea UAE Group E Germany Cameroon Costa Rica Uruguay Group F Argentina Turkey Australia South Africa Group G Nigeria Mexico Russia Greece Group H France Sweeden USA Senegal
this time, 2 #3 seeds don't get automatic #1s. In SK, we got two #3s (Poland, South Korea), and a #2 (Portugal).
uhhh...did I have an extra team ro something? Or do I have a team doubled up in the final 32? They would be a Pot D squad I'd
There are no #2 or #3 seeds. After the first eight teams, they are grouped by region. This is kinda what it will look like for 2006: Pot 1: seeded teams Pot 2: remaining european teams Pot 3: africa and n.america Pot 4: asia and s.american It may be slightly different based on which teams get seeded, and which confederations win the playoffs.
ahhhh...thanks I guess we can just pretend that they did't make it! Sorry Giggsy you sure scaryice? That sounds a lot more plausible than what I did
Beat me to it - no seeding by rank beyond the top seeds - pots are based on geographical criteria. I think I posted a mock draw back in December let me see if I can dig it up. OK, didn't post my mock draw - just discussed it in this thread: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/show...age=15&highlight=world mock draw&pagenumber=2
You've got the seeding process all wrong. In Pot A, England and Mexico would be seeded ahead of Nigeria and the Netherlands. Also, in the past FIFA has grouped CONCACAF and CAF in the same pot, although this may change now since they may not have 8 entrants this time.
How did you determine what teams would make it? Because I can't believe you left out Paraguay (especially in favor of 'Chili'). They are currently leading CONMEBOL after 4 qualifying games (which is still early, I know) but they are one of the top sides in South America, with one of the top keepers in the world. Like I said, they are in 1st place now, I find it hard to believe that they would drop all the way to 6th (or lower) and fail to qualifying for the World Cup. Also, no offense, but you should check your spelling before posting, as you misspelled several nations over the course of your posts, most notabley: "Chili" (Chile), "Columbia" (Colombia), "Hondurus" (Honduras), and "Sweeden" (Sweden).
Here was my little exercise: Group A Germany Ireland Iran Peru Group B Brazil Czech Republic Japan Nigeria Group C England Sweden Saudi Arabia Mali Group D Spain Portugal Costa Rica Cameroon Group E Argentina Netherlands Honduras Tunisia Group F France Belgium USA Paraguay Group G Mexico Denmark Poland Uruguay Group H Italy Croatia Korea South Africa
Who is their keeper now? I think you mean Chilavert, but he's not their keeper anymore. At any rate, I expect them to be among the top 4 teams, qualifying automatically.
#1. My apologies for the spelling #2. I basically picked teams at random from South America #3. I only did this because I was bored and thought it would be fun. I also thought it would be interesting because it seems to be a tougher world cup this time around because South Korea and Japan don't get automatic seeds I'll re-do the Pots later this evening. And attempt to get my spelling fixed
I actually ran a bunch of sims with the following 32 teams: Seeds: Brazil, Spain, Germany, Mexico, England, Italy, France, Argentina Pot B: USA, Costa Rica, Honduras (won playoff v Asia), Senegal, South Africa, Cameroon, Nigeria, Morocco Pot C: Japan, South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Australia (won playoff v South America), Paraguay, Uruguay, Belgium Pot D: Holland, Czech Republic, Denmark, Turkey, Portugal, Ireland, Norway, Croatia Here were the results of the 10,000 sims for chances of winning: Germany - 18% Brazil - 15% Netherlands - 11% France - 10% Argentina - 9% Czech Republic - 7% Spain - 6% England - 5% Portugal - 3% Ireland - 3% The USA is given a 0.61% chance of winning given these 32 teams, 18th out of 32. The only team not to win at least once was Saudi Arabia who made the final once out of 10,000 times and lost. Iran won once, and South Africa won 3 times. Oh and though he did misspell Colombia, I'm not sure it matters as they are already in a world of trouble when it comes to qualifying.
Knock out rounds BTW,here is how the knock out rounds play out: 1Ax2B (Game 1) 1Bx2A (2) 1Cx2D (3) 1Dx2C (4) 1Ex2F (5) 1Fx2E (6) 1Gx2H (7) 1Hx2G (8) Quarters: 1x3 (A) 2x4 (B) 5x7 (C) 6x8 (D) Semis: AxC BxD My prediction: Brazil wins, regardless! I won't bother plugging teams in...