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
No way! I predict that Montserrat will come in forth in CONCACAF and thus will be in the playoff with Asia. That team of course will be- Bhutan! And we all know how that one will end.
My picks Comenbol: 1- Brazil 2- Argentina 3- Colombia 4- Uruguay (Peru) Africa: 5- Nigeria 6- Cameroon 7- South Africa 8- Senegal 9- Egypt CONCACAF 10- USA 11- Mexico 12- Honduras (Canada) Oceania: 13- Australia Asia: 14- South Korea 15- Japan 16- Iran 17- China (Iraq) UEFA: 18- Germany 19- England 20- France 21- Spain 22- Italy 23- Netherlands 24- Czech Republic 25- Norway 26- Wales 27- Portugal 28- Ukraine 29- Russia 30- Serbia and Montenegro 31- Sweden 32- Turkey (Ireland) (Romania) I've included possible last spots in case that FIFA decides to increase the number of teams to 36.
All i know, is that i want teams that nobody thought would be there to make it.....like Fiji or New Zealand, or Canada or Iraq......... i also want teams who think they have some divine right to be there to not make it.......like Australia.....man, i would die with a smile on my face if the Oceania spot went to any team other than them......how depressed would it get there
Re: My picks Were thinking on the basis of 32 teams joining. You should pick either Canada or Iraq based on a playoff between the two for the final spot.
Re: Re: My picks That's a hard guess. Who do you guys think would qualify in a Canada x Iraq playoff?
UEFA- Germany Spain France England Netherlands Turkey Denmark Italy Czech Republic Portugal Ireland Belgium Sweden Serbia and Montenegro (Yugo.) CONMEBOL- Brazil Argentina Paraguay Uruguay CAF- Cameroon Senegal Nigeria Morroco South Africa AFC- South Korea Japan Iran Saudi Arabia CONCACAF- United States Mexico Costa Rica Honduras OFC- Australia
I think Oceania's spot is justified. Okay so the region has quite a lot of work to do but I believe that Australia and New Zealand are top quality sides that if they play more often they should be in the top 30. It is a shame that they do not play often and the position of 45 Aust and 49 NZ shows that. These two teams should be better than that and only 1 will make it to Germany in 2006. It will be Australia because Farina has stated that he will field a full strength line up against New Zealand. The OFC Nation Cup 1-0 defeat was also due to inexperience of the Australians, which was basicaly half an A side. I cannot comment on the other confederations because it is far too close to call. Especially UEFA!
I know the reasons to include Israel in UEFA but why not include Australia and New Zealand in Asia? of course due to the little to zero competition in the region.