now that we know the 32 qualified teams, let's try and guess how the 8 groups are gonna look like

AFRICA :

Angola
Ivory Coast
Togo
Ghana
Tunisia


ASIA :

Japan
Iran
South Korea
Saudi Arabia


EUROPE :

Germany
Ukraine
Netherlands
Poland
England
Croatia
Italy
Portugal
Sweden
Serbia and Montenegro
France
Switzerland
Spain
Czech Republic


NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA

USA
Mexico
Costa Rica
Trinidad and Tobago


SOUTH AMERICA :

Brazil
Argentina
Paraguay
Ecuador

OCEANIA :

Australia

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"A style that's impossible to define. Prog? Hardly. Tech house? Not boring enough. It's like trippy twisted acid house but deep and funky. See, I told you - impossible."

Group 1:
Morocco
Sweeeeeeden
Colombia
Switzerland

who are gonna be the top 8 seeds ?

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"A style that's impossible to define. Prog? Hardly. Tech house? Not boring enough. It's like trippy twisted acid house but deep and funky. See, I told you - impossible."

Right, so as I'm a dork and I'm bored, I'll make a random draw.

First, there's the seedings. I'll go by the FIFA Rankings for this. So, the teams would be divided by the different seedings like this:

First seeds:
*Germany (hosts)
*Brazil
*Netherlands
*Czech Rep
*Argentina
*France
*Mexico
*USA

Second seeds:
*Spain
*England
*Portugal
*Italy
*Sweden
*Japan
*Croatia
*Costa Rica

Third seeds:
*Iran
*Poland
*Tunisia
*South Korea
*Saudi Arabia
*Paraguay
*Ecuador
*Switzerland

Fourth seeds:
*Ukraine
*Serbia & Montenegro
*Cote d'Ivoire
*Togo
*Ghana
*Trinidad & Tobago
*Australia
*Angola

Now distributing these randomly (using online random number generator) into the 8 groups. Restrictions: no more than 2 european nations in a group, no more than 1 nation from any other continent in a group.

Group A
Brazil
Italy
Tunisia
Australia

Group B
Netherlands
Spain
Paraguay
Ghana

Group C
France
England
Saudi Arabia
Trinidad & Tobago

Group D
Argentina
Croatia
Poland
Cote d'Ivoire

Group E
USA
Portugal
Ecuador
Ukraine

Group F
Czech Rep
Sweden
South Korea
Angola

Group G
Germany
Costa Rica
Iran
Serbia & Montenegro

Group H
Mexico
Japan
Switzerland
Togo

Interesting result, with some groups being clearly easier than others (E,H and G are much easier than A and B). We'd meet USA again, dunno if that'd be a very good thing..

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sempre contra a corrente do jogo

If Portugal plays the US again they will win. US got lucky last WC they will be horrrible this time around have no faith in them...dont start Eddie...also the suprises this year I think will be Serbs, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and the Aussies.

Big Disapointments I can see: France, Germany, Argentina, and the Czechs

paranoik your a dork lets play FM

Germany's group is gonna be:

Germany
Trinidad & Tobago
Togo
Saudi Arabia

hehe

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and Togo & Saudi Arabia will qualify

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"A style that's impossible to define. Prog? Hardly. Tech house? Not boring enough. It's like trippy twisted acid house but deep and funky. See, I told you - impossible."

quote:

Originally posted by InterMilan31 Group 1: Morocco Sweeeeeeden Colombia Switzerland

Question: Who's going to be the first team to leave the world cup?
Answer: Switzerland.

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quote:

Originally posted by paranoik0 Group A Brazil Italy Tunisia Australia

I'd have multiple orgasims if that group were true.

Um, since England won their group and beat the Argentines, I'm pretty sure they'll be back up into the top 8 in the (incredibly unbalanced) FIFA rankings. They'll be a top seed for sure.

the "groups of death" are always fun, but I'd rather not see England in any of them.

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"No offense, but you're stupid"

quote:

Originally posted by InterMilan31 If Portugal plays the US again they will win. US got lucky last WC they will be horrrible this time around have no faith in them...dont start Eddie...

i was gonna start ramblin but you told me not to start so whatever lol u knw how i feel about that.
Group predictions are hard but 2morrow ill post how i want some of the groups to turn out.

quote:

Originally posted by InterMilan31 Group 1: Morocco Sweeeeeeden Colombia Switzerland

lol could you imagine the wars in here if that ever happened