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Re: Official World Cup 2010 Qualifying Thread
Anyone know how they calculate the "best 8" of the 9 runners up? It can't just be on points, since that would be unfair against group 9. Is it something like how many points they get v 1st, 3rd and 4th in the group?
Not that it matters since we'll win our group... but just in case. |
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Anyone know how they calculate the "best 8" of the 9 runners up? It can't just be on points, since that would be unfair against group 9. Is it something like how many points they get v 1st, 3rd and 4th in the group? Not that it matters since we'll win our group... but just in case. [/ QUOTE ] It's best v 1,3,4 & 5. |
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I'm pretty happy with Scotland's draw. Holland haven't been anything special, and hopefully they won't improve much in the next year or so. There were much stronger teams than Norway in pot 3 that I'm glad we've avoided (especially Serbia), and I'm fairly confident of taking 12 points from our fixtures with Iceland and Macedonia. A couple of years from now I hope I'm not looking back at this post wondering how I could be so over-confident. [/ QUOTE ] As a Norwegian, we are pretty happy with facing Scotland, as well [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] We're not happy with being in the third seeding group, though, as we were just moved down from the second group. We just missed the Euros cut, mainly because of huge goalkeeping errors in the two games against Turkey. I think group 9 is fairly open. Holland isn't very strong these days, we'll see in the Euros. Unless they improve, Holland/Scotland/Norway could all take the group. I'm also worried about how they rank group runner ups. I read that they supposedly rank them by average points/game. However, that isn't really fair either as our group runner up would get two games less against the easiest opponents. |
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As a Norwegian who lives in Scotland our group could turn real interesting, hopefully Scotland/Norway will go 1/2nd and the dutch will blow up
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CONCAF qualifying is more confusing then UEFA.
For example Domininca plays Barbados in a home and home then the winner plays a home and home vs the USA and the winner will be one of 4 teams in group 1. Then the top 2 teams in each group get though to the final qualifying stage. Group 1 Dominica/Barbados vs. USA Turks and Caicos Islands/S. Lucia vs. Guatemala Bermuda/Cayman Islands vs. Trinidad and Tobago Aruba/Antigua and Barbuda vs. Cuba Group 2 Belize/St. Kitts and Nevis vs. Mexico Bahamas/British Virgin Islands vs. Jamaica Dominican Republic/Puerto Rico vs. Honduras Canada vs. St Vincent and Grenadines Group 3 US Virgin Islands/Grenada vs. Costa Rica Suriname/Montserrat vs. Guyana El Salvador/Anguilla vs. Panama Nicaragua/Netherlands Antilles vs. Haiti Canada has a tough draw, and the US will likely play down in Havana which will be interesting to say the least. |
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Well that's probably the best we could have hoped for, although thats what was said about the Euro group. Why does England suck so bad traveling to eastern Europe?
Also I look forward to the England-Kazakhstan home game for the hilarious Borat references and costumes.....NOT! Also can someone explain CONCAF qualification to me? 4 teams qualify with random matches during/after the group phase? Also will they let USA play in Havana or Cuba play in the US? May end up on neutral ground I suppose |
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Yes, really unfortunate grouping for Canada. Why did they use the May rankings as the basis for the seeding and not the latest ranking, or the ranking following the Gold Cup?? The European seedings were based on the latest rankings.
Anyway, not an impossible task, but with the dubious officiating in CONCACAF, I think it will be tough for us to qualify. What about the Aussie group? Maybe they will now regret joining the Asian federation. Not going to be easy for them either... |
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CONCAF qualifying is more confusing then UEFA. For example Domininca plays Barbados in a home and home then the winner plays a home and home vs the USA and the winner will be one of 4 teams in group 1. Then the top 2 teams in each group get though to the final qualifying stage. Group 1 Dominica/Barbados vs. USA Turks and Caicos Islands/S. Lucia vs. Guatemala Bermuda/Cayman Islands vs. Trinidad and Tobago Aruba/Antigua and Barbuda vs. Cuba Group 2 Belize/St. Kitts and Nevis vs. Mexico Bahamas/British Virgin Islands vs. Jamaica Dominican Republic/Puerto Rico vs. Honduras Canada vs. St Vincent and Grenadines Group 3 US Virgin Islands/Grenada vs. Costa Rica Suriname/Montserrat vs. Guyana El Salvador/Anguilla vs. Panama Nicaragua/Netherlands Antilles vs. Haiti Canada has a tough draw, and the US will likely play down in Havana which will be interesting to say the least. [/ QUOTE ] Out of curiousity how does Guyana/Suriname go through CONCACAF and not CONMEBOL (S. America's Qualifying) |
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Group 2 is insanely weak.
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Group 1 - Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Albania, Malta Group 2 - Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Moldova, Latvia, Luxembourg Group 3 - Czech Republic, Poland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, San Marino Group 4 - Germany, Russia, Finland, Wales, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein Group 5 - Spain, Turkey, Belgium, Bosnia, Armenia, Estonia Group 6 - Croatia, England, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Andorra Group 7 - France, Romania, Serbia, Lithuania, Austria, Faroe Islands Group 8 - Italy, Bulgaria, Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia, Montenegro Group 9 - Holland, Scotland, Norway, Macedonia, Iceland England get drawn with Croatia lol. I think one thread suffices for all 2010 qualifying. [/ QUOTE ] Thoughts: Group 1: 3 competitive teams in this. Will likely come down to who does better in the battle of Scandy to see who gets 2nd. Group 2: I expect this to be real, real close between the top 3 seeds who are almost equal in quality. Good chance for Israel to make it to the WC. Group 3: Czech's shoudl win this one easy. Next 3 competing for P2. Group 4: See group 3 Group 5: Gonna be a tough Spain/Turkey battle for 1st. Belgium will do real good to get 2nd. Group 6: Bulldozer! As good a group as England could have hoped for. 3 absolute turkeys......... Ukraine and Croatia are both good sides tho so it's gonna be 2 easy. 3 way battle here. Group 7: I fancy Serbia to grab 2nd. Group 8: Should be Italy then ROI Group 9: Good group. Looks like Scotland/Norway battle for 2nd,but Holland are no sure thing. |
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