With the draw just days away and the tournament just a couple of months away who does everyone like to go the distance?

I like the way portugal played without their golden boy cristiano ronaldo but I'm going to support our red, white, and blue to defeat Brazil in the final. When the draw is out i'll do a full prediction like march madness

Minnesota Polars wrote:

I dont think that Portugal played well without CR9, they were just lucky and will now play at the WC and not my country
I will support Switzerland because I lived there for 5 years and my brother was born there
SWITZERLAND WILL DEFEAT FRANCE IN THE FINAL

Go Bulgaria!!!

Oh wait! They got eliminated... F***! Oh well. At least they didn't lose to Cyprus with more than 3 goals in the qualifiers (COUGH COUGH)

Still, it's going to be a REALLY exciting World Cup. I still can't believe how France totally screwed Ireland with that hand goal......

For me, the teams competing for the title would be Brazil, Argentina, Spain and PROBABLY England. There could be a surprise or two, but world cups are almost predictable some times.

I will be cheering for U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A and England (Our Motherland.)

Don't sleep on the highest ranked team in Asia my friends.

AusWolf wrote:
You mean Oceania

Flash wrote:
The TWolves?

No, I mean Asia.

Australia switched to the Asian Confederation after the 2006 World Cup. And they have the highest ranking of any team in Asia (21).

I'd think they would be the only team to qualify for consecutive World Cups from different confederations
(2006 was Oceania via South America).

World Cup draw has been conducted.

www.fifa.com/worldcup/standings/index.html

USA have been handed a ticket straight to the second round. Lucky bastards.

AusWolf wrote:

Wow, Australia looks strong
I will change my prdiction then
SWITZERLAND WILL BEAT AUSTRALIA IN THE WC FINAL

Here are my predictions for how the first round will shake out. Numbers in parenthesis is the teams FIFA ranking

Group A: South Africa (86), Mexico (15), Uruguay (19), France (7)
Group B: Argentina (8), Nigeria (22), Korea Republic (South Korea) (52), Greece (12)
Group C: England (9), USA (14), Algeria (28), Slovenia (33)
Group D: Germany (6), Australia (21), Serbia (20), Ghana (37)
Group E: Netherlands (3), Denmark (26), Japan (43), Cameroon (11)
Group F: Italy (4), Paraguay (30), New Zealand (77), Slovakia (34)
Group G: Brazil (2), Korea DPR (North Korea)(84), Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)(16), Portugal (5)
Group H: Spain (1), Switzerland (18), Honduras (38), Chile (17)

Group A Winner: France
Group A Runner-Up: Mexico

Group B Winner: Argentina
Group B Runner-Up: Greece

Group C Winner: USA
Group C Runner-Up: England

Group D Winner: Germany
Group D Runner-Up: Ghana

Group E Winner: Netherlands (Holland)
Group E Runner-Up: Denmark

Group F Winner: Italy
Group F Runner-Up: Paraguay

Group G Winner: Portugal
Group G Runner-Up: Brazil

Group H Winner: Spain
Group H Runner-Up: Chile

I'm not going to do the knockout round until that is actually here that way we can do it march-madness style