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| Nov 25, 2007 21:24 |   |
 | Yesterday, FIFA announced the preliminary draw for 2010 South Africa World Cup. England meets Croatia again. Can England succeed in revenging Croatia? Let's make a guess. Before making your guess, just see the results. European zone: 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, Ajerbaijan, Liechtenstein Group 5 Spain, Turkey, Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 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 Netherlands, Scotland, Norway, Macedonia, Iceland Note: All group winners qualify for the World Cup finals. The eight best runners-up play-off for the final four qualifying places. Asian zone: Group 1 Australia, China, Iraq, Qatar Group 2 Japan, Bahrain, Oman, Thailand Group 3 South Korea, DPR Korea, Jordan, Turkmenistan Group 4 Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Singapore Group 5 Iran, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Syria Note: Five group winners and five runners-up go through to final qualifying stage where they will be drawn in two groups of five. The two winners and two runners-up of these groups qualify for the finals. The two third-placed teams play off against each other for the right to play the winner of the Oceania qualifying tournament for a place in the finals. |
| Nov 25, 2007 21:25 | #1 |
| African zone: South Africa as hosts are already qualified): Group 1 Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Tanzania, Mauritius Group 2 Guinea, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Kenya Group 3 Angola, Benin, Uganda, Niger Group 4 Nigeria, South Africa (For African Nations qualifiers only), Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone Group 5 Ghana, Libya, Gabon, Lesotho Group 6 Senegal, Algeria, Liberia, Gambia Group 7 Cote d'Ivoire, Mozambique, Botswana, Madagascar Group 8 Morocco, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Mauritania Group 9 Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Seychelles Group 10 Mali, Congo, Sudan, Chad Group 11 Togo, Zambia, Eritrea, Swaziland Group 12 Egypt, DR Congo, Malawi, Djibouti Note: The 12 group winners and the eight best runners-up will contest the next stage in the qualification process. CONCACAF zone: Group 1A Dominica v Barbados United States v Winner Group 1B Turks and Caicos Islands v Saint Lucia Guatemala v Winner Group 1C Bermuda v Cayman Islands Trinidad and Tobago v Winner Group 1D Aruba v Antigua and Barbuda Winner v Cuba Group 2A Belize v Saint Kitts and Nevis Winner v Mexico Group 2B Bahamas v British Virgin Islands Jamaica v Winner Group 2C Dominican Republic v Puerto Rico Honduras v Winner Group 2D Canada v Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Group 3A U.S. Virgin Islands v Grenada Winner v Costa Rica Group 3B Suriname v Montserrat Winner v Guyana Group 3C El Salvador v Anguilla Panama v Winner Group 3D Nicaragua v Netherlands Antilles Haiti v Winner The twelve group winners advance to the next stage of threegroups of four teams. The top two in each of these groupsadvances to a final pool of six teams from which the first threequalify for the finals. The fourth-placed team goes into aplayoff against the fifth-placed South American nation for aplace in the finals. Source: www.chinaview.cn. |
| Nov 25, 2007 21:32 | #2 |
| In addition, the Oceanian and South American zone are not inclueded in this round draws. The fifth-placed South American nation will compete with the fourth-placed team from CONCACAF zone for a place in the finals. And the fifth-placed Asian nation will compete with the fifth-placed Oceanian nation for a place in the finals. |
| Nov 26, 2007 09:08 | #3 |
| England has all changes to win their group. Last time lost to Croatia was only an accident that won´t happen again. Consentrating is everything and maybe England was not consentrated enough when referee whistled. I think Croatia was not so good in the first half, England was really bad. Second half there was real England. Sad to say, but seems like Finland is definitely out, again. Carlos |
| Nov 27, 2007 21:44 | #4 |
| Don't be sad, Carlos. Everything is possible. You see, Greek was the black horse in 2004 Euro. Finally, they claimed the champions. As long as your team tries their best to play in the matches, there would be no regret even they fail finally. Just enjoy yourself in watching 2008 Euro :-) |
| Nov 28, 2007 08:53 | #5 |
| Yes, ICE, and remember 1992 Euro in Sweden, where Denmark won the championship? Yugoslavia was dropped out because of the civil war and Denmark taken in. In final Denmark did beat Germany 2 - 0. The truth is that Portugal can seat players who play in ManU, all matches. Finland must put on field players who don´t play every match in some Swiss team. That makes the difference. To play against Germany and Russia, well, and Wales too, needs a miracle to find Finland from World cup final. I always enjoy watching football, don´t need Finland to play there. Still, I keep dreaming.... Carlos |
| Nov 28, 2007 20:36 | #6 |
| Carlos, I can understand you. As a soccer fan, we all hope that our national team could advance to World Cup. However, sometimes things do not go as we expected. You see, China was promoted into 2002 World Cup. But they did not score one goal and got back with a big failure. Chinese people have realized that they still have a long long way to go. Just as you said, enjoy watching football games. That's all. |
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