Soccer World Cup

[chcarnage]

I browsed a few News site but since the qualifications don't make many headlines in the US, I thought I might as well post the list. Switzerland got its ticket this evening (local time) after a 2:0 win/4:2 loss in the barrage against Turkey

Europe
Germany (host)
England
France
Italy
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Sweden
Serbia-Montenegro
Ukraine
Switzerland
Spain
Czechia
Croatia

Asia
Iran
Japan
Saudi Arabia
South Korea

South America
Argentinia
Brasil
Ecuador
Paraguay

North/Middle America/CONCACAF
Costa Rica
Mexiko
USA (You made it, too!)
Trinidad/Tobago (smallest participant, population: 1 million)

Oceania
Australien (Well... duh! )

Africa (four of them were absent at the last Cup)
Angola
Ivory Coast
Ghana
Togo
Tunesia


Just a little FYI

 

[ngvepforever2]

WTF! Turkey is not going....it's unfortunate since they played so well at the last world cup and Australia...is not a duh! since they had to play Uruguay in order to classify.

Regards

ng

 

[Xcobra]

Wheres Spain?

 

[chcarnage]

Oh, I see... The paper I have this list from got it wrong, I didn't know that Oceania has just 0.5 slots.

It's bad luck for Turkey. They played badly in the first game but were strong in the second. Emotions were high in Istanbul... The Swiss players left the field immediately after the end of the game, they had to wait for hours at the airport checkpoint, and one of them is in a hospital at the moment because he was attacked in the corridors of the stadion. I wonder if Turkey will face consequences for this.

 

[Whisper]

Yeah, I was wondering about spain, too.

 

[BRObedoza]

spain qualified over slovakia today

all the qualifications are done.

group stage draw will be in december

the .5 slot for Oceana was a playoff against uruguay, which Aussies won after penalties

 

[Gooberlx2]

Not a surprising list...perhaps that China didn't qualify is a little unexpected to me.

Personally, I'll be rooting for Germany. I mean, I'll root for the US...but let's be realistic, they don't have a chance in hell. OTOH, of course we at least made it.

I expect the finals to consist one of the usuals like Italy, Brazil, Germany, etc...though I'd love an upset.

 

[chcarnage]

Thanks for the hint, I completed the list.

 

[Xcobra]

Ive always rooted for argentina but as long as the cup stays in america, i dont mind if brasil wins again

 

[Whisper]

I'll be going for Italy and America, though if I had to choose, it'd probably be Italy. I do love my home country, but hey, fans don't have to be rational.

 

[Xcobra]

Originally posted by: Whisper
I'll be going for Italy and America, though if I had to choose, it'd probably be Italy. I do love my home country, but hey, fans don't have to be rational.

true that

 

[BRObedoza]

Brazil have to be overwhelming favorites. Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Robinho, Julio Baptista, Kaka, Juninho, Adriano, Diego, the list goes on and on.

Hope the US can get a couple of wins though and make it at least to the knockout stages.

 

[Xcobra]

Originally posted by: sleepmachine
Brazil have to be overwhelming favorites. Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Robinho, Julio Baptista, Kaka, Juninho, Adriano, Diego, the list goes on and on.

Hope the US can get a couple of wins though and make it at least to the knockout stages.

too bad for diego, was the soccer god back in the day

 

[BRObedoza]

Originally posted by: Xcobra

Originally posted by: sleepmachine
Brazil have to be overwhelming favorites. Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Robinho, Julio Baptista, Kaka, Juninho, Adriano, Diego, the list goes on and on.

Hope the US can get a couple of wins though and make it at least to the knockout stages.

too bad for diego, was the soccer god back in the day

haha not Maradona, i meant the Diego that plays for FC Porto

 

[Xcobra]

oops havent followed soccer since the last World Cup..my bad lol

 

[BrokenVisage]

Ireland anyone? They usually have a good team, WTF.

 

[Martin]

I still don't know why the ****** Serbia made it.

 

[eshtog]

sweet Ukraine made it, Shevchenko(sp?) is pretty fricken good

 

[BRObedoza]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Ireland anyone? They usually have a good team, WTF.

they were in a tough qualifying group with France, Switzerland, and Israel (surprisingly). And in their final match they could have made a playoff, but they were missing their two best players (Roy Keane, Damien Duff). No luck of the Irish this time

 

[Mucho]

The African group is the most surprising no South Africa, Nigeria or Morocco.

 

[Xcobra]

so whos rooting for who?

 

[chcarnage]

African soccer is in bad shape at the moment, therefor the surprising qualifications.

You can look at the results of the qualification round here.

I'm rooting for Switzerland but I'll keep an eye on the African newcomers

 

[slightlyhuman]

GO ARGENTINA!

or brazil.

 

[slightlyhuman]

Originally posted by: sleepmachine
Brazil have to be overwhelming favorites. Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Robinho, Julio Baptista, Kaka, Juninho, Adriano, Diego, the list goes on and on.

Hope the US can get a couple of wins though and make it at least to the knockout stages.

QFT.

Ronaldinho FTFW

 

[neilm]

Not sure who will win it, there is a good few teams like Brazil, England, Holland, Spain, Argies. Havent seen much of African or North American squads.

Originally posted by: sleepmachine

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Ireland anyone? They usually have a good team, WTF.

they were in a tough qualifying group with France, Switzerland, and Israel (surprisingly). And in their final match they could have made a playoff, but they were missing their two best players (Roy Keane, Damien Duff). No luck of the Irish this time

We deserved to go out after not gettin a win in either of the Israel games (which we had in the bag). Plus the last match against the Swiss at home wasn't anything special either, even tho they were missing key players in the game.