FIFA World Cup Qualifying (final week)

[TheGift23]

RIP Ticos.

 

[carlos tevez]

By this Wednesday November 18 we will know all 32 teams participating in the 2010 World Cup.

Bahrain @ New Zealand (2nd leg...1st leg finished 0-0). Winner of this match will go into the WC as one of the heavy favorites to win it all.

The following matches are the 1st of 2 legs:
Uruguay @ Costa Rica
Slovenia @ Russia
Ukraine @ Greece
France @ Ireland
Bosnia @ Portugal

I'll be paying close attention to the final day of African WCQ. The Ivory Coast and Ghana have qualified while 3 more African qualifiers will be determinedtomorrow...

Cameroon lead group A by one point over Gabon.

Cameron @ Morocco
Gabon @ Togo

Tunisia lead group B by two points over Nigeria.

Tunisia @ Mozambique
Nigeria @ Kenya

Algeria lead group C by 3 pts over Egypt and have a +4 GD advantage over Egypt. Egypt needs to win by atleast 2-goals to force a playoff.

Algeria @ Egypt

The following countries have already qualified...

South Africa	Host	0015 May 2004	03 3rd	012002 1 (first since 2002)	15 Group Stage (1998, 2002)	85
Japan	AFC Fourth Round Group A Runners-Up	016 June 2009	04 4th	042006 4	14 Round of 16 (2002)	40
Australia	AFC Fourth Round Group A Winners	026 June 2009	03 3rd	022006 2	14 Round of 16 (2006)	24
Korea Republic	AFC Fourth Round Group B Winners	036 June 2009	08 8th	072006 7	09 Fourth Place (2002)	48
Netherlands	UEFA Group 9 Winners	046 June 2009	09 9th	022006 2	06 Runners-Up (1974, 1978)	3
Korea DPR	AFC Fourth Round Group B Runners-Up	0517 June 2009	02 2nd	011966 1 (first since 1966)	12 Quarter-finals (1966)	91
Brazil	CONMEBOL Winners	065 September 2009	19 19th	192006 19	01 Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)	1
Ghana	CAF Third Round Group D Winners	076 September 2009	02 2nd	022006 2	14 Round of 16 (2006)	38
England	UEFA Group 6 Winners	089 September 2009	13 13th	042006 4	05 Winners (1966)	7
Spain	UEFA Group 5 Winners	099 September 2009	13 13th	092006 9	09 Fourth Place (1950)	2
Paraguay	CONMEBOL Third Place	109 September 2009	08 8th	042006 4	13 Round of 16 (1986, 1998, 2002)	21
Côte d'Ivoire	CAF Third Round Group E Winners	1110 October 2009	02 2nd	022006 2	16 Group Stage (2006)	19
Germany	UEFA Group 4 Winners	1210 October 2009	17 17th[sup]2[/sup]	152006 15	03 Winners (1954, 1974, 1990)	5
Denmark	UEFA Group 1 Winners	1310 October 2009	04 4th	012002 1 (first since 2002)	12 Quarter-finals (1998)	27
Serbia	UEFA Group 7 Winners	1410 October 2009	11 11th[sup]3[/sup]	022006 2	08 Fourth Place (1930[sup]5[/sup], 1962)	20
Italy	UEFA Group 8 Winners	1510 October 2009	17 17th	132006 13	02 Winners (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)	4
Chile	CONMEBOL Runner-Up	1610 October 2009	08 8th	011998 1 (first since 1998)	07 Third Place (1962)	17
Mexico	CONCACAF Fourth Round Runners-Up	1710 October 2009	14 14th	052006 5	11 Quarter-finals (1970, 1986)	18
United States	CONCACAF Fourth Round Winners	1810 October 2009	09 9th	061990 6	07 Third Place (1930[sup]5[/sup])	11
Switzerland	UEFA Group 2 Winners	1914 October 2009	09 9th	022006 2	10 Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954)	13
Slovakia	UEFA Group 3 Winners	2014 October 2009	09 9th[sup]4[/sup]	011990 1 (first since 1990)	06 Runners-Up (1934, 1962)	33
Argentina	CONMEBOL Fourth Place	2114 October 2009	15 15th	101974 10	04 Winners (1978, 1986)	6
Honduras	CONCACAF Fourth Round Third Place	2214 October 2009	02 2nd	011982 1 (first since 1982)	16 Group Stage (1982)	35

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[carlos tevez]

My predictions for the final 9 qualifying spots...

-New Zealand
-Uruguay
-Russia
-Ukraine
-France
-Portugal
-Cameroon
-Tunisia
-Algeria

Ukraine/Greece, France/Ireland and Portugal/Bosnia should be interesting.

Ukraine and Greece are pretty evenly matched.

France has an abundance of talent but Ireland are legit and they usually give European heavyweights some trouble. France's coach Raymond Domenech is amoron who may screw things up for France.

I thought that Portugal would walk over Bosnia-Herzegovina but C. Ronaldo will miss both matches which should make things much more difficult for Portugal.

 

[craftsy21]

The following matches are the 1st of 2 legs:
Uruguay @ Costa Rica
Slovenia @ Russia
Ukraine @ Greece
France @ Ireland
Bosnia @ Portugal

These play tomorrow (saturday) and then wednesday right? 14th and 18th i think i remember seeing. I think all of these could literally go either way, Idon't see all that much separation in any of these matches. I mean obviously like you said France and Portugal on paper seem like heavy favorites, but Ithink Bosnia is really tough and Ireland is just like you said, a real pain for european hw's.

I really think the Greece/Ukraine matches could be the sleepers of this list though - I'm really interested to see how that plays out.

Should be fun to see.

 

[kidoopz]

Nigeria up 2-1 .. Mozambique tied with Tunisia..

It could happen!!!

 

[kidoopz]

3-2 Nigeria ... Mozambique beating tunisia .. UH OPHJ!!:J!K!LK

 

[kidoopz]

NIGERIA DOES IT!!! SUPER EAGLES!!!!!

 

[carlos tevez]

Wow, huge choke job by Tunisia and a strong effort by the Nigerians.

Nigeria is back in the World Cup for the first time since 2002.

 

[craftsy21]

don't reallly want to make a new thread for this, but USMNT is playing a friendly against Slovakia right now on FSC.

 

[elevenairs]

^ Brazil and England coming up next too

 

[erascism]

Billy

In great form right now.

 

[sirius lee handsome]

Argentina vs Spain friendly about to start in like 5 minutes on ESPN Deportes

 

[carlos tevez]

@ Maradona's Gabriel Heinze fetish. Why the #$+% does he keepstarting this bum?

In other news...

Russia beat Slovenia at home 2-1.

Ukraine managed a 0-0 tie @ Greece

The second legs will be played on Wednesday.

Nigeria miraculously qualified after a 3-2 win @ Kenya and Tunisia losing @ Mozambique.

Cameroon qualified after a 2-0 win at Morocco. Webo and Eto'o both scored.

Egypt beat Algeria 2-0 at home. Both teams are tied with 13 pts and a +5 GD so they'll play a playoff match in a neutral venue on Wednesday.

 

[Sinner]

Can't decide what to watch... Portugal or France...

And I just noticed this... whats with France's super-tight kits?

 

[erascism]

lol @ Gago throwing an elbow into Xabi Alonso

 

[in the line for viis]

Just started getting into football since I've been here in Dublin, Ireland. Seems like the whole city is buzzing over this game.

 

[erascism]

Those France shirts are hot fiyah.

 

[marionthebarberian]

i dont see uruguay winning in costa rica, that crowd and turf are something else

 

[carlos tevez]

Originally Posted by marionthebarberian

i dont see uruguay winning in costa rica, that crowd and turf are something else

Uruguay won 1-0. They should easily seal the deal on Wednesday.

France win on a lucky goal by Anelka. Typical under Domenech

 

[socluis90]

Wow I'd hate to be a tico right now.

 

[hugo]

Tomorrow is the big day

 

[nychiphophippo]

will the frace, portugal, or egypt/algeria game air anywhere in the US

 

[downyboy]

costa rica

 

[marionthebarberian]

Originally Posted by nYcHipHopHippo

will the frace, portugal, or egypt/algeria game air anywhere in the US

the greece game will be on espn2

 

[dr fonclbrics]

Can anyone please explain how the qualifying works?