FIFA World Cup 2010 - South Africa

[Dunenewt]

Draw is to be made tomorrow for the World Cup.

Pots for the draw: eight groups of four countries to be drawn, each group containing one country from each pot.

Pot 1 (seeds): South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England

Pot 2 (Asia, Oceania and North/Central America): Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Mexico, Honduras

Pot 3 (Africa and South America): Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay

Pot 4 (Europe): France, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Greece, Serbia, Denmark, Slovakia

Aside from the seeds, I reckon the strongest sides are Mexico, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, France, and Portugal.

[veK]

Groups have been drawn today...

Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France

Group B: Argentina, Greece, Nigeria, Korea Rep.

Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia

Group D: Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana

Group E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon

Group F: Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia

Group G: Brazil, C

[Dunenewt]

Going though, I can see:

Mexico, France

Argentina, Greece

England, Slovenia

Germany, Australia

Netherlands, Cameroon

Italy, Slovakia

Brazil, Ivory Coast

Spain, Switzerland

Round 2:

Mexico to beat Greece

England to beat Australia

Netherlands to beat Slovakia

Brazil to beat Switzerland

Argentina to beat France

Germany to beat Slovenia

Italy to beat Cameroon

Spain to beat Ivory Coast

Quarter Finals:

England to beat Mexico

Netherlands to beat Brazil

Germany to beat Argentina

Spain to beat Italy

Semi Finals:

England to beat Netherlands

Spain to beat Germany

Final:

Heart says one thing, head says another...

[veK]

Netherlands vs. Germany would make good final and I wouldn't care who wins. Yes, dutch folks, get this. I wouldn't mind if we lost. You don't hear that too often from a german guy I guess  ;D

But to be honest... I think the african and south american teams have a huge advantage because they are used to higher temperatures than the other teams are and might use this to their advantage. I can see Spain as world champion as well.

[Dunenewt]

I think the only African side with a chance are Ivory Coast, and they are in a bad place in the draw.