Official World Cup 2010 Qualifying Thread

[Pugz]

Theo was constantly there in the first half, he was fouled five times in around six minutes because the defender couldn't do anything with him, he's a dangerous attacker and deserves some praise for the amazing effort he put in.

[Echoes]

The second round of the African qualifying ended today. 20 teams advance to the 3rd and final round. The draw for the groups is on the 22nd. They'll be drawn into five groups of four, with the five group winners qualifying for the World Cup.

Pot 1
Cameroon
Egypt
Nigeria
Ghana
Côte d'Ivoire

Pot 2
Tunisia
Morocco
Guinea
Mali
Zambia

Pot 3
Burkina Faso
Algeria
Gabon
Kenya
Rwanda

Pot 4
Benin
Togo
Mozambique
Sudan
Malawi

[ysabel]

Pot 1 seems to have a lot of good teams compared to the others.

[Echoes]

Yeah, those are just the pots they draw the groups from. All the teams in Pot 1 will go into different groups.
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The CONMEBOL (South America) qualifying is halfway done. Here are the standings after 9 of 18 matches. Top 4 qualify for World Cup. 5th place plays the 4th place team from CONCACAF (North America) for the extra spot.

Paraguay - 20 points
Brazil - 16
Argentina - 16
Chile - 13
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Uruguay - 12
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Ecuador - 12
Colombia - 10
Bolivia - 8
Venezuela - 7
Peru - 7

[ysabel]

Originally Posted by Echoes

Yeah, those are just the pots they draw the groups from. All the teams in Pot 1 will go into different groups.
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And will most likely be the five qualified.

[English-Emo-Boy]

Originally Posted by Echoes

Yeah, those are just the pots they draw the groups from. All the teams in Pot 1 will go into different groups.
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The CONMEBOL (South America) qualifying is halfway done. Here are the standings after 9 of 18 matches. Top 4 qualify for World Cup. 5th place plays the 4th place team from CONCACAF (North America) for the extra spot.

Paraguay - 20 points
Brazil - 16
Argentina - 16
Chile - 13
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Uruguay - 12
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Ecuador - 12
Colombia - 10
Bolivia - 8
Venezuela - 7
Peru - 7

Looks very competitive, it's seem wide open and at least seven of the ten teams have an excellent chance of qualification. Whereas in other continents it's a bit more clear cut.

[smooveey]

Originally Posted by Echoes

The second round of the African qualifying ended today. 20 teams advance to the 3rd and final round. The draw for the groups is on the 22nd. They'll be drawn into five groups of four, with the five group winners qualifying for the World Cup.

Pot 1
Cameroon
Egypt
Nigeria
Ghana
Côte d'Ivoire

Pot 2
Tunisia
Morocco
Guinea
Mali
Zambia

Pot 3
Burkina Faso
Algeria
Gabon
Kenya
Rwanda

Pot 4
Benin
Togo
Mozambique
Sudan
Malawi

Shame that Senegal couldn't make it. Their fans really let their footbal federation know what they thought about their failure.

[padd]

2-1 win over montenegro. I thought they'd choke out of this one without Buffon. Thanks to Aquilani. That's something about Italy. they don't have 1 superstar, although they have an equaly distributed talent pool.

[English-Emo-Boy]

3-1 win over Belarus.

Rooney again was the star of the show bagging two more goals.

A decent result which pushes us nearer qualification!

[Bananas]

Germany beat Wales 1-0

To be fair thats not a bad result, Euro2008 finalist at home against...well...urrh...Wales!

We are still in with a chance(optimism), We have played our 2 toughest games; Russia away and Germany away and still hold a promising position to contend from.