It is very early doors but my enthusiasm for the World Cup is building with every passing week. Just over a year to go and it's warming up to be a great tournament.
I've been doing my maths in World Soccers excellent World Cup Service section and even though theres a bit of guess work involved and a whole lot of maybe and buts, I've taken a stab at what I think the next World Cup could be like in terms of Qualifiers.
So, here's my 32:
Hosts: South Africa
CAF: Cameroon, Tunisia, Egypt, Mali and Ivory Coast.
Concacaf: U.S.A, Mexico and Costa Rica. (Honduras play-off)
Conmebol: Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Chile (Uruguay play-off)
(Uruguay to qualify over two legs with Honduras.)
Asia: Australia, Japan, South Korea, Iran.(North Korea play-off)
(North Korea to qualify over two legs with New Zealand)
Europe: Portugal, Greece, Czech Rep., Germany, Spain, England, France, Italy, Holland.
Play-offs: Sweden, Swiss, Russia, Belgium, Croatia, Serbia, Ireland, Norway.
Big guess time!
Ireland, Croatia, Sweden and Norway to qualify from play offs!
Last edited by Pike B; 23/02/2009 at 12:58 PM.
would be fantastic to put the swiss out in a playoff
Was he crazy!! Yeah , in a very special way , an Irishman.
I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty;
I woke, and found that life was Duty.
This is my guess at Final positions:
North America
Mexico
USA
Honduras
(Costa Rica)
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Paraguay
Uruguay
(Ecuador)
Africa
Cameroon
Tunisia
Egypt
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Asia
Australia
Japan
South Korea
Iran
(Bahrain)
(Saudi Arabia)
Oceania
(New Zealand)
Europe
Portugal
Greece
Czech Rep
Germany
Spain
England
France
Italy
Netherlands
(Sweden)
(Switzerland)
(Poland)
(Russia)
(Turkey)
(Croatia)
(Serbia)
(Ireland)
(Scotland)
8 out 9 of them, any 1 of them could easily lose out, most likely Scotland
Its a little hard to predict which teams will win playoffs.
Chile look good and have a decent run in, I'd fancy them over Ecuador.
I can see Ecuador going on a crazy run of goals, they create so many chances but not taking them, I think those chances will eventually go in and help them progress up the table.
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