Subject: Eliminations - World Cup 2010 South Afri

The draw for the World Cup will take place in RSA on December the 4th.

According to www.football-rankings.info, the pots will be as follows:

Pot 1 (Seedings 1-7 on the FIFA World Rankings + host nation)
Argentina
Brazil
England
France
Germany
Italy
South Africa
Spain

Pot 2 (Europe)
Denmark
Greece
Holland
Portugal
Slovenia
Slovakia
Serbia
Schwitzerland

Pot 3 (Asia + North America + Oceania)
Australia
Japan
North Korea
South Korea
Honduras
Mexico
United States
New Zealand

Pot 4 (Africa + South America)
Cameroun
Ivory Coast
Algeria
Ghana
Nigeria
Chile
Paraguay
Uruguay

Possible Group of death:
Spain
Holland
South Korea
Chile/Ivory Coast

I agree that it is time for video-proof in soccer. Problem is that often it is one decision of the match that does also decide who wins. I think if it are below 1 % of matches that is decided by the referee then I would say it is ok as it is. But I think more about 5% of all matches or something where the referee makes a wrong or very disputable decision that does decide the outcome of it. I think it is just too much in a sport where fairplay should be most important.

If you make a good system it could still be ok. For example:
Every coach has 3 possibilities per match to call video-replay and has to say what the referee decided wrongly. After that the replay is watched by three other referees and they decide (well 20-30 secs). If decision is same as for the main referee, the coach loses one possibility to call video replay. If the 3 referees do decide like the coach he still has his 3 possibilities.
So like hawkeye in tennis but with "jury" :D

nice :(

I hope Ivory goes to the group of death :P

I'd like to be with France, Schwitzerland and New Zealand. :P

for me possible the strongest group (gr. of death) could be

Brasil/Italy
Holland
USA
Ivory Coast

Brasil/Italy
Holland
USA
Ivory Coast /Paraguay

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on the other side the weakest group for me could be

RSA
Slovakia
New Zealand
pot no. 4 very hard choice but Algeria

Oh, lest I forgot:

There can only be one team from South America in each group :p

And I really do believe that Chile is the strongest side in pot 4. I've seen them play a couple of times during the last year, and I guess it's fair to say that they're one of the teams I look forward to seeing next summer the most.

so You dont want danmark to play with chile in one club

<Anyone but South Africa>
Holland
Ghana
México


That' the death group :P

Or maybe:
Italia
<Someone like Czech Republic>
Ghana
USA

:P

so You dont want danmark to play with chile in one group

Absolutely not. We've allready played them this year, and were beaten, so...

If Denmark are to progress to round 2, we need to get something like
South Africa
Denmark
New Zealand
Uruguay

@ čevap
Please keep in mind the rules of not "destroying" the design of a forum page. Your picture is a bit too big :)

Holland always has the strongest group:P

finally uruguay get into the WC :)

not in 2002 in Korea & Japan cause Ireland beat them in eliminations ;p and in 98 has played with belgium mexico and s. korea (they weren't strong)
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URUGUAY URUGUAY URUGUAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1