Will Scotland ever (a) qualify and (b) win the world cup?
545981
Qualify yes, win only in my dreams!
367975
I don't think you can pick any one team to win the 2006 World Cup. There are some many strong teams with each team having some tremendous talent. There could be a dark horse team in all of this, but the top picks (Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Portugal, Spain & France) all have a legitimate chance at winning. I will go with my guy and say Brazil. But think of this no South American country has ever won a world cup in Europe
1084678
They've had another poor world cup campaign, considering they have a great team on paper. If they do somehow get past the knock-out stages, I don't see them getting much further
465066
of course they can.. but croatia is a very strong team.. it will be a nice battle for second place..
635027
My favourite Scottish side was the one that defeated England 1-0 via a John Robertson penalty at Wembley in 1981.\n\nHad the World Cup been held in 1981, Scotland would have made it very far. By the time 1982 came, the team was in the first stages of decline although they did again qualify in 1986, but was no longer a threat.\n\nPerhaps the 1978 team, among the favourites in Argentina was their strongest ever, but I was too young to remember. That team defeated Holland 3-2 in probably Scotland's finest game but the damage had been done in the earlier group games.
1160479
Ecuador can win the World Cup! HAHAHA. Just kidding. If they continue playing like how they played b4, they can probably go to the quarter final.
407948
Starting from Germany 2006, the winner of the past World Cup had to qualify for the Finals. Only the host nation qualifies automatically from 2006 on.\n\nThe following teams, shown by region, have qualified. The number in brackets is the country's seeding for the tournament, this value is a calculated based on historical world cup results, last two (2002 and 1998), and historical FIFA World Rankings, last three (2003-2005) [1].:\n\nAfrica (CAF) \n Angola [31] (first time qualifier) \n Côte d'Ivoire [27] (first time qualifier) \n Ghana [30] (first time qualifier) \n Togo [32] (first time qualifier) \n Tunisia [22] \n\nAsia (AFC) \n Iran [21] \n Japan [12] \n South Korea [11] \n Saudi Arabia [19] \n\nOceania (OFC) \n Australia [28] \n\nSouth America (CONMEBOL) \n Argentina [7] \n Brazil [1] \n Ecuador [23] \n Paraguay [15] \n Europe (UEFA) \n Croatia [14] \n Czech Republic [16] (first time qualifier as Czech Republic) \n England [2] \n France [6] \n Germany [4] (host) \n Italy [8] \n Netherlands [10] \n Poland [20] \n Portugal [17] \n Serbia-Montenegro [24] (first time qualifier as Serbia and Montenegro) \n Spain [3] \n  Switzerland [25] \n Sweden [13] \n Ukraine [26] (first time qualifier) \n\nNorth America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF) \n Costa Rica [18] \n Mexico [5] \n Trinidad and Tobago [29] (first time qualifier) \n United States [9]
388362
i think it would be HOLLAND or ENGLAND to win the world cup this time around.They have waited this long and i do think they have a great team of both experienced players and a mix of young and full of energy players to snatch this cup from the early favorites such as BRAZIL,GERMANY,ITALY,ARGENTINA,FRANCE.
393871
Brazil is the strongest candidate by far. The only team in position to stop them -as it happened historically- is Argentina. However, Argentines should be quite inspired to make such an achievement (as they did in Buenos Aires in the last qualifiers match), shouldn't this be the case they will face the same fate they experienced in the Federations Cup last year in Germany.
176374
Lucky to win, but we did, so thats good.\n\nhowever if we play like that in the world cup we might as well give our place to Scotland!
1118270
Very difficult: Ukraine and Spain are stronger teams. But the World Cup is a competition that often reserves surprises...
342568
Brazil historically always have a chance to win the Final. They are the only nation to have played at every finals and have won the World Cup 5 times so far. However, not this time as they don't normally do well in Europe (1958 apart!)
373579
Please? Why are all of you asking if the US can win the World Cup??? \n\nAsk if they will make it past the group stage.. That's more realistic. And the answer to both is no.
487492
pre-world cup performance does not guarantee a world cup win. we can take the example of 2002 Japan Korea world cup, where Brazil struggled to qualify to become one of 32 nations to play the tournament. France and Argentina were the top contenders to win the cup, but they were eliminated in the first round. and what South Korea did? they played in the semi-final!\n\nwell, temperament will be the name of the game as soon as the world cup begins. tradition will come second.only 5 countries lifted the world cup for 15 times out of 17 tournaments.  \n\nin my opinion, top contenders of this Germany 2006 are Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Italy. Holland could be the dark horse of the tournament.
383021
No. They have teams whith a very good chance in the last two world cups, but they choked. Same for Portugal in 2002.
1031815
Sorry to burst your bubble but they rpobably won't get past their group. France and Switzerland will qualify through from it. No offense but i don't think Korea has a chance.
686316
Yes, Brazil could win the world cup