Who will advance from every world cup group? and why do u pick those teams?
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2 teams\nAustralia or Japan
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WITH THE NEXT WORLD CUP FINAL..............HAVE U BEEN INCLUDED IN ANY TEAM?
1068770
go Germany and Brazil. they both rock and have some of the best offensive and defensive players i have ever seen, i also like Ghana because they are a pretty cool team!
98923
BRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\n\nare you convinced now,., NO!!\ntake this\n\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\nBRAZIL\n\nif you are still not convinced than wait for the world cup to begin....\n:-)
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Teams are order as followed,\n\nPoints, 3 for a win, one for a draw.\nGoal difference.\nGoals scored.\nHead to head (who beat who in the match against each other)\nDrawing of lots.\n\nKorea would be favourites to go through because they have score 3 and France 1 so far.
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Player by player, Brazil is the favorite. However, everything leading up to the 2006 tournament is similar to that of Spain 1982. Brazil was the heavy favorite, like the 2006 squad. Player by player they were awesome (Zico, Socrates, Falcao, etc). England was also a heavy favorite along with Argentina. France, Italy and Germany, Belgium themselves were minor favorites who could do some damage along the way, but not expected to. Then you had the E. European squads who had the potential to go far but were too full of surprises to know how they would flare (Poland, Hungary, U.S.S.R., Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia). Spain had a nice squad but a long shot. The new teams that qualified were expected to just participate and die out, but in the end most gave surprises like Honduras, Algeria, Cameroon, who almost eliminated group favorites until their last game. \n\nI believe 2006 will replay like 1982. Brazil will overwhelm, but fall short by a soccer power not likely to go far (like Italy vs Brazil in 1982). England will go far too, but fall short. Same for Argentina. Spain will underachieve as it always does since 1982, and the new teams will surprise many and give many squads a run for their money. So I will say that the team to win the 2006 world cup shall be either Italy or Germany, 3rd and 4th place between France and a E. European squad (Poland, Czech Rep. or Ukraine) if not Holland.
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In the first round the system of play will be the league system, each team playing one match against each of the other teams in the  same group, with three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The two teams coming first and second in each  group qualify for the second round.\n\nRank\n# The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:\na) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;\nb) goal difference in all group matches;\nc) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.\n\nTiebraker:\nIf two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:\na) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;\nb) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the\nteams concerned;\nc) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;\nd) drawing of lots by the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup.\n\nFrom this phase on it's one on one. It will all be played in accordance with the knock-out system: the winner of the game avance to the next phase
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They are equalize in everything: points, goals so there should be drawing of lots by the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup, acording to the rules of the tournament.\n\nRules of the tournament: (for the first round)\nThe ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:\na) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;\nb) goal difference in all group matches;\nc) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.\nIf two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria,their rankings will be determined as follows:\nd) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;\ne) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;\nf) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;\ng) drawing of lots by the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup
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They don't have to beat every1 to win WC, they have to beat who they're supposed to beat. It's all in the schedule, they will accordingly play with the teams that in their Group, and play with other team who wins the previous round... so basically, they have to beat most of them, but not all of them
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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]
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Well Boot, it would be nice if you can give some decent tips for the final group games or the 2nd rd.\nI have been having a dreadful World Cup\n\nYou IM me with any of your tips.\n\nCheers.
1077121
At first they have to get qualified. Every team is allowed to take part at the qualification round, which is accepted by FIFA. At the beginning of the competition there is preliminary round. The 32th teams, which have been qualified, will get divide into groups (A-F). In each group the both best teams will survive. For every won game they earn 3 points, for every tie 1 point, for a lost game they will get none point! After the preliminary round the kick-out phase of the competition begins. The first of group A will meet the second from group B, the first in group B will meet the winner in group A (the same for group B and C, D and F and so on). Only the winner comes to the next round until the last two teams meet in the Final!\nNice greetings from Germany. I hope you could understand this post
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Each part of the world is broken down into regions. For 2 years prior to the World Cup each region plays a tournament with all it's countries to determine which ones will represent that region in the World Cup. In the end, 32 teams will have qualified. The country that hosts the tournament gets an automatic bid (Germany this year), as does the defending World Cup champions (Brazil).  The remaining 30 teams that play in the World Cup came from the regional tournaments.
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Yeah buddy! Since they are in the "Group of Death," a 1-1-1 team will advance, so, if they loose to czech, tie italy, then beat ghana, they advanced.  Once they get past that, everyone will be amazed...again...and then they got the next round, knowing u.s.'s past, they will play mexico, or someone near us.  We can beat all teams near us, they advance to quarter finals, same as last time, if we get past that, we have set a record for us in the world cup, that will give us confidence in the semi final, and that confidence will send us to the finals
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Picking a single team that would surely win the cup is very hard. But these ARE my picks that have a bigger chance of winning as this sport really sometimes create freak results.\nThe picks:\n1. Brazil: Possesses the most threatening attack, hands-down. Defense is highly improved.\n2. England: A well balanced team with every position filled with talents.\n3. France: Zinedine Zidane returning at the heart of midfield as with Claude Makelele rejuvenated this squad. Great attacking threat of Henry is crucial.\n4. Argentina: A team loaded with creative midfielders and attackers with a defensive line-up to be vey proud of.\n5. Germany: A team with a successful World Cup history. Although the team is not that threatening in terms of the line-ups with Ballack as the only one having a "superstar" status, their pride playing on their home soil could really step-up their performance.\n6. Italy: Defensively strong starting from the midfield and their cattenaccio style still works for them. They also have lots of great talents.\n\nSpecial Mention:\nPortugal and Netherlands: they have great potentials and could come out as dark horses
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Rules of the tournament: (for the first round)\nThe ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:\na) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;\nb) goal difference in all group matches;\nc) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.\nIf two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria,their rankings will be determined as follows:\nd) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;\ne) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;\nf) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;\ng) drawing of lots by the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup
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Each country has a manager for their team and they pick the players they think will play best for their country. Doesn't matter where in the world they play - as long as they can fit together and play the sort of game the manager wants them to.\n\nMost teams had some warmup games before the World Cup started to sort out combinations and style of play.