[Golden Legacy]

http://www.fifa.com/live/competitions/worl...draw/index.html

World Cup 2010, June 11-July 11 2009

Group A
South Africa
Mexico
Uruguay
France

Group B
Argentina
Nigeria
South Korea
Greece

Group C
England
USA
Algeria
Slovenia

Group D
Germany
Australia
Serbia
Ghana

Group E
Netherlands
Denmark
Japan
Cameroon

Group F
Italy
Paraguay
New Zealand
Slovakia

Group G
Brazil
Korea DPK
Cote d'Ivoire
Portugal

Group H
Spain
Switzerland
Honduras
Chile


An extraordinary three year campaign has come to an end. The qualifying rounds for the FIFA World Cup 2010 are complete, and here are the final 32 teams that have made it:


ASIA
Japan
Australia
Korea Republic
DPR Korea

SOUTH AMERICA
Brazil
Paraguay
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay

NORTH AMERICA
Mexico
USA
Honduras

EUROPE
Netherlands
England
Spain
Germany
Italy
Serbia
Denmark
Switzerland
Slovakia
Greece
Slovenia
Portugal
France

AFRICA
South Africa (hosts)
Ghana
Côte d'Ivoire
Nigeria
Cameroon
Algeria

OCEANIA
New Zealand


Start the hype.

[Saturos S.]

Russia didn't qualify, which is kind of surprising. France wasn't very convincing either in their qualifications, so I don't see them getting very far in the WC. Apart from that, Turkey isn't there either and they normally have a quite good team.

[Golden Legacy]

Not only was France unconvincing, the Irish deserved it far more. Great play, excellent defense, not to mention that France's goal that saved them was completely illegitimate (1:10-1:30).

Russia being knocked out by Slovenia was pretty dramatic.
Egypt, reigning African Champions twice in a row, were narrowly beaten by Algeria.
Turkey and the Czech Republic were eliminated early on.

And Argentina and Portugal were at one point almost out completely, but they made it back.

[Aquamarine]

I haven't had any TV in teh house for a while and won't be getting it any time soon, so I'll be missing out on most of this...

[TheEnglishman]

Thank god the actual World Cup is whilst I'm not in uni, I'll be able to watch it on TV back home rather than highlights on the internet.
Felt very sorry for Ireland, definitely didn't deserve to go out like they did but the requests for a replay will almost certainly go on deaf ears. France may have been poor in qualifying but Brazil barely qualified in 2002, so it doesn't necessarily mean no chance of success.
I'm pretty excited though, I think I've got a more mature outlook on the sport now than I ever had before, and I can't wait for next summer.

[Mallick]

Aquamarine, on Nov 19 2009, 09:51 AM, said:

I haven't had any TV in teh house for a while and won't be getting it any time soon, so I'll be missing out on most of this...

http://www.atdhe.net/watchtv.html

[Laharl]

Golden Legacy, on Nov 19 2009, 03:16 PM, said:

Not only was France unconvincing, the Irish deserved it far more. Great play, excellent defense, not to mention that France's goal that saved them was completely illegitimate (1:10-1:30).

but the Irish were unconvincing in the first leg so swings and roundabouts

[Aquamarine]

Captain Cannabis, on Nov 20 2009, 05:40 AM, said:

http://www.atdhe.net/watchtv.html

But of course. Then I should have been a bit more honest: I don't really give a fuck what happens. All I want to know is who won and who lost, the rest is unimportant to me.

[Mallick]

Aquamarine, on Nov 20 2009, 04:55 AM, said:

But of course. Then I should have been a bit more honest: I don't really give a fuck what happens. All I want to know is who won and who lost, the rest is unimportant to me.

I see, so the whole "woe is me ):" thing was just an excuse?

[Aquamarine]

Pretty much, yes.

[Golden Legacy]

Group stage results drawn today! First post updated.

[Mallick]

Sheesh, Canada, you're one of the top 5 largest countries in the world. Can't you find enough people for a decent soccer team?

[Aquamarine]

Yowzerz, Germany and Ghana are gonna kick Serbia's arse. :joy:

[Saturos S.]

Well, Italy and Spain have had the best draws I guess. Stupid Italians probably bribed people again. England had quite a nice draw and the Netherlands had a nice draw.

Group G probably is the poule with the most entertaining games. A poule with Kaka, Ronaldo and Drogba really cant be boring.

[TheEnglishman]

England have a good draw, considering what it could have been. Wouldn't underestimate the USA though.