Early World Cup 2002 Predictions

[The Apprentice]

World Cup 2002

World Cup 2002
The qualifying Stages are over and the field is set. The draw will be held on Saturday Nov.31.....The following teams have qualified for the 2002 World Cup

AFC South Korea
Japan
China
Saudi Arabia
CAF South Africa
Tunisia
Cameroon
Senegal
Nigeria
CONCACAF Costa Rica
United States
Mexico
CONMEBOL Argentina
Paraguay
Ecuador
Brazil
Uruguay
UEFA France
Poland
Sweden
Spain
Russia
Portugal
Denmark
Croatia
Italy
England
Slovenia
Belgium
Turkey
Germany
Ireland

 

[The Apprentice]

England or Germany

Germany to be seeded for World Cup draw
(Nov 27) tsn.ca - Germany may yet be among the seeded teams for the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament.

According to unnamed FIFA sources, seven of the eight seeded teams have been agreed upon leading up to Saturday's draw for the tournament.

France, South Korea and Japan are assured of being seeded while Argentina, Italy, Brazil and Germany are believed to have secured the next four spots. England, Croatia, Spain and Nigeria are vying for the eighth and final seed.

What is surprising is that Germany would be seeded ahead of England, who outqualified the Germans in their UEFA World Cup Group. The German's were also forced to go through a playoff round in order to qualify for the tournament.

However, a FIFA spokesperson acknowledged last month that past performance in international events would play a big part in determining the World Cup seeds.

 

[knvb]

Dates

FYI~ There is no Saturday Nov 31 do mean Sat Dec 1 or Friday Nov 30th


knvbdoesnotgiveatRATSASScausethedutchwontbethere

 

[Regs]

Had to do it

Sorry TA,

I had to add Portugal to the list

~TB.

 

[Jimmy Holiday]

Italia Italia Italia

Looking at the results,it seems as though only wops have casted their votes

Forza Italia

 

[knvb]

Pork Chops

I like Regs shout!

knvbdoesnotcarewhowinsaslongasitsnottheWOPS!

 

[brum]

well done you 2

at least some people have a soccer sense of whos gonna win the world cup


beatergladtoseeregsstickingwithhisporkchoproots

 

[The Apprentice]

MR I AM TTP, when we win, I will gladly reserve a seat in my i-roc as we follow the procession of I-rocs' led by Jimmy down Commercial drive. I will allow you to borrow one of my wife-beaters for your innitiation.

 

[Jimmy Holiday]

Portugal

Every 2 years I hear the same thing from the Pork Chops,wait til this year we have the best squad,were gonna take it all.

Kinda sounds like the boys from Richmond United,promise promotion to premier every year but fail to do so

 

[Guinness]

Pork Chops it is...

It is not in my blood to vote for England (although the big Swede has them playing some great stuff), so I'm going with the most impressive football team at Euro 2000, Portugal...
No this does not mean I like the Pork Chops, it's just that they undoubtably better than the Wops..

PS. Look for Ireland to knock out a big seeded squad!!!
(ie, the Argies or England)

 

[brum]

hey jimmy i hear the same thing from all the wops.. this is are year we will take it..

 

[Jimmy Holiday]

Ref Beater

The Wops do produce,it's proven.On and off the field

Guinness

No this does not mean i like the pork chops but they are undoubtably better than the wops

Lets be honest here,thats like saying Surrey United is undoubtably better than us

Knvb

Its just not the same without the Dutch,but you should of voted with your heed(which is large by the way)not your stupidness

 

[The Apprentice]

Guiness,

so I'm going with the most impressive football team at Euro 2000, Portugal...

That was two years ago, Italy should have won the euro cup so should we make them favorites for the world cup. Italy is a more well rounded squad than Portugal, and Figo can only carry a team so far. Italy has and has been for a long period of time the best team defensively and with the emergence of their offensive attack should be one of the front-runners.


ITALIA, VIVA ITALIA.

 

[The Apprentice]

Top 8

FIFA announces World Cup seeds
(Nov 28) tsn.ca - Despite a difficult qualifying campaign, Brazil managed to earn one of eight seeds for this Saturday's World Cup draw.

Under the FIFA criteria used to determine the seeds, Brazil - which struggled to finish third in CONMEBOL qualifying - topped the list with 62 points followed by Argentina and Italy, Germany, France and Spain.

France, South Korea and Japan were already guaranteed seeds as defending champion and hosts respectively.

FIFA says the criteria used to determine the seeds was past World Cup (France 1998, USA 1994 and Italy 1990) as well as the World Rankings from 1999, 2000 and 2001.

 

[Guinness]

Apprentice

Under what arse is your heed lodged???
Did you even watch any of Euro 2000???

Italy should have won the euro cup so should we make them favorites for the world cup.

by your pompus arrogant comment you probably only watched the final!!! do you even remeber how badly the Dutch outplayed them in the semi's, only to lose in a shootout??? they were quite average that tournament (weak up front, but strong at the back)and they won't get past the quarterfinals at the World Cup this summer...

Guinnessdoesn'tthinkthewopsareasgoodastheythinktheyare

 

[Keeper]

Guinness,

Since when do "average" teams make it to European finals? "Average" teams certainly don't come merely 30 seconds from wrapping it up either.

KeeperexpectingtohearsomeBayernMünchencomment

 

[The Apprentice]

Guiness, You always go shoot your big mouth thinking you know everything. You said you were picking Portugal after witnessing their play in Euro 2000. That was two years ago , jack-ass. I am not basing my prediction on the fact Italy should have won it all. I did see the game vs the dutch but That was the semi's they moved on and should have won against France. Can you deny that? Italy has never been considered an average team and that is why they always do well in International Competition. What is your country seeded for the World Cup?
I am predicting Italy to make it to the last 4 and that is a very realistic prediction. This is not based on past performances , it is based soley on this years squad .

 

[gomesy_jr]

He doesn't have to

Figo doesn't have to carry the team. They have a lot of quality players including Nuno Gomes and Rui Costa. I have to go with Portugal on this one. The only thing there're lacking is a good defence .

Cheers, Gomes

 

[The Apprentice]

Nuno Who? Is he the character that looks very similar to Ralph Machio, thought he was a star after Euro 2000 and was last seen playing with Fiorentina?

Look out if Robby Baggio is called to the line-up, in that case gaurantee world cup for Italy.

 

[Jinky]

You mean if he doesn't take any penalties, right?