[disappointment2]

Things to predict:
1) The world champions.
England

2) The top scorer in the competition.
Owen

3) The 8 group winners in the first round.
4) The 8 teams finishing second in their group in the first round


The 8 Groups:
Group A:
Germany - 1st
Poland - 2nd

Group B:
England - 1st
Sweden - 2nd

Group C:
Argentina - 2nd
Holland - 1st

Group D:
Mexico - 2nd
Portugal - 1st

Group E
Czech Republic - 1st
Italy - 2nd

Group F
Brazil - 1st
Croatia - 2nd

Group G
France - 2nd
South Korea - 1st

Group H
Spain - 1st
Tunisia - 2nd

The matches:
Friday 9th June:
Germany vs Costa Rica (1800) 3-1
Poland vs Ecuador (2100) 2-1

Saturday 10th June:
England vs Paraguay (1500) 3-1
Trinidad and Tobago vs Sweden (1800) 0-3
Argentina vs Côte d'Ivoire (2100) 2-0

Sunday 11th June
Serbia and Montenegro vs Netherlands (1500) 2-3
Mexico vs Iran (1800) 2-2
Angola vs Portugal (2100) 0-2

Monday 12th June
Italy vs Ghana (2100) 3-1
USA vs Czech Republic (1800) 1-4
Australia vs Japan (1500) 0-1

Tuesday 13th June
Brazil vs Croatia (2100) 2-1
France vs Switzerland (1800) 2-2
South Korea vs Togo (1500) 3-0

Wednesday 14th June
Spain vs Ukraine (1500) 2-0
Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia (1800) 2-2
Germany vs Poland (2100) 3-1

Thursday 15th June
Ecuador vs Costa Rica (1500) 1-1
England vs Trinidad and Tobago (1800) 4-0
Sweden vs Paraguay (2100) 3-1

Friday 16th June
Argentina vs Serbia and Montenegro (1500) 2-1
Netherlands vs Côte d'Ivoire (1800) 3-0
Mexico vs Angola (2100) 3-0

Saturday 17th June
Portugal vs Iran (1500) 2-0
Italy vs USA (2100) 4-0
Czech Republic vs Ghana (1800) 3-1

Sunday 18th June
Brazil vs Australia (1800) 4-0
Japan vs Croatia (1500) 2-3
France vs South Korea (2100) 2-3

Monday 19th June
Togo vs Switzerland (1500) 1-3
Spain vs Tunisia (2100) 3-1
Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine (1800) 2-2

Tuesday 20th June
Ecuador vs Germany (1600) 1-3
Costa Rica vs Poland (1600) 2-2
Sweden vs England (2100) 2-2
Paraguay vs Trinidad and Tobago (2100) 3-1

Wednesday 21st June
Netherlands vs Argentina (2100) 3-2
Côte d'Ivoire vs Serbia and Montenegro (2100) 2-2
Portugal vs Mexico (1600) 3-0
Iran vs Angola (1600) 2-1

Thursday 22nd June
Czech Republic vs Italy (1600) 2-2
Ghana vs USA (1600) 1-1
Japan vs Brazil (2100) 1-3
Croatia vs Australia (2100) 3-1

Friday 23rd June
Togo vs France (2100) 0-3
Switzerland vs South Korea (2100) 1-2
Saudi Arabia vs Spain (1600) 0-3
Ukraine vs Tunisia (1600) 0-0

[rassedgesse]

Originally posted by Unspeakable Horror
Argentina Hah! We are so going to kick your ass. You still owe us for '78.

[Toivaluadiora]

everyone picking against switzerland i see - thats gonna come back and bite u in the ass. just ask the turks.

[CializCialiscsqw]

france is not getting out of the round of 32, if even t he group stage.

[deermealec]

My predictions.

Champions: Brazil
Top scorer: Ronaldo (Brazil)

The groups:

Group A:
Germany
Poland

Group B:
England
Sweden

Group C: (anything is possible)
Argentina
Holland

Group D:
Portugal
Mexico

Group E
Italy
Czech Republic

Group F
Brazil
Australia

Group G
France
Switzerland

Group H
Spain
Ukraine


Germany vs Costa Rica 2 - 0
Poland vs Ecuador 1 - 0


England vs Paraguay 2 - 1
Trinidad and Tobago vs Sweden 1 - 2
Argentina vs Côte d'Ivoire 3 - 1


Serbia and Montenegro vs Netherlands 0 - 2
Mexico vs Iran 3 - 0
Angola vs Portugal 0 - 5

Italy vs Ghana 3-0
USA vs Czech Republic 1 - 2
Australia vs Japan 2 - 0

Brazil vs Croatia 3 - 1
France vs Switzerland 1 - 1 (I mean it)
South Korea vs Togo 1 - 0

Spain vs Ukraine 3 - 2
Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia 2 - 0
Germany vs Poland 2 - 1

Ecuador vs Costa Rica 1 - 1
England vs Trinidad and Tobago 3 - 1
Sweden vs Paraguay 2 - 1

Argentina vs Serbia and Montenegro 3 - 1
Netherlands vs Côte d'Ivoire 3 - 1
Mexico vs Angola 3 - 0

Portugal vs Iran 4 - 0
Italy vs USA 2 - 0
Czech Republic vs Ghana 3 - 1

Brazil vs Australia 2 - 1
Japan vs Croatia 0 - 0
France vs South Korea 2 - 1

Togo vs Switzerland 0 - 2
Spain vs Tunisia 3 - 2
Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine 0 - 3

Ecuador vs Germany 0 - 2
Costa Rica vs Poland 1 - 2
Sweden vs England 2 - 3
Paraguay vs Trinidad and Tobago 2 - 2

Netherlands vs Argentina 3 - 4
Côte d'Ivoire vs Serbia and Montenegro 1 - 0
Portugal vs Mexico 2 - 1
Iran vs Angola 0 - 1

Czech Republic vs Italy 1 - 2
Ghana vs USA 1 - 1
Japan vs Brazil 0 - 3
Croatia vs Australia 1 - 2

Togo vs France 0 - 2
Switzerland vs South Korea 2 - 0
Saudi Arabia vs Spain 0 - 4
Ukraine vs Tunisia 2 - 1

[lerobudrse]

Originally posted by Ecthy
Things to predict:
1) The world champions.
Germany

2) The top scorer in the competition.
Are you predicting there will be no goals at the World Cup.

[objennasweene]

Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Messi, Henry, these folks are usually named as possible candidates. Myself I certainly don't believe Henry has a chance, because I believe (and hope) France won't get past 1/8.

[timgillmoreeztf]

Yeah, I do. Up until very recently, I thought Croatia would be the second team to go from that group, but they don't seem as good to me as some 6 years ago, while the Australians have a nice team, and a good coach.

[SasortFkire]

CR > Germany, yes?

[enencephoth]

Ok, no one's mocked my prediction that England will win yet... what's wrong?

[feqlmwtuqx]

Bah, I should have picked Serbia and Montenegro! They're not even a country anymore, but I mean Greece did win Euro2004... wierd things can happen.

[Gabbavnf]

World Champions:
Argentina

Top Scorer:
Ronaldo (Bra)

Group Winners/Runners-up:

Group A
1. Germany
2. Poland

Group B
1. England
2. Sweden

Group C
1. Argentina
2. Holland

Group D
1. Portugal
2. Mexico

Group E
1. Italy
2. Czech Republic

Group F
1. Brazil
2. Croatia

Group G
1. France
2. Switzerland

Group H
1. Ukraine
2. Spain

Matches:

Germany vs Costa Rica 2-1
Poland vs Ecuador 1-0

England vs Paraguay 3-1
Trinidad and Tobago vs Sweden 0-4
Argentina vs Côte d'Ivoire 3-1

Serbia and Montenegro vs Netherlands 1-2
Mexico vs Iran 1-0
Angola vs Portugal 0-2

Italy vs Ghana 2-0
USA vs Czech Republic 1-2
Australia vs Japan 1-1

Brazil vs Croatia 3-0
France vs Switzerland 2-2
South Korea vs Togo 2-1

Spain vs Ukraine 1-2
Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia 1-1

[angeldimmon]

what about predicting 'best young player'?

[Feflyinvelf]

atawa, you missed out the Spain vs Tunisia game on your predictions. As you'd guessed on all the others I presume you intended to, but didn't?

[Glanteeignile]

spain v tunisia 2 - 0

[LSg44PDu]

I think Swiss hooligans will be more of a problem than the national team. Or is the Swiss national team a bunch of hooligans?

the swiss came out of the most difficult uefa (and probably world) qualifying group. then they beat the team who finished 3rd in 2002.

who will be laughin when cabanas and frei put three by france in stuttgart on the 13th?

[gamblingstats]

[NicolasOL]

I notice that 0-0s are in short supply.

[pokerbonuscod]

The standard rule that has previously applied and shall be applied is that the result used is the result after ordinary time.

In the group stage, should lots need to be drawn for placing teams, the final placings are the placing as per the draw of lots.


If we change the points allocation for 1st and 2nd, based on your suggestion:
Correctly guess 1st place: 5 pts (currently 5pts)
Correctly guess 2nd place: 5 pts (currently 3pts)
Choice for 1st finishes 2nd: 2 pts (currently 0pts)
Choice for 2nd finishes 1st: 2pts (currently 0pts).

If people want to play by that system I can change the rules in my first post.


Also, who wants to include LoA's suggestion of guessing the best youth player of the tournament?

Eligible contenders for the title can be found here:
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/bypa/yptw.html

[GinaGomesz]

The youth player award is awarded by FIFA, so the result is whoever FIFA give it to. And that is FIFA's world cup site, so yes, they do.