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The Final draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be staged in Cape Town, South Africa, on 4 December 2009 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre

The official mascot for the 2010 FIFA World Cup is Zakumi, a leopard with green hair. His name comes from "ZA", the international abbreviation for South Africa, and "kumi", a word that means "ten" in various African languages

I had been planning to go to this World Cup for a while but it looks like those plans may not come to fruition.

North, Central America and Caribbean

Competition Format 35 teams, 3.5 places
Twelve teams are contesting Round 3 of North, Central America and Caribbean qualifying. The top two from each of the three groups will advance to the final hexagonal stage, from where three sides will qualify directly for South Africa 2010 and the fourth-placed team will take on the fifth-placed finisher in South American qualifying for a place at the world finals.

ROUND FOUR
Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
USA 3 2 1 0 7 2 7
Costa Rica 3 2 0 1 3 2 6
Honduras 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Mexico 3 1 0 2 3 5 3
El Salvador 3 0 2 1 4 5 2
Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 2 1 3 6

slycat wrote:I had been planning to go to this World Cup for a while but it looks like those plans may not come to fruition.

Same here. We have friends that live there saving on the cost of rooms. But we were also planning on doing the Canal (Barge) rentals next summer sometime also in Ireland so not sure how that will pan out. Can't do both.

http://www.barrowline.ie/

North Korea just qualified. This is going to be most interesting.

So far, the teams that have qualified are Australia, South Korea, Japan and North Korea out of Asia, the Netherlands out of Europe and South Africa as the host.

Bahrain and Saudi Arabia will play a two-leg playoffs to determine the 5th place team out of Asia. The winner plays Oceania Champion New Zealand for the final Asia/Oceania bid.

North, Central America and Caribbean
Round Four

Team MP W D L GF GA Pts

Costa Rica 6 4 0 2 9 9 12
Honduras 6 3 1 2 10 6 10
USA 6 3 1 2 11 8 10
Mexico 6 3 0 3 8 9 9
El Salvador 6 1 2 3 6 8 5
Trinidad and Tobago 6 1 2 3 7 11 5

CONCACAF gets three automatic WC spots after the final round
4th place team needs playoff game with the 5th place South American team for a WC spot

polsongrizz wrote:

slycat wrote:I had been planning to go to this World Cup for a while but it looks like those plans may not come to fruition.

Same here. We have friends that live there saving on the cost of rooms. But we were also planning on doing the Canal (Barge) rentals next summer sometime also in Ireland so not sure how that will pan out. Can't do both.

http://www.barrowline.ie/

That's a hell of a tough choice. Ireland's a beautiful country, and the World Cup is...well, the World Cup.

Now qualified:

South Africa
Japan
Australia
South Korea
North Korea
Netherlands
Brazil
Ghana

England has now qualified after a 5-1 shellacking of Croatia.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... 244218.stm

DukeJack wrote:England has now qualified after a 5-1 shellacking of Croatia.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... 244218.stm

Hope Croatia makes it through the playoff. They can be fun to watch. Too many injuries right now.

Spanish also qualified.

Bahrain has moved onto the playoff vs. NZ.

Paraguay also officially in the WC.

Eight countries punched their tickets to South Africa, including the Stars and Stripes:

USA
Germany
Ivory Coast
Denmark
Serbia
Italy
Chile
Mexico

In total 19 teams have now qualified

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/qualifiers/index.html

Switzerland, Slovakia, Argentina, and Honduras all punched their tickets today, leaving 9 spots.

Costa Rica and Uruguay will play in the CONCACAF-CONMEBOL playoff and Bahrain and New Zealand will play in the AFC-Oceania playoff. The eight second place European teams will be seeded, and are: Portugal, Greece, France, Russia, Ukraine, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ireland. From Africa, Groups A-C are still up for grabs. In Group A, Cameroon leads with 10 pts and Gabon is second with 9. In Group B, Tunisia leads with 11 pts and Nigeria is second with 9. In Group C, Algeria leads with 13 pts and Egypt is second with 10. All three groups are on their final matchday.

TEAMS THAT HAVE QUALIFIED

CONCACAF
United States, qualified Oct. 10
Mexico, qualified Oct. 10
Honduras, qualified Oct. 14

Playoff berth: Costa Rica V. Uruguay

CAF
Ghana, qualified Sept. 6
Ivory Coast, qualified Oct. 10

AFC
Australia, qualified June 6
Japan, qualified June 6
North Korea, qualified June 17
South Korea, qualified Sept. 6

Playoff berth: Bahrain V. New Zealand

UEFA
Netherlands, qualified June 6
England, qualified Sept. 9
Spain, qualified Sept. 9
Denmark, qualified Oct. 10
Germany, qualified Oct. 10
Italy, qualified Oct. 10
Serbia, qualified Oct. 10
Slovakia, qualified Oct. 14
Switzerland, qualified Oct. 14

Playoff berths: (4 comes out of group)
Republic of Ireland v. France
Portugal v. Bosnia
Greece v. Ukraine
Russia v. Slovenia

OFC
Playoff berth: New Zealand v. Bahrain

CONMEBOL
Brazil, qualified Sept. 5
Paraguay, qualified Sept. 9
Chile, qualified Oct. 10
Argentina, qualified Oct. 14

Playoff berth: Uruguay V. Costa Rico

HOST
South Africa

European World Cup teams to be seeded

Playoff berth: (4 comes out of group)
France
Russia
Portugal
Greece
Ireland
Bosnia
Ukraine
Slovenia

The eight teams will be seeded according to the Fifa rankings, the governing body's president Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday.

There will also be a separate draw to determine which teams play the second legs at home, Blatter told a news conference after a Fifa executive committee meeting in Rio de Janeiro.

"We have decided on seeding the teams into two groups of four, taking the Fifa world rankings into account, with the top four in one pot and the others in another pot," Blatter said.

Croatia really had the worst deal. For the UEFA playoff the top 4 teams will be pooled to play against the bottom four. The new ranking comes out tomorrow, but the projections have.

10. France
11. Portugal
13. Russia
20. Greece

the bottom 4

24. Ukraine
27. Ireland
40. Bosnia
49. Slovenia (funny too that Slovakia won the group and is projected 50)

I personally would like to see Greece move along. I think Greece had a good run in the UEFA Euro champ in 2004 and it would be nice to seem them rebound after that run (even though it was more luck than anything).

Also, I have a lot of doubt in France (unless they get Ireland) because they just have not been playing well this past year.

I'm sad Croatia is out. Their fans are the most insane group of the bunch. They have fun no matter the outcome. Injuries killed them.

rankings came out the 2 pots will be


Pot 1
9. France
10. Portugal
11. Russia
16. Greece

Pot 2
22. Ukraine
34. Ireland
42. Bosnia
49. Slovenia

Would like to see the Irish make it...and get a match up against the English in the knockout stages

The draw for the European Zone 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ qualifying play-offs took place at the Home of FIFA in Zurich today. The following pairings have been drawn by FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke and South Africa star Steven Pienaar.

Republic of Ireland-France
Portugal-Bosnia
Greece-Ukraine
Russia-Slovenia

The play-offs will be contested on a two-legged, home-and-away basis on 14 and 18 November.

TEAMS THAT HAVE QUALIFIED

CONCACAF
United States, qualified Oct. 10
Mexico, qualified Oct. 10
Honduras, qualified Oct. 14

Playoff berth 1st leg:
Costa Rica 0:1 Uruguay

CAF
Ghana, qualified Sept. 6
Ivory Coast, qualified Oct. 10
Nigeria qualified Nov. 14
Camaroon qualified Nov. 14

Playoff berth: Egypt V. Algeria

AFC
Australia, qualified June 6
Japan, qualified June 6
North Korea, qualified June 17
South Korea, qualified Sept. 6

UEFA
Netherlands, qualified June 6
England, qualified Sept. 9
Spain, qualified Sept. 9
Denmark, qualified Oct. 10
Germany, qualified Oct. 10
Italy, qualified Oct. 10
Serbia, qualified Oct. 10
Slovakia, qualified Oct. 14
Switzerland, qualified Oct. 14

Playoff berths: (4 comes out of group) - 1st leg
Russia 2-1 Slovenia
Greece 0-0 Ukraine
Ireland 0-1 France
Portugal 1-0 Bosnia


OFC
New Zealand qualified Nov. 14

CONMEBOL
Brazil, qualified Sept. 5
Paraguay, qualified Sept. 9
Chile, qualified Oct. 10
Argentina, qualified Oct. 14

Playoff berth 1st leg:
Costa Rica 0:1 Uruguay

HOST
South Africa

The Final draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be staged in Cape Town, South Africa, on 4 December 2009 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre


TEAMS

CONCACAF
United States, qualified Oct. 10
Mexico, qualified Oct. 10
Honduras, qualified Oct. 14

CAF
Ghana, qualified Sept. 6
Ivory Coast, qualified Oct. 10
Nigeria qualified Nov. 14
Camaroon qualified Nov. 14
Algeria qualified Nov. 18

AFC
Australia, qualified June 6
Japan, qualified June 6
North Korea, qualified June 17
South Korea, qualified Sept. 6

UEFA
Netherlands, qualified June 6
England, qualified Sept. 9
Spain, qualified Sept. 9
Denmark, qualified Oct. 10
Germany, qualified Oct. 10
Italy, qualified Oct. 10
Serbia, qualified Oct. 10
Slovakia, qualified Oct. 14
Switzerland, qualified Oct. 14
Slovenia qualified Nov. 18
Greece qualified Nov. 18
France qualified Nov. 18
Portugal qualified Nov. 18

OFC
New Zealand qualified Nov. 14

CONMEBOL
Brazil, qualified Sept. 5
Paraguay, qualified Sept. 9
Chile, qualified Oct. 10
Argentina, qualified Oct. 14
Uruguay, qualified Nov. 18

HOST
South Africa

Ireland got SCREWED. They should have advanced, not France.

"Henry admits handball for winning goal"
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story ... 10&cc=5901

bandl wrote:Ireland got SCREWED. They should have advanced, not France.

"Henry admits handball for winning goal"

Got to watch part of it while I was getting my haircut yesterday. Can't blame Henry for trying though, refs should have picked up on that. Poorly officiated game on the whole, Irish shouldn't blame France for cheating, Irish should blame the Refs for not seeing what was a blatant hand ball. I heard someone down here say "They must have used refs from the SEC to call that game."