world cup qualifing football team. could somebody explain please
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there are only 5 certainties in life;\n\n1) birth\n2) death\n3) taxes\n4) the Scots being crap at football\n5) everyone hating on us English for being the best!!!!!
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Future is looking good and bright. The team has reched its lowest that it can not go any further down from here. Hence, it can look forward to a better performance from here on. If you remember even prior to start of  the last world cup, we were at the lowest and in our first few matches against low placed teams like Holland we won with difficulty, but after that we reached the finals and lost.\n\nHence, its good that we have not peaked at the wrong time, but we should now start gethering momentum to peak at world cup. Hopefully, by that time we will have few changes in our team for better.
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FIFA World Cup qualification is the process a team must go through to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Finals, or, more commonly known as the FIFA World Cup or Football World Cup. FIFA World Cup is a global event, and qualification is used to reduce the large field of participants from about 200 to 32.\n\nQualifying tournaments are held within the six FIFA continental zones (Africa, Asia, North and Central America and Caribbean, South America, Oceania, Europe), and are organized by their respective confederations. For each tournament, FIFA decides beforehand the number of spots awarded to each of the continental zones, based on the relative strength of the confederations' teams (and, some may argue, political considerations).\n\nThe hosts of the World Cup receive an automatic berth in the finals. Unlike many other sports, results of the previous World Cups or of the continental championships are not taken into account. Until 2002, the defending champions also received an automatic berth, but starting from the 2006 World Cup they also need to enter qualifying.\n\nIn the qualification process for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, 198 teams from the six FIFA confederations were allocated a share of the 32 spots available on the basis of the strength of their teams. The final distribution was as follows:\n\nEurope - represented by UEFA : 51 teams competing for 13 places (Germany qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 14 places) \nAfrica - the CAF : 51 teams, 5 places \nSouth America - CONMEBOL : 10 teams, 4.5 places \nAsia - the AFC : 39 teams, 4.5 places \nNorth, Central American and Caribbean - CONCACAF : 34 teams, 3.5 places \nOceania - the OFC : 12 teams, 0.5 places (not guaranteed a position). \nEach .5 indicates a place in inter-confederation matchups for the last two spots, namely playoffs between AFC and CONCACAF and between CONMEBOL and OFC.
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Germany has a weak division. I can see Klose being the leading scorer of the tournament. They already put up four in their first match. They will go far in the cup, and I foresee a lot of goals in their future.
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Turkey currently stands at 14 in the FIFA rankings - they're not a bad team.  Honestly, I was stunned they didn't qualify.  I think they'll win (or come close) in 2010 - if they qualify.  Thing is, I think the 2010 World Cup will be good for them, because it will be about the SPORT, not the politics around them.  Considering it's hosted in South Africa next time 'round, it really will be all about the game and not your political stance. I really, really think they have a good chance of coming close in the next cup.  They're a strong team and play well.
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italian to the bone..the best team in the world cup and the champions.\nfrance is a good team also but sorry am not a fan!!
576144
In the FIFA World Cup the team that is considered the "visiting" team is the one that changes the uniform. Australia changed because the match was Brazil x Australia, if it had been Australia x Brazil, the brazilians would have played with their reserve kit.\n\nWhether the match is "Brazil x Australia" or "Australia x Brazil" is determined in the World Cup draw months before it starts.
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You are right.\n\nCheck this bracket: (will clear any doubts)\n\nhttp://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/bracket.html
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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.
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Well its a hard desition but these would be my elections for their teams. I would apply a 4-3-3 for both teams, and the goal would be made by the player referred.(*) I am also only including countries that are participating in this World Cup, as well as players.\n\nEurope\nGolie: Gainluigi Buffon (Italy)\nDefenders: Philipp Lahm (Germany)\n                   Sergio Ramos (Spain)\n                   Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)\n                   Giovanni Van Bronckhorst (Netherlands)\nMidfields:    Michael Ballack (Germany)\n                   Frank Lampard (England) * (12m)\n                   Deco (Portugal)\nForwards:  Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden)\n                  Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine) ** (54m, 81m)\n                  Thierry Henry (France)\n\nSouth America\nGolie: Roberto Carlos Abondanzieri (Argentina)\nDefense: Roberto Fabian Ayala (Argentina)\n                Sorin (Argentina)\n                Roberto Carlos (Brazil)\n                Cicinho (Brazil)\nMidfielders: Javier Masherano (Argentina)\n                   Ronaldinho (Brazil)\n                   Kaka (Brazil)* (27m)\nForwards:   Ronaldo (Brazil)* (45+)\n                   Roque Santacruz (Paraguay)\n                   Hernan Crespo (Argentina)\n\nFinal Result: Europe 3-2 South America
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There are 32 teams in the World Cup: \n\nAngola, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, United states of America.\n\nEach team can have a maximum of 23 teams. Usually 3 of those go for goalkeepers, and then 20 to divide among defenders, midfielders, and strikers.
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1.A lot of time is needed for the host country to prepare for the world cup\n2.It takes about a year for qualification procedures (to decide who will be in the world cup)\n3.F.I.F.A. does not want the world cup to clash with continental championschips (European championship,Copa Aemrica etc.)\n4.F.I.F.A. does not want the world cup to clash with the olympics\n5.If the world cup was played too often the excitement and novelty would be taken out of the tournament\n6.There many more reasons but I could be typing all night!!!
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croatia is a very good team they are expected to top the group with brazil.Remember when they sent germany packing two world cups ago? Its football and anything is possible
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yeahs it is!\nwith a batallion of new generation in football world like kaka of brazil, wayne rooney of england, lionel messi of argentina, and not to forget the experienced players like ronaldinho(which is the best player at d moment), and suprises may arise from underdog team(ecuador and trinidad and tobago) this 2006 world cup promise us nothing but excitement!\n\nmay the best team win!
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Its a bracket tournament 32 teams play in the World Cup which lasts for one month. June 9th to July 9th. July 9th being the Championship match. 1st round is 8 groups (4 teams ea. group) that brakes down to the second round known as the Round of 16 and or Elimination Round. Those 16 teams then go down to 8 (quarter-finals), 4 teams (semi-finals). Saturday July 8 will be the game for 3rd place which is still considered very good. So in essence if you want to win the Cup without a loss you would need to win 7 games. Hope this helps you.
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listen ill explain\n\n\nIn every group of four each team plays everyone else in their group. (for example: A vs. B and C vs. D) then when those matches are done A vs. C and B vs. D then the last matches of the "group stages" A vs. D and B vs. C---- Now a win is 3 points a tie or draw is 1 point and a loss is 0 points. The top 2 teams in each group proceed to the next round of 16 while the rest are out of the competition
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OK, for the records:\n\nENG - greatest squad ever, on a roll, trainer problems with Erikson, great chance of winning it all.  At 15:1 a good bet.\n\nFRA - Henry one of the best forwards in Europe, but something is wrong here.  Practically the same team from Korea 2002, no youth.  Next please.\n\nITL - caught up in political problems and a HUGE scandal back home.  Trainer's main job is to bring harmony into the team.  Gone by the 1/4 finals.\n\nGER - home field advantage, average squad, interesting watching Schweinsteiger & Podolski together.  A traditional "tournament team" that does what it takes to win. 8:1 favourites.