The most likely of teams don’t necessarily qualify for the finals.
204621
Italy or Argentina...strong, fast and talented....\nHolland has a go too
168295
i think they'll just make the play offs but lose in the final, they'll come so close after a poor start to the season but i think they won't quite make it to the championship.
556969
It will reach minimum to the semi-finals.....
671124
it happens. many teams already know there's no chance at all for them to qualify so when they're playing against one that has a chance and needs few points to, they take a bribe to lose the game for that team!
295490
I can´t really imagine them advancing to the final round.
494797
They ment the team making the championship would eb decided on the field but then the game doesnt really count for the loser because they lost and now dont have anything to be playing for since they cant make the national champonship.
619913
I agree with him. When your playing a sport that teams only score 1 or even no goals, you pretty much have it won considering the fact that its like 90 something percent that a team that goals first will win or tie. Although im not saying its not possible because its happened.
164850
maybe they don't have the team work.
194321
it takes a long time to organise and for all the nations to prepare and compete........\n\nit incidentally also reduces the chances of a successful team immediately repeating their success on the strength of players alone.....   very healthy for the competition and the sport in general.......
96383
The top two teams go straight into the Group Stages while the 3rd and 4th team, go through a qualifying game(against other European teams).  However next year the 4th team in the league may not enter the Tournament if Arsenal win this years tournament but fail to finish in the top 4 places.
661947
Not all the big teams are getting through.  \n\nAnd Australia is proof of it.\n\nThey are playing a better team game than most other countries and this will be their main advantage.\n\nBig stakes in this game as the winner (assumingly Aus) plays winner of Switz-Ukraine, good chance for a semi-final spot.\n\nGO AUSSIES!
414896
No Way!!! Sorry to disapoint you but that would be a disapointment.. It would mean better teams were not playing up to their pontential.
663521
The current quota of World Cup places is distributed mainly on football development of the region and to a lesser extent on the size of the continent.  So, analyzing the situation, I think that the current situation is relatively fair enough.  I say this because the development of football in Asia and Africa is not satisfactory enough to award them more places.  If places are awarded under current conditions, it will result in underperforming teams being the whipping-boys of their respective groups.  South America has 12 countries and I think 4.5 is fair enough.  For Europe, well, 14 seems a lot but considering the great national team heritage and especially club heritage (A.C, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United...) I think it's worth it.
652888
If you noticed.. all the teams you mentioned are already in the second round.. a good team is not a one that goes and kills the opponent.. is the ones that can win when they are not playing their best\n\nand not only that.. but in a consistant way.. african teams have so much spirit that pushed them along.. but when things matter, those teams will not beat a good team\n\nsome one once said.. "amateurs play well when they feel well, profesionals play well always!"
664042
Well if they dont they are out of the competition.
588540
The 32 teams who have qualified for the finals are drawn into eight seperate groups,  with four teams in each group.\n\nWithin each group, the four teams play each other once. So every single team plays a minimum of three matches.\n\nThe winner and runner-up in each group progress to the next stage.\n\nInevitably, if a team loses it first two matches, it is very unlikely to progress even if it wins its last match. But it must still play its last match regardless, because the result still  may effect the rest of its group. Ever match must be completed for fairness, even if there is no mathematical chance of either side progressing.
234969
I don't think the Spurs could still make it to the next round...