Why does No. 12 is before No. 11 in FIFA world cup 2006 ?
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Did you see what I did there in this post's headline. 'B-low Par' ...it's a pun, y'see. Just like them proper journalists in The Sun and that.\n\nAnyway, England 'B' contrived to lose to Belarus 2-1 last night. Sven, as usual, was talking up the positives after the game - Owen felt fine, Ashley Cole and Campbell played 90 minutes, yada,yada,yada...\n\nAnd yeah, I guess, those things are important. But how about this - England were OK for the first half and an absolute shambles in the second. They lacked guts and ambition. And really, what did Sven learn about his squad and stand-by players.\n\nWell, he learnt that Owen Hargreaves should never, ever be allowed to play right-back, ever. Not even for a pub team. Never.....Ever. Ever.\n\nHe also learnt that 'lucky' Robert Green is injury prone.\n\nAnd he learnt that if you play three-quarters of Tottenham's first choice midfield you get a pretty good midfield that, and I know this may come as a surprise, looks like they've played together before. \n\nHe also learnt that if you take off all the tall players and play a frontline of midgets, your attackers won't win the first balls and headers. Defoe, Joe Cole, Walcott, Lennon - not a single one of them over about 5 feet six inches tall.\n\nThe one real positive - Aaron Lennon. He may only be two feet tall, but he's a damn fine player and scared the living daylights out Belarus. It didn't matter who they used to try to stop him, they couldn't do it. He's going to be very useful addition to the World Cup squad.
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32 countries qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup
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One the one hand, one has always to remember that refs are only human beings, too, which happen to make mistakes. \nOne the other hand, the FIFA sometimes ranks football only 2nd in importance. In the Council for refrees at the FIFA, football powers like Vunau or Easttimor have more votes than the countries where football is celebrated at the highest level. Why? Because the FIFA (or let's say Blatter) needed the votes of these countries for his re-election... \nBut things have improved: In contrast to the last WC,  the FIFA has decided to let the teams of refs play who usually play together in the Leagues... So they talk the same language and know each other.
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If you are just talking about this world cup alone, the leading scorer is Miroslav Klose of Germany and he has 4 goals.  And then Hernan Crespo of Argentina, Fernando Torres of Spain, Lukas Podolski of Germany, Maxi Rodriguez of Argentina, and Agustin Delgado of Ecuador each has 3 goals.  There are even more players who have 2 goals.  Please go to http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/stats/detail.html?section=ia&sort=GF for more details.\n\nHowever, if you are talking about all time highest, then after the two goals Ronaldo of Brazil got in the match against Japan, he has tied the top spot with Gerd Muller of Germany who has 14 goals.  Just Fontaine of France has 13 and Pele of Brazil has 12.
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As for the first World Cup (1930) only 13 countries participated. It was held in Uraguay and there were no qualification matches - teams were merely invited to take part. Many european countries declined the invitation because of the travelling distance and transport facilities weren't as efficient as they are today. The top scorer was Guillermo Stábile of Argentina with 8 goals. The first scorer of a World Cup goal however was scored by Lucien Laurent, of France, in the 19th minute of their opening game. \n\nUraguay won the tournament.\n\nPrize money for the World Cup has recently been increased for the impending tournament. The winners of the tournament in Germany will walk away with 24.5 million Swiss francs (£10.7m), more than double the total for the 2002 World Cup, while every qualifying nation will pocket a minimum of seven million Swiss francs (£3m). Needless to say prize money increases the further the nation progresses through the tournament. Specific amounts awarded to each country will be known after the World Cup.
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No, the United States is ranked fourth in the world and there are 8 groups in the World Cup, yet the USA didn't recieve top seeding in a group.  The way it works, is they pick 8 teams to to be the #1 seed, then the rest of the teams are placed in groups (there isn't a seed given to non #1 seeds).  This is supposed to be done so you don't get a group of four super powers like Germany, Brazil, England, and France.
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During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the Japanese player with the number 10 was Shunsuke Nakamura, who plays for Celtic FC. \n\nLuis García, who originates from Spain, currently holds the number 10 for Liverpool FC. \n\nBoth are midfielders.
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if you mean the world cup, it's 4.
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Here you go.  This is a great site for information on the other cups as well.\n\nWORLD CUP 2002 STANDINGS\n                       P   W  D  L   Goals  Pts\n 1.Brazil          C   7   7  0  0   18- 4   21\n 2.Germany         F   7   5  1  1   14- 3   16\n 3.Turkey          SF  7   4  1  2   10- 6   13\n 4.South Korea     SF  7   3  2  2    8- 6   11\n 5.Spain           QF  5   3  2  0   10- 5   11\n 6.England         QF  5   2  2  1    6- 3    8\n 7.Senegal         QF  5   2  2  1    7- 6    8\n 8.United States   QF  5   2  1  2    7- 7    7\n 9.Japan           2R  4   2  1  1    5- 3    7\n10.Denmark         2R  4   2  1  1    5- 5    7\n11.Mexico          2R  4   2  1  1    4- 4    7\n12.Rep. of Ireland 2R  4   1  3  0    6- 3    6\n13.Sweden          2R  4   1  2  1    5- 5    5\n14.Belgium         2R  4   1  2  1    6- 7    5\n15.Italy           2R  4   1  1  2    5- 5    4\n16.Paraguay        2R  4   1  1  2    6- 7    4\n17.South Africa    1R  3   1  1  1    5- 5    4\n18.Argentina       1R  3   1  1  1    2- 2    4\n19.Costa Rica      1R  3   1  1  1    5- 6    4\n20.Cameroon        1R  3   1  1  1    2- 3    4\n21.Portugal        1R  3   1  0  2    6- 4    3\n22.Russia          1R  3   1  0  2    4- 4    3\n23.Croatia         1R  3   1  0  2    2- 3    3\n24.Ecuador         1R  3   1  0  2    2- 4    3\n25.Poland          1R  3   1  0  2    3- 7    3\n26.Uruguay         1R  3   0  2  1    4- 5    2\n27.Nigeria         1R  3   0  1  2    1- 3    1\n28.France          1R  3   0  1  2    0- 3    1\n29.Tunisia         1R  3   0  1  2    1- 5    1\n30.Slovenia        1R  3   0  0  3    2- 7    0\n31.China           1R  3   0  0  3    0- 9    0\n32.Saudi Arabia    1R  3   0  0  3    0-12    0
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David Beckham (Eng), Kaka (Brazil), Raul Gonzales (Spain), Christiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Morientes (Spain), Milan Baros (Czech Rep), Owen (Eng), Cech (Cxech Rep), Totti (Italy), Kewell (Aus)....\n\nWell had real trouble to name them, esp after the 6th one!
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ya the rules of fifa have changed now\nas the hosting nation opens the world cup \nand first the rule was that the previous cup winner also gets a place in the world cup without playing qualifiers , now only the hosting nation gets the place without playing the qualifiers.
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What does this have to do with the FIFA World Cup?
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Short answer is because they are doing well on points. \nObjectively I think it is unrealistic to see the US as the 4th in the world.  However It cannot be argued they are doing well.\nHowever FIFA have a point system.  They accept is is flawed but it would be incredibly difficult and complex to make a system which truly represented the strength of teams.  However it is also imposable to have a person or team able to objectively rank teams.\nSo what can you do?\n\nThe link below takes you to the part of the FIFA site which explains how their point system works.
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This is too early because of the match ups, eg if Italy finish second in their group they will most likely play Brasil in Rd 2. \n\nIn a nutshell, it is quite hard for all the big teams to make the last 4, that's why there is always a surprise team. \n\nBut for betting purposes, one may be forced to choose early on, the prospective semi-finalists.\n\nMy selection currently: Italy, Germany, Serbia & Montenegro and Argentina.
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The winner of 2006 world cup have to come through the qualifying round, like 2002 world cup champion Brazil did to qualify for 2006 world cup in Germany.\n\nunder the present FIFA rule, only the host country will qualify automatically for the final stage. As such, South Africa as the host of the 2010 world cup do not have to go through the qualifying round. They are an automatic selection to play 2010 world cup.
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There is an Official World Cup Ranking where Teams get ranked according to their performances in the Cup. (Stage reached, wins, losses,draws, goals scored and conceded).\nWhile this list is not the official World Ranking it does have a bearing on the overall list. For example Australia's performance will mean a dramatic rise in ranking but they may not be in World top 16.
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http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/mcast/mc.html?id=18