Guess The World Cup Winner

[Kaiomitsuki]

Who will win the World Cup in 2006 ?

My choice....don't forget i'm french...

Group A

1 Germany

2 Poland

Group B

1 England

2 Sweden

Group C

1 Netherlands

2 Argentina

Group D

1 Portugal

2 Mexico

Group E

1 Italy

2 Czech Rep.

Group F

1 Brazil

2 Crotia

Group G

1 France

2 Suisse

Group H

1 Spain

2 Ukrainia

1/8

Germany-Sweden 2-0

Netherlands-Mexico 1-0 overtime (Cocu goal)

England-Poland 3-1

Portugal-Argentina 2-0

Italy-Croatia 3-1

France-Ukrainia 2-1

Brazil-Czech Rep. 0-1 (Eating...) (Smicer goal)

Spain-Suisse 1-1 Spain Penalty kick

only european teams (Whistling...)

1/4

Germany-Netherlands 1-0

Italy-France 1-2 overtime (Trezeguet goal)

England-Portugal 0-2

Czech Rep.-Spain 1-2

Semi-Final

Germany-France 3-3 France penalty kick (remember Sevilla 1982 it's time to forget the past)

Portugal-Spain 1-0 overtime (Pauleta goal)

3rd Place

Germany-Spain

---> Germany 2-1

Final

France-Portugal

---> France 1-0 (Boumsong goal)

Edited December 16, 2005 by Kaiomitsuki

[aderechelsea]

damn !!! ... you narrowed it down a lot ......

[aderechelsea]

ok i'll give it a go myself:

A: Germany, Ecuador

B: Sweden, Paraguay

C: Argentina, Netherlands

D: Mexico,Portugal

E: Italy,USA

F: Brazil,Australia

G: France, Switzerland

H: Spain,Ukraine

Very weak African teams this time around. Maybe Tunisia has a chance to qualify and Ivory Coast was unlucky to get two "big names" in the group.Tongo, Ghana and Angola doesn't look too good to me. I will try to watch them in the upcoming Copa Africa to have a better opinion.

last 16

Germany-Paraguay .... GER

Sweden-Ecuador ... SWE

Argentina-Portugal ... ARG

Netherlands-Mexico ... NED

Italy-Australia ... ITA

Brazil-USA ... BRA

France-Ukraine ... FRA

Spain-Switzerland ... SUI

last 8

GER-ARG ... Argentina

SWE-NED ... Netherlands

ITA-FRA ... Italy

BRA-SUI ... Brazil

semis

Argentina-Italy .... ARG

Netherlands-Brazil ... BRA

FINAL

ARGENTINA-BRAZIL

and the cup goes to ................. ARGENTINA

(to tell you the truth i hope Netherland goes past Brazil but i have lost faith in them the last couple of tournaments .... (Whistling...) )

[ilovesumo]

To me, each team would be ok except the german one. I don't want them to win because I hate the "king of the world behaviour". The media is embarrassing... Soccer isn't the most important sport on earth, it's Sumo, so (Whistling...) it!

Go Paraguay! (Eating...)

Edited December 11, 2005 by ilovesumo

[Kaiomitsuki]

and the cup goes to ................. ARGENTINA

The only time a team from the american continent wins the World cup in Europe was in 1958 in Sweden... It was Brazil !

I don't believe an american team can win the world cup in Europe next year...

So a finale with Brazil and Argentina seems to me IMPOSSIBLE (Whistling...)

[Kaiomitsuki]

Soccer isn't the most important sport on earth, it's Sumo, so (Whistling...) it!

You're right.... very very right

Go Paraguay! (Eating...)

You should bet a lot of money on this team... Paraguay 90-1 to win the World cup (Sigh...)

Brazil 3-1 Poland 70-1

Argentina 13-2 Paraguay 90-1

England 7-1 USA 90-1

Germany 8-1 Switzerland 100-1

Holland 9-1 Japan 150-1

Italy 9-1 Australia 200-1

France 10-1 Ecuador 200-1

Spain 16-1 Angola 250-1

Portugal 20-1 Ghana 250-1

Czech Republic 25-1 South Korea 250-1

Sweden 40-1 Togo 300-1

Mexico 50-1 Tunisia 350-1

Ukraine 50-1 Costa Rica 500-1

Serbia & Montenegro 60-1 Iran 500-1

Croatia 65-1 Saudi Arabia 750-1

Ivory Coast 80-1 Trinidad & Tobago 1,000-1

[aderechelsea]

and the cup goes to ................. ARGENTINA

The only time a team from the american continent wins the World cup in Europe was in 1958 in Sweden... It was Brazil !

I don't believe an american team can win the world cup in Europe next year...

So a finale with Brazil and Argentina seems to me IMPOSSIBLE (Whistling...)

about time this changes ....

anyway i think barring any interference from referees and all, the those two south american teams can go all the way ...

hop ei am wrong and someone completely new wins the cup like Greece did in the Euro...

[Frinkanohana]

A: Germany, Poland

B: England, Sweden

C: Argentina, Netherlands

D: Mexico, Portugal

E: Czech, Italy

F: Brazil, Croatia

G: France, South Korea

H: Spain, Ukraine

last 16

Argentina-Portugal --> Argentina

Germany-Sweden --> Germany

Mexico-Netherlands --> Netherlands

England-Poland --> England

Czech-Croatia --> Czech

France-Ukraine --> France

Brazil-Italy --> Brazil

Spain-South Korea --> South Korea

last 8

Argentina-Germany --> Argentina

Czech-France --> France

Brazil-South Korea --> Brazil

Netherlands-England --> Netherlands

semis

Argentina-France --> France

Brazil-Netherlands --> Brazil

3rd Place

Argentina-Netherlands --> Netherlands

Final

Brazil-France --> France

[Sasanishiki]

I doubt Spain will get very far. They should qualify from their group but will probably then get knocked out. They have a very strong domestic league, but the team always underperforms in big tournaments. I think they lack cohesion.

I also don't think Japan and Sth Korea will do as well as last time. They don't have the home crowds, are more known by other teams now, and don't have the same calibre of teams that they had four years ago.

[Jesinofuji]

I think team USA is going to pull through and win the world cup behind a 15 goal performance from Freddy Adu!

[Mark Buckton]

I think team USA is going to pull through and win the world cup behind a 15 goal performance from Freddy Adu!

drunk in charge of a PC again Jes? Not an offence in Taiwan?

[sekihiryu]

(Sleeping...)

FWIW Japan will do Ok, they will fight Croatia one would expect for the 2nd spot in their group, they have easybeats Australia in their group who will do worse than NZ did in Spain '82 and get 3 good hidings.

could be good opportunity to hide on South east Asian beach for few weeks in June.

Back in time fof the July Basho - sumo (Dohyo-iri...)

[Taka]

Well so many things can still happen. Squads haven't been picked yet but here is an early prediction at least for now.

Group A:

This group sucks. Poland sucks but will probably go through behind Germany.

Group B:

Sweden and England could very well draw and if just one of them also draws against Paraguay who aren't bad, one of them could very well miss out. Similar has happened in recent World Cups to very strong Argentina and Spain teams.

Still Sweden has a whole new dimension with Ibrahimovic and England just has to go through. I hope they won't though since I can't stand the way they play and will be very dangerous in the knockout phases. Few realize how close they actually were to pulling a "Liverpool" the last time around. Thank god for Brazil.

Group C:

Argentina and The Netherlands

Group D:

Portugal and Mexico

Group E:

Italy and Czech Republic. Tough group though. If it's Italy of the last few major tournaments they could actually miss out but with Lippi at the helm surely not.

Group F:

Brazil and Australia. A not unlikely upset.

Group G:

France and South Korea. Will be interesting to watch the game between South Kora and Toga.

Group H:

Spain and Tunesia. Ukraine aren't that good in my opinion.

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last 16

England beats Germany

Netherlands beat Mexico

Italy beats Australia

France beats Tunesia

Sweden beats Poland

Argentina beats Portugal

Brazil beats Czech Republic

Spain beats South Korea

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Quater finals:

the Netherlands beat England

France beats Italy

Argentina beats Sweden

Brazil beats Spain

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Semi finals

France beats The Netherlands

Brazil beats Argentina

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3rd Place

The Netherlands beat Argentina

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Final

Brazil beats France

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Edited December 12, 2005 by Taka

[Kaikitsune Makoto]

Granted I have not followed Australian football level ever but is it really a country that has some kind of chance? They play rugby, cricket and hunt kangaroos but do they really play football too for real? I think Australia loses all matches just because it violates my image of the football world that Australia even plays football (Punk rocker...)

Togo on the other hand! The shape of the country is immensely interesting and it must have many technically gimmickful players. I root for Togo and Brazil but Brazil is so entertaining that it should go to final to show off skills and freedom of expression with feet.

WHat is the henka of football by the way? Did Greece commit a long-standing henka in European championships? No. Is it a henka when a dramatic fall occurs inside the penalty area without a contact to speak of resulting in penalty kick? Was that Columbian goalkeeper a henka himself?

Football is cool. Favourite moments of football to me:

1. Perfect freekick that has the eloquance of Satoyama's shitatehineri and Tochiazuma's ottsuke. Volley shots are the best. One needs to use only adequate amount of power and not too much. Eye-foot coordination and all.

2. Body dummy fake move. Scissors is ok too but when the player masters an acceleration fake with small movements, that is cool. It is like Hakuho's step back in controlled fashion when foe pushes his chest with a big push.

3. When referee gives red card to some Bebeto-baby after theater. It is kind of like when henka fails and attacker pushes the momentum-challenged henkaer to 6th row so that it hurts.

4. All masterful first touches of the ball without plural. It has no sumo equivalence.

[Sasanishiki]

I'm not usually one to stick up for Australia, but hey have some decent soccer players at the moment. Their domestic league is not the greatest, but they have a number of good professional players in Europe. I'm still hoping they get handed their arse on a platter and do worse than NZ did in 1982!

[Takamueda]

A 1. Germany 2. Poland

B 1. Sweden 2. England

C 1. Netherlands 2. Argentina

D 1. Mexico 2. Portugal

E 1. Czech Republic 2. USA

F 1. Brazil 2. Croatia

G 1. Switzerland 2. France

H 1. Ukraine 2. Spain

Last 16

1. Germany - England 3:2

2. Netherlands - Portugal 2:0

3. Sweden - Poland 2:1

4. Mexico - Argentina 1:2

5. Czech Republic - Croatia 3:1

6. Switzerland - Spain 2:1

7. Brazil - USA 3:0

8. Ukraine - France 1:0

QF:

1. Germany - Netherlands 1:2

2. Czech Republic - Switzerland 1:0

3. Sweden - Argentina 1:3

4. Brazil - Ukraine 2:0

HF:

1. Netherlands - Czech Republic 3:2

2. Brazil - Argentina 2:3

3rd Place:

Brazil - Czech Republic 4:0

Final:

Netherlands - Argentina 1:0

[Reki]

FINAL

ARGENTINA-BRAZIL

and the cup goes to ................. ARGENTINA

Only if they give drugs to brazilian players.....again (On the banzuke...)

The funny thing is, I

[Elenrian]

Frankly, I don't see France winning that world cup, exept if dom

Edited December 18, 2005 by Elenrian

[ilovesumo]

Why do they play?

Easy, for money. (Eh?) To much of it in the soccer-world if you ask me.

[Elenrian]

I meant, why are they selected? They don't play very good, so dom

[Jejima]

Using the very scientific BBC thingy I can firmly predict the following.... (Sigh...)

Group A: 1. Poland (7 pts) 2. Costa Rica (4 pts) 3. Germany (3 pts) 4. Ecuador (1 pt)

Group B: 1. England (7 pts) 2. Sweden (5 pts) 3. Paraguay (4 pts) 4. Trinidad and Tobago (0 pts)

Group C: 1. Holland (7 pts) 2. Argentian (6 pts) 3. Serbia and Montenegro (3 pts) 4. Ivory Coast (1 pt)

Group D: 1. Mexico (5 pts) 2. Portugal (5 pts) 3. Iran (4 pts) 4. Angola (1 pt)

Group E: 1. Czech Republic (7 pts) 2. Italy (7 pts) 3. Ghana (3 pts) 4. USA (0 pts)

Group F: 1. Brazil (7 pts) 2. Australia (4 pts) 3. Croatia (3 pts) 4. Japan (1 pt)

Group G: 1. France (7 pts) 2. South Korea (4 pts) 3. Togo (4 pts) 4. Switzerland (1 pt)

Group H: 1. Ukraine (9 pts) 2. Spain (6 pts) 3. Saudi Arabia (1 pt) 4. Tunisia (1 pt)

16: Sweden beats Poland England beats Costa Rica Portugal beats Holland Mexico beats Argentina Czech Republic beats Australia Italy beats Brazil Spain beats France Ukraine beats South Korea

QF: Sweden beats Portugal England beats Mexico Czech Republic beats Spain Ukraine beats Italy

SF: Sweden beats Czech Republic England beats Ukraine

3rd place: Czech Republic beats Ukraine

F: England beats Sweden

Well, the above is very unlikely to happen, but it could (Holiday feeling...)

Actually, I'm trying to work out a more 'sumo-games' style game for the World Cup. I have some ideas, and will present it to the rest of the forum if I think I've come up with something that is both fun and challenging ;-)

[Sakana]

Interesting. ;-) Some of members see France winning ? Why not, but I guess not.

My idea :

Gr. A : Germany - Costa Rica

Gr. B : England - Sweden

Gr. C : Holland - Argentina

Gr. D : Portugal - Mexico

Gr. E : Italia - Czech.

Gr. F : Brazil - Croatia

Gr. G : Switzerland - France

Gr. H : Spain - Ukraine

1/8

Germany - Sweden : GER

Holland - Mexico : HOL

England - CostaRica : ENG

Portugal - Argentina : ARG

Italia - Croatia : ITA

Switzerland - Ukraine : UKR

Brazil - Czech : BRA

Spain - France : FRA

1/4

Germany - Holland : HOL

Italia - Ukraine : ITA

England - Argentina : ENG

Brazil - France : BRA

1/2

Holland - Italia : ITA

England - Brazil : ENG

3rd

Holland - Brazil : BRA

Final

England - Italia : ENG

England seems to be the strongest team.

Now, it's just a guess... If France really wins, I'll be happy, of course :-P But I agree with Elenrian : our players are old, even if Domenech calls back some young players and experienced... (Gyoji...) But, we must be honest : only players with lots of experience are the oldest : Zidane, Thuram, Makelele, Barthez... My hope is Domenech will see that Sebastien Frey is a good goalkeeper and select him.

(I've watched some WC'98 DVD some days ago... in WC'98, we were really strong and lucky, not the same now...)

My brother thinks France will wins against Holland.

Edited December 28, 2005 by Sakana

[Elenrian]

Final

England - Italia : ENG

England seems to be the strongest team.

My hope is Domenech will see that Sebastien Frey is a good goalkeeper and select him.

Who is Sabastien Frey?????????? Only J