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[Hellenicoz]

32 Countries In South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals Tournament:

Pot 1 (Seeded)
South Africa (Host Nation)
Brazil
Spain
Germany
Italy
Argentina
England
Netherlands

Pot 2
Japan
South Korea
North Korea
Australia
New Zealand
USA
Mexico
Honduras

Pot 3
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Cameroon
Nigeria
Algeria
Paraguay
Chile
Uruguay

Pot 4
France
Portugal
Slovenia
Switzerland
Greece
Serbia
Denmark
Slovakia

Finals Draw Information:
Date: 4 December, 2009
Time: 19:00 Local South African Time
Place: Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC)
City: Cape Town

No country from the same continent can be drawn in the same group other than Europe.

[aimhigh]

I am excited for the Italy Team. Please understand my enthusiasm for the TEAM. Can't wait to see them on action.

[Hellenicoz]

SOUTH AFRICA 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP FINALS DRAW:

Group A:
South Africa
Mexico
Uruguay
France

Group B:
Argentina
Nigeria
Korea Republic
Greece

Group C:
England
USA
Algeria
Slovenia

Group D:
Germany
Australia
Serbia
Ghana

Group E:
Netherlands
Denmark
Japan
Cameroon

Group F:
Italy
Paraguay
New Zealand
Slovakia

Group G:
Brazil
Korea DPR
Côte d'Ivoire
Portugal

Group H:
Spain
Switzerland
Honduras
Chile

[Hellenicoz]

My predictions are the following to progress to the Round of 16:

South Africa & France from Group A.
Nigeria & Greece from Group B.
England & USA from Group C.
Germany & Australia from Group D.
Netherlands & Denmark from Group E.
Italy & Paraguay from Group F.
Brazil & Côte d'Ivoire from Group G.
Spain & Switzerland from Group H.

I think Argentina will be the big surprise Failure of the World Cup. Diego Maradona is the greatest footballer of all time, buy will be a failure as a manager/coach. I can see fighting within the team with him there.

Australia & Greece will be the teams to surprise many.

[Led00]

Ok, maybe to resurect this topic a little bit

Predictions about Serbia being one of the teams that want qual. for the tournement were just wrong, werent they. Serbia is playing the best football in the last 12 years and is known as a 5th or 6th team in europe at the moment. i think Serbia will not have much problem passing the D group, has a very good chance being first in the group and I thing that QF will be their max. Looking forward for the match against Germany which is not that much of a team anymore.

[Hellenicoz]

Ok, maybe to resurect this topic a little bit

Predictions about Serbia being one of the teams that want qual. for the tournement were just wrong, werent they. Serbia is playing the best football in the last 12 years and is known as a 5th or 6th team in europe at the moment. i think Serbia will not have much problem passing the D group, has a very good chance being first in the group and I thing that QF will be their max. Looking forward for the match against Germany which is not that much of a team anymore.

Yes Serbia were one of the best performed teams from the European zone qualifiers.

In the past Serbia would win easy one day against a world class team & a few days later would go down 6-0. When they were good they could beat any team in the world & when they were bad they were very bad.

I feel this Serbian national team is more professional & wont start fighting within the team when things go bad.