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Joffa
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Qualified teams The following 32 teams, shown with October 2013 rankings used for seeding in the draw, qualified for the final tournament. AFC (4) Australia (57) Iran (49) Japan (44) South Korea (56) CAF (5) Algeria (32) Cameroon (59) Ghana (23) Ivory Coast (17) Nigeria (33) OFC (0) None qualified CONCACAF (4) Costa Rica (31) Honduras (34) Mexico (24) United States (13) CONMEBOL (6) Argentina (3) Brazil (11) (hosts) Chile (12) Colombia (4) Ecuador (22) Uruguay (6) UEFA (13) Belgium (5) Bosnia and Herzegovina (16) Croatia (18) England (10) France (21) Germany (2) Greece (15) Italy (9) Netherlands (8) Portugal (14) Russia (19) Spain (1) Switzerland (7) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Cup_2014#Qualified_teams Edited by Joffa: 13/4/2014 05:36:03 AM
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jlm8695
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Argentina.
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u4486662
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Strayer.
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Proud2BeCanberran
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If Australia were somehow to not win, then Brazil or Argentina. I believe that final is possible, so I'm tipping that. If I had to go one way, then Brazil.
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afromanGT
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Proud2BeCanberran wrote:If Australia were somehow to not win, then Brazil or Argentina. I believe that final is possible, so I'm tipping that. If I had to go one way, then Brazil. If they both top their groups then they'll be on opposite sides of the draw. I'm going with Argentina v Germany in the final.
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rubenzadkovich
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Have a feeling about an Argentina-Brazil final, would be awesome
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TheSelectFew
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Tina. Brazil won't make the final. Riots will be had.
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TheSelectFew
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Thanks for acting on my suggestion with no credit. Dog act.
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humbert
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Allez les Bleus. Barring that; Hajmo Bosno.
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pat_m_9
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Italy's current situation:
- League in turmoil due to low crowds and underperfoming European representation.
- Match-Fixing probes ongoing with players like Stefano Mauri getting suspended.
- No certainty on who will lead the line with Rossi injured, Osvaldo hopeless and Balotelli being Balotelli.
-Juventus coasting to the league title
- Unconvincing displays in recent friendlies.
- Mentioned by absolutely nobody as potential winners in Brazil.
If history is anything to go by, the Italians are pretty much certainties to win it. :lol:
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afromanGT
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Condemned666
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pat_m_9 wrote:Italy's current situation:
What about: The Italians are pricks at playing football and will win when everyone wants them to lose Never write this mob off [-(
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JayEss
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I've had a little feeling about Argentina winning it for the last year or so, so i'll go with them.
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Brasil for me... my god if they were to lose to Argentina in the final...
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A16Man
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Australia
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it's going to need a very good team to stop brazil, if Messi's injury free then argentina could win it, spain a chance too I still consider spain the best team
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pv4
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I have serious hopes that Japan will sneak through to the 3v4 playoff, but I'll be putting money on them to win it just because I imagine they will have great odds and I love that team and think it can be competitive against any team on their day.
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afromanGT
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JayEss wrote:I've had a little feeling about Argentina winning it for the last year or so, so i'll go with them. They could get let down by that defence, but they've got so much talent going forwards it's impossible to fit everyone in. Higuain, Messi, Lavezzi, Di Maria, Aguero, Sosa in form....it seems almost cruel. pv4 wrote:I have serious hopes that Japan will sneak through to the 3v4 playoff, but I'll be putting money on them to win it just because I imagine they will have great odds and I love that team and think it can be competitive against any team on their day. I'm going to laugh at this when Columbia and Ivory Coast get out of the group ahead of them :P
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It's out of Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Spain and Italy IMO. Don't think Spain will win it again and I have high hopes for Italy but can't see us winning the WHOLE thing over in Brazil. So that leaves Germany, Brazil and Argentina, I reckon Brazil will make the final and lose to create riots, so that leaves Argentina and Germany. Holtby is German, so clearly the trophy is going to Berlin(won't be in the squad but his existence will be enough).
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u4486662
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afromanGT wrote:JayEss wrote:I've had a little feeling about Argentina winning it for the last year or so, so i'll go with them. They could get let down by that defence, but they've got so much talent going forwards it's impossible to fit everyone in. Higuain, Messi, Lavezzi, Di Maria, Aguero, Sosa in form....it seems almost cruel. pv4 wrote:I have serious hopes that Japan will sneak through to the 3v4 playoff, but I'll be putting money on them to win it just because I imagine they will have great odds and I love that team and think it can be competitive against any team on their day. I'm going to laugh at this when Columbia and Ivory Coast get out of the group ahead of them :P Japan deserve to make a semi. The football they play is stunning. They just lack decent defenders and its always their achilles heel.
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afromanGT
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milan_7 wrote:It's out of Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Spain and Italy IMO. Don't think Spain will win it again and I have high hopes for Italy but can't see us winning the WHOLE thing over in Brazil. So that leaves Germany, Brazil and Argentina, I reckon Brazil will make the final and lose to create riots, so that leaves Argentina and Germany. Holtby is German, so clearly the trophy is going to Berlin(won't be in the squad but his existence will be enough). Germany have a huge amount of talent available in midfield but it's hard to see where their goals are going to come from and who will lead the line. Klose's only scored 7 times this season, Gomez has spent most of the season injured, Muller, Reus, Poldi and Schurrle aren't true strikers. Although Muller has been getting the nod up front they've been decidedly average in their recent friendlies.
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pat_m_9
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afromanGT wrote:http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/04/11/giuseppe-rossi-included-for-italian-national-team-fitness-tests/
Looks like they're pretty desperate for Rossi to play it would seem. SES as well. It's a shame that Totti isn't going though, would've loved to have seen him in the Azzurri one more time.
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afromanGT wrote:Klose's only scored 7 times this season, Gomez has spent most of the season injured, Muller, Reus, Poldi and Schurrle aren't true strikers. Although Muller has been getting the nod up front they've been decidedly average in their recent friendlies. That didn't stop Muller last time, tbh I think both he and Reus are perfectly capable of stepping up and scoring consistently throughout the tournament.
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pv4
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afromanGT wrote:pv4 wrote:I have serious hopes that Japan will sneak through to the 3v4 playoff, but I'll be putting money on them to win it just because I imagine they will have great odds and I love that team and think it can be competitive against any team on their day. I'm going to laugh at this when Columbia and Ivory Coast get out of the group ahead of them :P :lol: feel free. I really hope they surprise a lot of people though. Like I said, I don't think they'll go close to winning it but I feel like the odds will be enough for me to chuck a lazy bet on.
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I've tipped an Argentina / Brazil final with Argentina getting up.
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I'm tipping Brazil, European countries don't tend to do well in tournaments outside of Europe (never won a WC except for Spain) and Brazil with the home advantage will be enough to get them over the line. I still have a slight hope for Portugal especially if some of our younger players are given a chance.
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Bundoora B
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u4486662 wrote:afromanGT wrote:JayEss wrote:I've had a little feeling about Argentina winning it for the last year or so, so i'll go with them. They could get let down by that defence, but they've got so much talent going forwards it's impossible to fit everyone in. Higuain, Messi, Lavezzi, Di Maria, Aguero, Sosa in form....it seems almost cruel. pv4 wrote:I have serious hopes that Japan will sneak through to the 3v4 playoff, but I'll be putting money on them to win it just because I imagine they will have great odds and I love that team and think it can be competitive against any team on their day. I'm going to laugh at this when Columbia and Ivory Coast get out of the group ahead of them :P Japan deserve to make a semi. The football they play is stunning. They just lack decent defenders and its always their achilles heel. japans form hasn't been great. i will be mildly surprised if they get out of group.
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Bundoora B
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belgium v germany in the final. uruguay and argentina in the semi's.
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