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Which Teams Will be Seeded in the World Cup Playoffs
One of the complications in the European qualifying process to the World Cup in Brazil is the second place system, which leaves one team from the nine groups out completely, while pitting the other eight in a two-legged playoff, with the seeding based on current FIFA rankings, which should give Portugal, Greece and Croatia a guaranteed seeded slot in the playoffs, and presumably and easier draw.
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2014 World Cup Qualifiers – Matchday 10 Predictions
The last match day of the World Cup qualifying groups in Europe and the Americas has mostly battle for the final second-place spots in UEFA or the last one or two automatic slots across the Atlantic. England hosting Poland, hoping to finish ahead of Ukraine, seems like the biggest focal point of the evening, while in Costa Rica, Mexico will try and avoid a loss in order to at least clinch a playoff spot.
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World Cup Qualification Scenarios
The final match days for the UEFA, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL teams is approaching, and we take a look at all the possible qualification scenarios for the remaining teams in contention for the final ticket in Brazil. In Europe, it’s mostly about getting into second place, as five teams have already clinched first place. In South […]
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World Cup – 14 Teams Already Qualified
After the latest round of qualifying matches, four more teams clinched their place in the 2014 World Cup, as Belgium, Switzerland and Germany joined two more European teams on the trip to Brazil, while Colombia became the third team from South America to ensure their place in the competition.
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2014 World Cup Qualifying – UEFA Results & Tables
With only one match left in the European qualifiers, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany clinched their place in the world cup with wins over Croatia, Albania and Ireland. England took a huge step towards securing their spot in Brazil with a big win at Wembley over Montenegro, needing one more win to finish the job and […]
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FIFA Plan to Change World Cup Ranking System & Screw Belgium & Colombia
FIFA isn’t an organization that likes change, in pretty much anything. So in order to avoid a situation in which “unattractive” names like Belgium or Colombia are the first seed in the 2014 World Cup group draw, they’re about to once again tinker with the system and enable nations with a better chance of selling tickets to have a number one spot reserved for them.
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Mexico National Football Team – What Went Wrong?
Even though Jose Manuel de la Torre or Chepo as he is widely known has a lot of blame to shoulder, Mexico aren’t at risk of missing out on the World Cup just because of one stubborn manager. It’s a little bit deeper than that.
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Teams That Have Already Qualified for the World Cup
The World Cup in Brazil approached, and aside from the host nation, we have nine more nations that have clinched their spot in the 2014 tournament: Japan, Australia, Iran and South Korea from the Asian qualifiers; Netherlands and Italy from Europe; Argentina from South America; and the USA & Costa Rica from the North American group.
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2014 World Cup Qualifying – CONMEBOL & CONCACAF Groups Results
We have our first team from the South American group making it into the World Cup (aside from the host, Brazil), as Argentina enjoyed a huge 5-2 win over Paraguay to clinch their spot. In the North American group, the huge rivalry match between the USA and Mexico ended in favor of the Americans (2-0), taking the top spot in the group.
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2014 World Cup Qualifying – UEFA Groups Results
Three nations completed their qualification for the 2014 World Cup: Italy, thanks to a 2-1 win over the Czech Republic despite conceding first; the Netherlands through a 2-0 win over Andorra; and Switzerland, with an impressive 2-0 away win against Norway. The highlighted game of the evening in Europe was England visiting the Ukraine, which […]