Posted November 18, 200717 yr PRELIMINARY COMPETITION EUROPE The footballing world is already buzzing with excitement in the run-up to 25 November 2007, the day on which Durban will host the draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa qualifying ties and groups. 53 teams, 13 places The European qualifiers get underway in August 2008, after UEFA EURO 2008 ROUND ONE All 53 countries will contest Round One. The round consists of 8, round robin, home-and-away groups of 6 teams as well as 1 round robin, home and- away group of 5 teams. The 8 best group runners-up advance to Round Two. The 9 group winners qualify for the FIFA World Cup finals. ROUND TWO The 8 best Round One group runners-up will contest Round Two. The teams will be paired into 4 home-and-away series. The 4 winners qualify for the FIFA World Cup. Final Seedings to be agreed after next Wednesday fixtures Current rankings First Seeds Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Holland, Portugal, Czech Rep, Croatia, England Second Seeds Romania, Scotland, Greece, Russia, Poland, Norway, Ukraine, Sweden, Serbia Third Seeds Turkey, Denmark, Rep Ireland, Bulgaria, N. Ireland, Israel, Switzerland, Finland, Hungary Fourth Seeds Bosnia, Slovakia, Belgium, Cyprus, Wales, Moldova, Albania, Georgia, Macedonia Fifth Seeds Slovenia, Iceland, Armenia, Latvia, Austria, Lithuania, Belarus, Azerbajan, Lichtenstein Sixth Seeds Kazakstan, Estonia, Malta, Luxembourg, Montengro, Andorra, Faroe Is, San Marino Wonder what the chances are of a group made up of England, Scotland, Rep of Ireland or N Ireland, Wales :o
November 18, 200717 yr England *just* top seeds then! I don't really mind who we get in the qualifying stages - there's no easy games. I just hope we dodge some of the very far away Eastern European teams.
November 20, 200717 yr Hmm so if Romania win their last game and England lose theirs there's a possibility England fall down to pot two. :o
November 20, 200717 yr England would never last with the likes of Italy in a group. A must win game for two reasons.
November 20, 200717 yr I hope we get Norway or Greece from pot two... I don't know if we would go down, tbh.. Turkey look like qualifying ahead of Norway but are in the pot below. I wouldn't say it's definite that we'd go behing Romania.
November 20, 200717 yr Wonder what the chances are of a group made up of England, Scotland, Rep of Ireland or N Ireland, Wales :o Around abouts zero I should think, as Northern Ireland and the Republic are both in the same pot! :heehee: Here are the FIFA World Rankings atm btw... seems unlikely actually that there'll be any movement regarding England. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/...75&rank=162
November 21, 200717 yr Well, from pot A we'd take England (ha!), Croatia (oh, they're easy ;)) or France (just so we can complete four back to back victories) from pot C Finland, N.Ireland (the bubble will burst) or Hungary (never seen Scotland play them before) from pot D anyone but Belgium (my how they've fallen!) or Georgia from pot E Lichtenstein and from pot F Kazakhstan for make good the game of football. Edited November 21, 200717 yr by richie
November 21, 200717 yr I'd love us to get the Scots! No way, think of the humiliation when we'd lose.
November 21, 200717 yr I don't really care who England get. England getting Scotland would be great though. I'd like to see us get San Marino though.
November 21, 200717 yr iironically Romania whipped the pants off Albania tonight. Doubt it will effect seedings though
November 21, 200717 yr Somehow, I dont think McLaren will be in South Africa on Sunday to see the draw.
November 21, 200717 yr iironically Romania whipped the pants off Albania tonight. Not sure where the irony is there...
November 22, 200717 yr Bah, who needs the world cup, lets jsut hand in a letter of resignation from the tournament now... When do qualification games start? Edited November 22, 200717 yr by JamesP
November 23, 200717 yr Perfect draw for Macedonia will be: Spain Greece :D Hungary Macedonia Armenia Montenegro Will be interesting to play against greeks :D
November 23, 200717 yr :lol: ^ if I have to choose our group it will look like this: Italy Ukraine Finland Macedonia Slovenia (will be interesting if Katanec remains to be our coach :lol ) Montenegro but we'll see on Sunday! Maybe we gonna get England again :P
November 23, 200717 yr England are in the second pot of seedings now! I'm kinda glad in a way, it'll put the players under even more pressure so hopefully they'll deliver the goods on the pitch as chances are they'll now be seen as the underdogs in some of the games.
Create an account or sign in to comment