England seeded for 2006 World Cup

[Mac 10 †]

England seeded for 2006 World Cup 
 
England have been placed among the top eight seeds for the 2006 World Cup.
 
Sven-Goran Eriksson's side are in a top pool of hosts Germany, holders Brazil as well as Argentina, France, Italy, Spain and Mexico.

England will now avoid meeting those countries in the group stages when the main draw for the tournament is made on Friday evening.

Under the seeding system used by Fifa, England came out second to Brazil while Italy narrowly beat the US into eighth.

Fifa used the same ranking co-efficient as in 2002 when seedings were based on performances at the previous two finals and a position based on world rankings from the previous three years.

[Javier]

lol is it official now?  I remember posting this 2,3 months back but no one seem to care 


Here is how they ranked Pts wise from the past 3 world cups...

Brazil-64pts
Spain-49pts
Germany-48pts
Mexico-47pts
Argentina-46pts
England-46pts
France-45pts
Italy-45pts

from http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php?topic=92804.0




Man I cant wait for the world cup drawing, its so exciting.  Remeber the last one we England was drawn in the same group as Argentina 

[Mac 10 †]

yes it is official now.

[mauzip]

That's some serious bullshit. Out of all European countries Holland had the most points in the group matches and Holland is 2nd on the world ranking. Someone explain to me why Holland is not seeded!

[Javier]

That's some serious bullshit. Out of all European countries Holland had the most points in the group matches and Holland is 2nd on the world ranking. Someone explain to me why Holland is not seeded!

The 2002 World Cup counts the most
The 1998 World Cup counts 1/2
The 1994 World Cup counts 1/3 or 1/4

So I assume Holland missed a lot of pts because they werent in the 02 world cup

[mauzip]

That's some serious bullshit. Out of all European countries Holland had the most points in the group matches and Holland is 2nd on the world ranking. Someone explain to me why Holland is not seeded!

The 2002 World Cup counts the most
The 1998 World Cup counts 1/2
The 1994 World Cup counts 1/3 or 1/4

So I assume Holland missed a lot of pts because they werent in the 02 world cup

Probably. We were 4th in '98 though and were robbed by the referee

That doesn't make the seedings fair though.

[Javier]

I know...Mexico shouldnt be up there lol

http://www.worldfootballnetwork.co.uk/

Funny commercial about the drawing^^

[Mac 10 †]

lol, it would suck so bad to get drawn in that group B.

[mauzip]

I know...Mexico shouldnt be up there lol

yeah, Spain neither

[Javier]

Plus Holland> France

[Mac 10 †]

holland should be 3rd ranked - behind brazil then argentina.

them not being in top 8 is straight bullshit

Holland
Played: 12
Won: 10
Drew: 2
Lost: 0
Goals: 27
Against: 3
Goal Diff: 24
Points: 32 (out of possible 36)

 

they are looking good

[mauzip]

holland should be 3rd ranked - behind brazil then argentina.

them not being in top 8 is straight bullshit

Holland
Played: 12
Won: 10
Drew: 2
Lost: 0
Goals: 27
Against: 3
Goal Diff: 24
Points: 32 (out of possible 36)

 

they are looking good

^^in a group with Czech Rep. and Romania

[Mac 10 †]

i left that out coz u cant really rate romania

[acbaylove]

Even if we defeated Holland 3-1 in Amsterdam, i was been impressed by Van Basten's team.
I'll support them as my 2nd fav team. And yes, it sucks they ain't in the Top8.

[wilz]

man england suck so much ass right now, i don't think they deserve to be anywere near the top eight