Comments on: Potential World Cup 2010 Seeding http://www.soccerticketsonline.com/potential-world-cup-2010-seeding/ Premier League, Champions League, and MLS Tickets Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:28:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: HOHN M KWETUKIA http://www.soccerticketsonline.com/potential-world-cup-2010-seeding/comment-page-1/#comment-5022 HOHN M KWETUKIA Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:02:24 +0000 http://www.soccerticketsonline.com/?p=6985#comment-5022 On my side group D is death group.The rest of the groups are fairly arranged.Let us wait for the match On my side group D is death group.The rest of the groups are fairly arranged.Let us wait for the match

]]> By: psychokom@ http://www.soccerticketsonline.com/potential-world-cup-2010-seeding/comment-page-1/#comment-4815 psychokom@ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:18:14 +0000 http://www.soccerticketsonline.com/?p=6985#comment-4815 Greetings all. On the previous WC2006. keeping european teams appart was done somewhat differently. It involved that one european team had to be put into a special pot and drawed first in one of the Groups. (in that case it turned out to be then Serbia&Montenegro, as the lowest ranking euro team). This meant that this team would guaranteedly face Argentina or Mexico as a top seed in that group. Turned out to be the Group of Death, C, with Holland and Ivory Coast joining Argentina and Serbia&Mont. This decision was also made at the last moment. Heidi Clum did the rest, maybe with the balls from the fridge ("pull out the colder, Heidi") :) Anyway, If this was to be repeated in this WC, then Slovenia would be in that situation now. As for the Pot's 2, 3, 4, they were made by an geografical criteria. All this surely was felt unfair. This was made to avoid following conditions: Maximum 2 Teams from the UEFA zone in a Group Maximum 1 Team from the (other) same FIFA zone's in a Group. But if the Pots 2, 3 ,4 also like Pot 1, wouldn't be consisted by an regional criteria, but achievments, (past 2 WC's and FIFA Rankings) in that situation, I think those conditions could also be kept by a directed draw- (removing a team or more from the momentary draw of a particular Group when facing a possibility of breaking one of above rules)* As it seems, now the Host, South Africa, will be put into Pot 1. That is understandable, considering that is in the economical and public interest that the Host team go as far as possible. If you follow past World Cups, from the last 4 decades, and 10 World cups, the Host made it through the Group Stage. Even when the Tournament had started to play out in somewhat egzotic football places. This time, though, it would be hard to see S.Africa to go through, considering that through achievements they would be in the last Pot 4. So, they have been granted an even bigger chance then some previous Hosts. So, if the Pots 2, ,3 ,4 also like Pot 1, wouldn't be consisted by an regional criteria, but achievments, (past 2 WC's and FIFA Rankings) then the Pots would be look like this: POT 1 S.Africa, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Spain, England, Argentina, France POT 2 Portugal, Netherlands, Mexico, USA, Switzerland, Paraguay, Ghana, R.Korea POT 3. Cameroon, Japan, Australia, Greece, IvoryC, Serbia, Denmark, Nigeria POT 4. Uruguay, Chile, Honduras, Slovakia, Slovenia, Algeria, N.Zealand, Korea DPR Possible groups in a random (directed*) draw of these Pots: A S.Africa USA Serbia Slovakia B Argentina Mexico Danemark Slovenia C England Ghana Japan Uruguay D Germany Portugal Cameroon N.Zealand E Spain Paraguay Iv.Coast Honduras F Italy Switzerland Australia Algeria G Brasil R.Korea Greece Chile H France Holland Nigeria DPR Korea Greetings all.
On the previous WC2006. keeping european teams appart was done somewhat differently.
It involved that one european team had to be put into a special pot and drawed first in one of the Groups. (in that case it turned out to be then Serbia&Montenegro, as the lowest ranking euro team). This meant that this team would guaranteedly face Argentina or Mexico as a top seed in that group. Turned out to be the Group of Death, C, with Holland and Ivory Coast joining Argentina and Serbia&Mont.
This decision was also made at the last moment. Heidi Clum did the rest, maybe with the balls from the fridge (“pull out the colder, Heidi”) :)
Anyway, If this was to be repeated in this WC, then Slovenia would be in that situation now.

As for the Pot’s 2, 3, 4, they were made by an geografical criteria. All this surely was felt unfair.
This was made to avoid following conditions:
Maximum 2 Teams from the UEFA zone in a Group
Maximum 1 Team from the (other) same FIFA zone’s in a Group.

But if the Pots 2, 3 ,4 also like Pot 1, wouldn’t be consisted by an regional criteria, but achievments, (past 2 WC’s and FIFA Rankings) in that situation, I think those conditions could also be kept by a directed draw- (removing a team or more from the momentary draw of a particular Group when facing a possibility of breaking one of above rules)*

As it seems, now the Host, South Africa, will be put into Pot 1. That is understandable, considering that is in the economical and public interest that the Host team go as far as possible. If you follow past World Cups, from the last 4 decades, and 10 World cups, the Host made it through the Group Stage. Even when the Tournament had started to play out in somewhat egzotic football places. This time, though, it would be hard to see S.Africa to go through, considering that through achievements they would be in the last Pot 4. So, they have been granted an even bigger chance then some previous Hosts.

So, if the Pots 2, ,3 ,4 also like Pot 1, wouldn’t be consisted by an regional criteria, but achievments, (past 2 WC’s and FIFA Rankings) then the Pots would be look like this:

POT 1
S.Africa, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Spain, England, Argentina, France

POT 2
Portugal, Netherlands, Mexico, USA, Switzerland, Paraguay, Ghana, R.Korea

POT 3.
Cameroon, Japan, Australia, Greece, IvoryC, Serbia, Denmark, Nigeria

POT 4.
Uruguay, Chile, Honduras, Slovakia, Slovenia, Algeria, N.Zealand, Korea DPR

Possible groups in a random (directed*) draw of these Pots:

A
S.Africa
USA
Serbia
Slovakia

B
Argentina
Mexico
Danemark
Slovenia

C
England
Ghana
Japan
Uruguay

D
Germany
Portugal
Cameroon
N.Zealand

E
Spain
Paraguay
Iv.Coast
Honduras

F
Italy
Switzerland
Australia
Algeria

G
Brasil
R.Korea
Greece
Chile

H
France
Holland
Nigeria
DPR Korea

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