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Archive for December, 2005
Pool of the Week
If you haven’t noticed, there is a pool in the sidebar. The first question is very simple: which first round group do you find the hardest?
Don’t wait, go to the sidebar and make your vote.
First round groups for FIFA World Cup 2006
The Final Draw in Lepzig is over and eight first round groups for the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany are all set up.
Group A
Germany, Costa Rica, Poland, Ecuador
Group B
England, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Sweden
Group C
Argentina, Côte d’Ivoire, Serbia and Montenegro, Netherlands
Group D
Mexico, Iran, Angola, Portugal
Group E
Italy, Ghana, United States, Czech Republic
Group F
Brazil, Croatia, Australia, Japan
Group G
France, Switzerland, Korea Republic, Togo
Group H
Spain, Ukraine, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia
Final Draw just hours away
FIFA World Cup 2006 Final Draw in Leipzig, where the 32 finalists will be split into eight first round groups of four teams, is now just hours away.
Nearly 4000 invited guests, including 31 of the 32 national coaches, will attend the gala ceremony starting at 20:30 (CET) at the Neue Messe trade hall. The draw will be broadcasted live to 150 countries all over the World.
The final draw procedure
Brazil, England, Spain, Mexico, France, Argentina, Italy and Germany are seeded teams for the final draw of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Leipzig December 9.
Group one:
Germany, Brazil, England, Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Spain, France.
Group two:
Australia, Angola, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Tunisia, Ecuador, Paraguay.
Group three:
Croatia, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.
Group four:
Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago, United States.
Serbia and Montenegro will be allocated to one of the three groups that are headed by a non-European team
All eyes on Heidi Klum
Update: Babes, Wives and Girlfriends
The supermodel Heidi Klum will host the gala evening in Leipzig where the Final Draw for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany will take place. Are there going to be any interests in sport with hostess like this:
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Questions before the final draw
On Friday 9 December at the Leipzig Exhibition Centre the Final Draw for the FIFA World Cup 2006 will be held. 32 coaches of the qualified countries will know what, who, to expect in the first round of World Cup 2006 in Germany.
The open question, which still remains, are the seeds for the draw. FIFA will officially determine the seeds on December 6, only 3 days from the final draw. As we can assume, the same formula will be used as in previous draws.
There will be eight seeded teams, among them Germany, who have already been assigned to Group A. The eight chosen seeds will be placed in Pot 1, and drawn as the first teams in Groups A to H, from left to right. The 24 remaining teams will then be assigned to Pots 2, 3 and 4. As soon as a team is drawn, another draw will be made to allocate this team its place in a group.
