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Originally Posted by arloiginla
So if the top 2 in Group D will play the top 2 in group C in the second round. How does the tournmanet seed after that?
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Here's the bracket.
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/kostage.html
Assuming it's chalk and the top seeds win their groups:
South Africa (A) VS B2
England (C) VS D2
Holland (E) VS F2
Brazil (G) VS H2
would be the top half
Argentina (B) VS A2
Germany (D) VS C2
Italy (F) VS E2
Spain (H) VS G2
would be the bottom half
Bottom half seems stronger at the moment.
If you finish 2nd you move to the other side of the draw.
Some juicy 2nd round matches possible like
England-Ghana
France-Nigeria
Argentina-Mexico
Spain-Portugal
Italy-Denmark
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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
will be fun to see every team run up the score on North Korea though for the goal differential
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North Korea are very strong defensively. They only gave up a total of 5 goals in 14 games of Asian qualifying. (Yes I realize that Asian qualifying isn't the strongest in the world).
So I don't think they will be blown out of the water and could provide a surprise. Perhaps the team that draws North Korea will be the one eliminated.