Official World Cup 2014 Qualifying Thread (Blame It On RIO) - Page 70 - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

d_phaneuf · 10-15-2013, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Happy to see England qualify.

Not a huge fan but it is always more entertaining to see the drama surround a team like England during a major tournament.

"Breaking Scandal: Wayne Rooney caught staring at voluptuous Brazilian supporter- what does this mean about England's World Cup chances!"

first story will be where they choose the home base

is it close enough to games?
too close to games?
is it too fancy and luxurious?
is it luxurious enough?

either way, incoming scandal

Fusebox · 10-15-2013, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NBC

There are 8 groups. The highest ranked teams are seeded, the other 4 are not. They'll be matched up one seeded team vs one of the other 4.

I'm sure that it'll be a draw out of a 'hat' like they normally do it.

There were nine groups. Only the eight highest point earners earned a place in the playoffs. Results in the six team groups against the lowest placed team at the end of qualifying, not initial seeding, are ignored for this total in order to avoid unfair treatment of teams in the five team only group.

M*A*S*H 4077 · 10-15-2013, 09:26 PM

USA saves Mexico by scoring two late goals to beat Panama

Montana Moe · 10-15-2013, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M*A*S*H 4077

USA saves Mexico by scoring two late goals to beat Panama

I love it...

Via Twitter

Quote:

@christianlive25
GRACIAS ESTADOS UNIDOS. I LOVE MC DONALDS. I LOVE OBAMA. I LOVE U.S.A POLICE DEPARTMENT

Fusebox · 10-15-2013, 09:42 PM

Fair play to the Mexicans. It wouldn't be the same without them. They should hammer the Kiwis over two legs no problem.

seattleflamer · 10-15-2013, 11:03 PM

Bitter sweet win against Panama. Quietly rooting for a Panama win just to stick it to El Tri.

GirlySports · 10-15-2013, 11:08 PM

Heartbreaking for Panama. Two years down the drain in injury time by a bunch of US subs.

Imagine... that could have been Canada.

Freeway · 10-15-2013, 11:26 PM

Looking forward to irrationally supporting the Three Lions through another crushing disappointment.

browna · 10-16-2013, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Heartbreaking for Panama. Two years down the drain in injury time by a bunch of US subs.

Imagine... that could should have been Canada.

FYP
Yup, Canada had it all setup for them with the easier qualifying groups up to the Hex. One or two better results before that final game may also made that final game moot.

Get into the Hex and I thought anything could happen...and it has.

The buildup and anticipation the last couple months as games went on and results came, and then Canada qualifying last night, would've been a monumental national story.

GirlySports · 10-16-2013, 08:54 AM

No no, not Canada qualifying last night, Canada being knocked out in injury time

However, I think in the end it proved that Canada wasn't in the easiest qualifying group since Honduras has made the World Cup (again) and Panama have really improved coming out of the 1st round (they even made the Gold Cup Final). A group with Cuba (who were seeded) and another minnow would have been a dream or even the US/Jamaica group since I'm sure back in November, Canada could beat Jamaica.

In soccer you really gotta kick teams when they're down. In 2012 Honduras were terrible but Canada couldn't win that game in Toronto.

cam_wmh · 10-16-2013, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NBC

Maybe he wanted that 2nd goal?

Ha, well yes. My suggestion would've been own possession for final 20'.

Love how it turned out though.

GirlySports · 10-16-2013, 09:04 PM

Italy have fallen out of the seedings.

tomorrow rankings the world cup seeds will be

Brazil
Spain
Germany
Argentina
Belgium
Colombia
Uruguay
Switzerland

If Uruguay don't qualify Holland will be seeded

in the euro playoffs ukraines demolition of san marino and swedens loss to germany means ukraine are now seeded and sweden are not

http://www.chron.com/sports/article/...ds-4899950.php

d_phaneuf · 10-16-2013, 10:17 PM

Independent had an example of what the 4 pots could be

Quote:

POT 1 (Seeds): Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Colombia, Uruguay

POT 2 (Concacaf/Afc/Oceania): USA, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Iran, South Korea, Japan, Australia

POT 3 (Caf/Conmebol/+ one from Uefa): Ghana/Egypt, Nigeria/Ethiopia, Burkina Faso/Algeria, Ivory Coast/Senegal, Tunisia/Cameroon, Chile , Ecuador, (lowest-ranked Uefa qualifiers)

POT 4 (Uefa): Netherlands, Italy, England, Russia, Bosnia + three highest-ranked play-off winners

something like Switzerland/USA/Burkina Faso/England would be brilliant

d_phaneuf · 10-16-2013, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Italy have fallen out of the seedings.

tomorrow rankings the world cup seeds will be

Brazil
Spain
Germany
Argentina
Belgium
Colombia
Uruguay
Switzerland

If Uruguay don't qualify Holland will be seeded

in the euro playoffs ukraines demolition of san marino and swedens loss to germany means ukraine are now seeded and sweden are not

http://www.chron.com/sports/article/...ds-4899950.php

France can complain all they want, but they're not drawing Portugal

Platini knows how this works, they are getting Greece or Ukraine

GirlySports · 10-16-2013, 10:32 PM

Then France could be the lowest uefa team and put in the african pot.

Argentina Holland France Korea would be a fun group.

also remember Chile and Ecuador must be in group with two europeans in it

seattleflamer · 10-17-2013, 04:11 PM

World Cup Draw Simulator with some obvious caveats:

http://ultra-zone.net/2014-FIFA-Worl...up-Stage-Draws

SuperMatt18 · 10-17-2013, 04:17 PM

How does Italy fall out of the rankings?

Euro finalist, undefeated in qualifying, yet Belgium and Switzerland are seeded ahead of them.

Bagor · 10-17-2013, 04:56 PM

The insanity explained.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/...144405289.html

I gave up trying to make any sense out of it a long time ago.

GirlySports · 10-17-2013, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

How does Italy fall out of the rankings?

Euro finalist, undefeated in qualifying, yet Belgium and Switzerland are seeded ahead of them.

Too many draws. Quite simply we know that multiplying anything by 0 is 0, multiplying anything by 1 is anything and multiplyling anything times 3 is triple anything.

The formula for world cup qualifiers in europe is

win/draw/loss x 2.5 x (200 - opponents ranking)

So in the last game the swiss beat 29th ranked slovenia

3 x 2.5 x (171) = 1282.5

italy draw 55th ranked Armenia

1 x 2.5 x (145) = 362.5

just with this result alone.. the difference is huge

You point total is the average off all these scores over 2 years. 362.5 really sucks
Italy also draw on friday again Denmark.

Also Italy sucked in the confederations cup (won one match out of 4), that brings the average down.

Bagor · 10-17-2013, 06:57 PM

A stupid system that doesn't take into account that Italy's last two games in a tougher group were meaningless. And before someone tries and tell me that they were important for the rankings I say absolute BS.

As mentioned in the article a win against either Armenia or Denmark in either of their last two meaningless games would have left them ranked fourth.

Teams that have qualified are in preparation and experimental mode.

Also, the points total is average results weighted in over the last four years.