The Official World Cup 2010 Thread

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Groups

Group A

South Africa
Mexico
Uruguay
France

Group B

Argentina
Nigeria
Korea Republic
Greece

Group C

England
USA
Algeria
Slovenia

Group D

Germany
Australia
Serbia
Ghana

Group E

Netherlands
Denmark
Japan
Cameron

Group F

Italy
Paraguay
New Zealand
Slovakia

Group G

Brazil
Korea DPR
Côte d'Ivoire
Portugal

Group H

Spain
Switzerland
Honduras
Chile

It's going to start on the 11th June. Kickoffs are local time:

Group Stage - Fist Round

Group Stage

#1 South Africa vs Mexico – Group A – June 11th, Johannesburg (Soccer City), 4pm
#2 Uruguay vs France – Group A – June 11th, Cape Town, 8:30pm

#4 South Korea vs Greece – Group B – June 12th, Port Elizabeth, 1:30pm
#3 Argentina vs Nigeria – Group B – June 12th, Johannesburg (Ellis Park), 4pm
#5 England vs USA – Group C – June 12th, Rustenburg, 8:30pm

#6 Algeria vs Slovenia – Group C – June 13th, Polokwane, 1:30pm
#8 Serbia vs Ghana – Group D – June 13th, Pretoria, 4pm
#7 Germany vs Australia – Group D – June 13th, Durban, 8:30pm

#9 Netherlands vs Denmark – Group E – June 14th, Johannesburg (Soccer City), 1:30pm
#10 Japan vs Cameroon – Group E – June 14th, Bloemfontein, 4pm
#11 Italy vs Paraguay – Group F – June 14th, Cape Town, 8:30pm

#12 New Zealand vs Slovakia – Group F – June 15th, Rustenburg, 1:30pm
#13 Côte d’Ivoire vs Portugal – Group G – June 15th, Port Elizabeth, 4pm
#14 Brazil vs North Korea – Group G – June 15th, Johannesburg (Ellis Park), 8:30pm

#15 Honduras vs Chile – Group H – June 16th, Nelspruit, 1:30pm
#16 Spain vs Switzerland – Group H – June 16th, Durban, 4pm
#17 South Africa vs Uruguay – Group A – June 16th, Pretoria, 8:30pm

#20 Argentina vs South Korea – Group B – June 17th, Johannesburg (Soccer City), 1:30pm
#19 Greece vs Nigeria – Group B – June 17th, Bloemfontein, 4pm
#18 France vs Mexico – Group A – June 17th, Polokwane, 8:30pm

#21 Germany vs Serbia – Group D – June 18th, Port Elizabeth, 1:30pm
#22 Slovenia vs USA – Group C – June 18th, Johannesburg (Ellis Park), 4pm
#23 England vs Algeria – Group C – June 18th, Cape Town, 8:30pm

#25 Netherlands vs Japan – Group E – June 19th, Durban, 1:30pm
#24 Ghana vs Australia – Group D – June 19th, Rustenburg, 4pm
#26 Cameroon vs Denmark – Group E – June 19th, Pretoria, 8:30pm

#27 Slovakia vs Paraguay – Group F – June 20th, Bloemfontein, 1:30pm
#28 Italy vs New Zealand – Group F – June 20th, Nelspruit, 4pm
#29 Brazil vs Côte d’Ivoire – Group G – June 20th, Johannesburg (Soccer City), 8:30pm

#30 Portugal vs North Korea – Group G – June 21st, Cape Town, 1:30pm
#31 Chile vs Switzerland – Group G – June 21st, Port Elizabeth, 4pm
#32 Spain vs Honduras – Group H – June 21st, Johannesburg (Ellis Park), 8:30pm

#33 Mexico vs Uruguay – Group A – June 22nd, Rustenburg, 4pm
#34 France vs South Africa – Group A – June 22nd, Bloemfontein, 4pm
#35 Nigeria vs South Korea – Group B – June 22nd, Durban, 8:30pm
#36 Greece vs Argentina – Group B – June 22nd, Polokwane, 8:30pm

#37 Slovenia vs England – Group C – June 23rd, Port Elizabeth, 4pm
#38 USA vs Algeria – Group C – June 23rd, Pretoria, 4pm
#39 Ghana vs Germany – Group D – June 23rd, Johannesburg (Soccer City), 8:30pm
#40 Australia vs Serbia – Group D – June 23rd, Nelspruit, 8:30pm

#41 Slovakia vs Italy – Group F – June 24th, Johannesburg (Ellis Park), 4pm
#42 Paraguay vs New Zealand – Group F – June 24th, Polokwane, 4pm
#43 Denmark vs Japan – Group E – June 24th, Rustenburg, 8:30pm
#44 Cameroon vs Netherlands – Group E – June 24th, Cape Town, 8:30pm

#45 Portugal vs Brazil – Group G – June 25th, Durban, 4pm
#46 North Korea vs Côte d’Ivoire – Group G – June 25th, Nelspruit, 4pm
#47 Chile vs Spain – Group H – June 25th, Pretoria, 8:30pm
#48 Switzerland vs Honduras – Group H – June 25th, Bloemfontein, 8:30pm

Second Round

Second Round

(key: 1A = team that finished first in Group A, and so on)

#49 1A vs 2B – June 26th, Port Elizabeth, 4pm
#50 1C vs 2D – June 26th, Rustenburg, 8:30pm

#51 1D vs 2C – June 27th, Bloemfontein, 4pm
#52 1B vs 2A – June 27th, Johannesburg (Soccer City), 8:30pm

#53 1E vs 2F – June 28th, Durban, 4pm
#54 1G vs 2H – June 28th, Johannesburg (Ellis Park), 8:30pm

#55 1F vs 2E – June 29th, Pretoria, 4pm
#56 1H vs 2G – June 29th, Cape Town, 8:30pm

Quater-Finals

Quarter-Finals

(key W53 = winner of match #53)

#57 W53 vs W54 – July 2nd, Port Elizabeth, 4pm
#58 W49 vs W50 – July 2nd, Johannesburg (Soccer City), 8:30pm

#59 W52 vs W51 – July 3rd, Cape Town, 4pm
#60 W55 vs W56 – July 3rd, Johannesburg (Ellis Park), 8:30pm

Semi-Finals

Semi-Finals

#61 W58 vs W57 – July 6th, Cape Town, 8:30pm

#62 W59 vs W60 – July 7th, Durban, 8:30pm

Third-Place Playoff

Third-Place Playoff

#63 L61 vs L62 – July 10th, Port Elizabeth, 8:30pm

Finale

Finale

#64 W61 vs W62 – July 11th, Johannesburg (Soccer City), 8:30pm

Anyone?

[Prinplup97]

i wudve been laffing

[silversalamence10]

same here, i would've awarded the man of the match award to that bird

[Prinplup97]

sme here lol i love that bird

[silversalamence10]

he even has a facebook fanpage dedicated to him lol

[Prinplup97]

does he im gonna add him

[silversalamence10]

you find his page and click "like" then you're a fan of the bird in the england game

but back on topic - spain had beaten honduras

[Otis]

sorry i thought you guys might like this

now you guys can get on topic

[silversalamence10]

@otis: i guess you weren't reading this topic - we were talking about that bird

learn to read - previous posts

(SORRY OTIS)

[Otis]

I know you guys were talking about THE BIRD but i thought HEY WHY NOT LET PEOPLE who dont know what the bird is see, i only poasted it cause you guys had been talking about it

[silversalamence10]

update: paraguay and mexico go through

france and the HOSTS south africa are out

[kasem]

England is going to lose to slovenia!!!

[silversalamence10]

England is going to lose to slovenia!!!

@Kasem: last i checked: ENGLAND BEAT SLOVENIA 1 - 0, and so they go through

@mudkip: you should be glad USA went through too after winning 1 - 0 against algeria

[Infernhawk]

Algeria is doing bad in this tourney.

[silversalamence10]

algeria and slovenia are out 'cuz they lost to USA and england respectively

[Prinplup97]

Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
USA 3 1 2 0 4 3 5
England 3 1 2 0 2 1 5
Slovenia 3 1 1 1 3 3 4
Algeria 3 0 1 2 0 2 1

[silversalamence10]

that's our group but here's a better diagram of it

USA pld 3 Win 1 lose 0 draw 2 GF 4 GA 3 points 5
England pld 3 win 1 lose 0 draw 2 GF 2 GA 1 points 5
Slovenia pld 3 win 1 lose 1 draw 1 GF 3 GA 3 points 4
Algeria pld 3 win 0 lose 2 draw 1 GF 0 GA 2 points 1

[Prinplup97]

FOOTBALL fever exploded in the US this weekend as the country celebrated its 1-1 "tie" with England as if they had won the World Cup.

American media treated the result against Fabio Capello's men as one of the best ever for their national team.

US keeper Tim Howard was hailed as the hero while England's Robert Green was portrayed as the villain for his appalling slip up.


Revolution

The New York Times had the headline: "In showdown, sure hands and shaky ones."

Their report said: "The United States gets a historic result, a 1-1 draw with England."

The New York Post compared the result to the American Revolutionary war and claimed the draw as their victory.

The headline on the paper's website said: "USA wins 1-1 - World Cup match ends with the greatest tie with the British since Bunker Hill."

The match report added: "It was the second shot heard 'round the world.

"In true revolutionary style, the underdog Americans came from behind and blasted the powerful Brits to a nail-biting 1-1 draw yesterday in one of the all-time great World Cup soccer battles."

The New York Daily news hailed the 1-1 result as one of the greatest ever for the US team.

Its report said: "If the world needed any more convincing that the U.S. team was for real, it got its answer Saturday night.

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"Playing one of the World Cup contenders even and taking advantage of a gift goal, the Americans walked out of Royal Bafokeng Stadium with a stunning 1-1 draw against highly favoured England in the Group C confrontation before 38,646 enthusiastic fans."

The Los Angeles Times ran the headline: "US recovers on England's fumble" while the Chicago Tribune had US v England: "A goal no one will forget."

And the US TV networks were full of praise for the US team, endlessly playing Clint Dempsey's goal after Green fumbled the ball.

They also continually referred to the result as a tie — and not the usual football term of a draw for the 1-1 result.



Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3013091/USA-beats-England-1-1.html#ixzz0rh6KvRyT

[silversalamence10]

who do you think we'll face in the next round

[Prinplup97]

fingers crossed we get ghana not germany

[silversalamence10]

yea i agree, germany will knock us out, ghana, then we have a chance

[Prinplup97]

well we might get lucky

[silversalamence10]

hopefully, it's just how the players play is what counts

[Prinplup97]

i no come on Ghana

[silversalamence10]

same we want germany to be runners up of group C

[Prinplup97]

we sure do and its Group D

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