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Post by nyujeelandsaram on Nov 17, 2004 7:09:54 GMT -5
Just looking at it, South Korea will quite possibly finish with the worst qualifying record of the 8 teams. So if that comes into it they might be in a bit of a pool of death
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Post by SteveW on Nov 17, 2004 7:12:39 GMT -5
Well they toughed it out for the win in the end. Bit of a relief. What would we have to laugh and complain about if they'd been knocked out this early? I'll be real interested to see if they get drawn to play North Korea now. Also wondering how they work the seedings? The Korean players looked like they'd lost when teh game finished and were hurrying around trying to score more goals. Is there some deal about how many points you accumulated and goal difference that works out the second round seedings According to HJ its all based on seedings from WC 2002. So it should see Korea and Japan heading the two groups. We were trying to work it out but I think it should be: 1. Korea/Japan 2. Saudi/China (if China qualify) 3. Iran/Uzbekistan (if Iran make it) 4. NK/Bahrain.
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Post by nyujeelandsaram on Nov 17, 2004 7:13:49 GMT -5
I've just checked the official rules.
It's still going to go by rankings from the last world cup it seems.
So Korea and Japan will be seeded in one pot and therefore end up in opposite pools (they'll both be happy about that).
Beyond that I'm not too sure.
China obviously 3rd but then where does everybody else come? Surely they aren't ranked by where they came in a preliminary tournament that took place 4 years ago. That has to be obsolete compared to their current records in the last few months??
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Post by Holyjoe on Nov 17, 2004 7:14:12 GMT -5
Seedings are based on World Cup 2002 rankings, which I guess include qualifying and tournament results. So in theory Korea and Japan should be the two teams in the top pot.
The draw for the next round will be made at the beginning of December (around the 7th I think), and the next round dates are roughly these times:
Match 1 - 9th Feb 2005 Match 2 - 26th March 2005 Match 3 - 31st March 2005 Match 4 - 4th June 2005 Match 5 - 11th June 2005 Match 6 - 17th August 2005
(they came from a post on BigSoccer, with someone else suggesting slightly different dates one or two days before/after the ones above)
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Post by nyujeelandsaram on Nov 17, 2004 7:16:20 GMT -5
Seems a bit unfair to me.
It makes sense to an extent as far as Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia and China are concerned but the other teams should be split by how they went in qulifying for this world cup to date.
Ah well,
hopefully for Korea they get saudi arabia uzbekistan north korea
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Post by SteveW on Nov 17, 2004 7:19:30 GMT -5
Makes little difference who they get since only the bottom team would get kicked out of the tournament anyway!
4 teams qualify (top 2 in each group)
2 3rd place play-off for a game against CONCACAF lightweights.
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Post by Holyjoe on Nov 17, 2004 7:21:14 GMT -5
Yeah, bit of a safety net having that playoff for finishing third...
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Post by SteveW on Nov 17, 2004 7:26:16 GMT -5
Looking at the standings it would seem like it might be a good idea for Walter Smith to invite Laos, Chinese Taipei and Malaysia over to Hampden for glamour friendlies soon.
They look like teams even Scotland might be able to beat.
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Post by Holyjoe on Nov 17, 2004 7:32:38 GMT -5
62,441 was the attendance for tonight (I think), and for once that actually looked pretty spot on - the whole stadium seemed fairly packed out.
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Post by toohyper on Nov 17, 2004 19:17:04 GMT -5
62,441 was the attendance for tonight (I think), and for once that actually looked pretty spot on - the whole stadium seemed fairly packed out. National team games always attract fans... K-League games always attract...um... Anyhoo, i bet half of those people who attended the game doesn't even care for the k-league.
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