not 'second pot' but 'Euro pot' Sort of. After the seeds the pots are largely geographical
And gets a bit weird.
They do it to try and avoid having, for example, 3 teams from Europe in one group or whatever.
We probably will get a Euro team in our group, we'll also get an African-ish team and a ROTW (sort of) team.
Posted By: megson on December 1st 2009 at 14:42:46
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- Just noticed FIFA havent announced the World Cup seedings yet (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 1, 14:20:14
- Perhaps they're still deciding whether to see Ireland or not? (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Dec 1, 15:07:34
- We'll be seeded, think Neth and Portugal likely to miss out. Its a bizarre system really (Other Football) - megson, Dec 1, 14:39:47
- didn't the Aussies opt out as the Oceanic group didn't have an automatic spot for the winn (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 1, 14:49:26
- They did qualify in 2006 though (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 1, 14:55:04
- 1974 (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 1, 15:11:42
- well it was a bit silly. The only other team not utter crap was NZ (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Dec 1, 14:54:03
- They did qualify in 2006 though (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 1, 14:55:04
- didn't the Aussies opt out as the Oceanic group didn't have an automatic spot for the winn (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 1, 14:49:26
- England should be fine based on what was said at the last meeting. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Dec 1, 14:32:35
- Fifa have also mentioned that the ranking would also be taken into account (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Dec 1, 14:35:47
- not 'second pot' but 'Euro pot' Sort of. After the seeds the pots are largely geographical (Other Football) - megson, Dec 1, 14:42:46
- correct, but the pots are also numbered so it'll be pot 2 (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Dec 1, 14:52:42
- lol, true! (n/m) (Other Football) - megson, Dec 1, 15:06:40
- correct, but the pots are also numbered so it'll be pot 2 (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Dec 1, 14:52:42
- not 'second pot' but 'Euro pot' Sort of. After the seeds the pots are largely geographical (Other Football) - megson, Dec 1, 14:42:46
- fingers crossed - hope you're right (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 1, 14:33:47
- Holland and Portugal, IIRC. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Dec 1, 14:37:56
- Holland & Portugal (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Dec 1, 14:37:22
- Fifa have also mentioned that the ranking would also be taken into account (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Dec 1, 14:35:47
- How on earth can SA be seeded?? Have they ever beaten anyone of note? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 1, 14:25:03
- hosts are always seeded I think (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 1, 14:27:31
- blimey. They're ranked 86 be FIFA (below Haiti, Uganda, New Zealand...) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 1, 14:29:52
- I'm sure Holland or Portugal will be drawn in that group as a sweetener (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Dec 1, 14:36:39
- But that would suggest that the draws are fixed..... (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 1, 14:40:36
- hehe. The way it's done it'll still be Blatter taking out balls and putting them back in (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Dec 1, 14:55:05
- But that would suggest that the draws are fixed..... (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 1, 14:40:36
- I'm sure Holland or Portugal will be drawn in that group as a sweetener (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Dec 1, 14:36:39
- Really? I assumed their perk was not having to qualify. Still, (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 1, 14:29:21
- blimey. They're ranked 86 be FIFA (below Haiti, Uganda, New Zealand...) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 1, 14:29:52
- hosts are always seeded I think (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 1, 14:27:31
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