Tuesday, September 08, 2009

South Africa 2010 Countdown

So far Brazil, Holland, Australia, S Korea, N Korea, Japan and Ghana have all made it through to join hosts South Africa. 32 of the world's best sides will fly to South Africa next June but it seems incredible that as the qualifying groups stand today Argentina (8), Portugal (17), France (10), Croatia (9), Mexico (24) and the Czech Republic (18) might not qualify for next years World Cup Finals. Even Germany (4) are not certain and for sure the European play-off's will represent some cracking ties to be settled on a home and away basis. In brackets are the current FIFA rankings which always spark a lot of debate by the way. The USA being at number 11 for example eh Tim, Dennis, Steve??

Anyway throughout the season we will follow the triumphs and tribulations of the qualification stages as South Africa gets set to welcome the world's best teams to it's shores.

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