Group A South Africa Mexico Uruguay France MATCHES RSA v MEX 11-Jun URU v FRA 11-Jun RSA v URU 16-Jun FRA v MEX 17-Jun MEX v URU 22-Jun FRA v RSA 22-Jun	Group B Argentina Nigeria Republic of Korea Greece MATCHES ARG v NGA 12-Jun KOR v GRE 12-Jun GRE v NGA 17-Jun ARG v KOR 17-Jun NGA v KOR 22-Jun GRE v ARG 22-Jun	Group C England United States of America Algeria Slovenia MATCHES ENG v USA 12-Jun ALG v SVN 13-Jun SVN v USA 18-Jun ENG v ALG 18-Jun SVN v ENG 23-Jun ALG v USA 23-Jun	Group D Germany Australia Republic of Serbia Ghana MATCHES GER v AUS 13-Jun SRB v GHA 13-Jun GER v SRB 18-Jun GHA v AUS 19-Jun GHA v GER 23-Jun AUS v SRB 23-Jun
Group E Netherlands Denmark Japan Cameroon MATCHES NED v DEN 14-Jun JPN v CMR 14-Jun NED v JPN 19-Jun CMR v DEN 19-Jun DEN v JPN 24-Jun CMR v NED 24-Jun	Group F Italy Paraguay New Zealand Slovak Republic MATCHES ITA v PAR 14-Jun NZL v SVK 15-Jun SVK v PAR 20-Jun ITA v NZL 20-Jun SVK v ITA 24-Jun PAR v NZL 24-Jun	Group G Brazil Democratic People's Republic of Korea Côte d'Ivoire Portugal MATCHES BRA v PRK 15-Jun CIV v POR 15-Jun BRA v CIV 20-Jun POR v PRK 21-Jun PRK v CIV 25-Jun POR v BRA 25-Jun	Group H Spain Switzerland Honduras Chile MATCHES ESP v SUI 16-Jun HON v CHI 16-Jun CHI v SUI 21-Jun ESP v HON 21-Jun SUI v HON 25-Jun CHI v ESP 25-Jun

Knockout Stage

Round of Sixteen 49 1A v 2B 26-Jun 50 1C v 2D 26-Jun 51 1B v 2A 27-Jun 52 1D v 2C 27-Jun 53 1E v 2F 28-Jun 54 1G v 2H 28-Jun 55 1F v 2E 29-Jun 56 1H v 2G 29-Jun

Quarterfinals 57 W49 v W50 02-Jul 58 W53 v W54 02-Jul 59 W51 v W52 03-Jul 60 W55 v W56 03-Jul

Semifinals 61 W57 v W58 06-Jul 62 W59 v W60 07-Jul

Final 64 W61 v W62 11-Jul Third Place 63 L61 v L62 10-Jul

Originally posted by MoeGates

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Can someone please explain to me why Argentina is a seed? FIFA said they're using a combination of current ranking and World Cup history. Argentina struggled to finish fourth in CONMEBOL qualifying, and hasn't been to a World Cup semifinal in 20 years. How does this make sense? It is just FIFA not wanting a seeding group of all Euros, plus Brazil and South Africa? I can easily see them not making it out of their group. They still have the same fatal flaws they always do - a lack of any decent goalkeeper, and (most importantly) the complete and utter inability of their creative players to manage to coexist on the field together.

(edited by MoeGates on 4.12.09 1427)

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Originally posted by MoeGates

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A and B look the most interesting - I can see anyone advancing and anyone staying home. USA looks to be sitting pretty nice in group C with Slovenia and Algeria.



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Originally posted by MoeGates

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Can someone please explain to me why Argentina is a seed? FIFA said they're using a combination of current ranking and World Cup history. Argentina struggled to finish fourth in CONMEBOL qualifying, and hasn't been to a World Cup semifinal in 20 years. How does this make sense? It is just FIFA not wanting a seeding group of all Euros, plus Brazil and South Africa? I can easily see them not making it out of their group. They still have the same fatal flaws they always do - a lack of any decent goalkeeper, and (most importantly) the complete and utter inability of their creative players to manage to coexist on the field together.

(edited by MoeGates on 4.12.09 1427)

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