World Cup predictions - first round

[Kropotkin]

4 years ago? i thought it was back in '94, on the 4th of July and all...

[Dr. Stiby]

I'm pretty sure it was in France '98, but I'll look it up!

[Kropotkin]

Oh no wait, that was against Brazil...

[Kropotkin]

IIRC Leonardo got a red card early in the first half and Brazil had to play with ten men but Romario delivered as usal.

[Dr. Stiby]

Don't recall that match. USA - Iran was 1-2, June 21st '98.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

And my predictions:

OOooo i almost missed this prediction thread

World Champion: Croatia - It is my duty to be biased (at least my team is there unlike some )
Top scorer: Batistuta
(ah biased again, he is my favourite for long even though i'd say Thierry Henry has a better chance of being the top scorer - easier group)

Group winners:
A France
B Spain
C Brazil
D Portugal
E Germany
F Argentina
G Croatia
H Russia

A 31-05 13:30 France - Senegal (Seoul) 2-0
A 01-06 11:00 Uruguay - Denmark (Ulsan) 1-2
B 02-06 09:30 Paraguay - South Africa (Busan) 1-0
B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju) 1-1
C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan) 2-1
C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju) 2-1
D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan) 1-1
D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon) 1-3
E 01-06 08:30 Republic of Ireland - Cameroon (Niigata) 1-2
E 01-06 13:30 Germany - Saudi Arabia (Sapporo) 3-1
F 02-06 11:30 England - Sweden (Saitama) 1-1
F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki) 3-2
G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata) 2-1
G 03-06 13:30 Italy - Ecuador (Sapporo) 2-1
H 04-06 11:00 Japan - Belgium (Saitama) 0-0
H 05-06 08:30 Russia - Tunisia (Kobe) 2-0

[Winston]

*Bump*

I admit, I'm starting to get excited about the upcoming World Cup.

[Serb]

Originally posted by Paul
Serb, you forgot to post your predictions for the group winners. Please post them before the opening match on Friday.

Group winners:
France
Spain
Brazil
Portugal
Germany
Nigeria (I love those guys)
Italy
Russia.

[Paul]

The opening match starts in 25 hours, so hurry up and post your predictions if you haven't done it yet. I believe that some people also still have to post their predictions for world champion and/or top scorer.

Edit: that would be Urban Ranger and Yaroslav. And Eli, but he just posted them.

[Eli]

Winner : Argentina
Top Scorer : Raul

[Bas]

World Champion: Italy
Top scorer: Raul
Group winners:
A France
B Spain
C Brazil
D Portugal
E Germany
F Argentina
G Italy
H Belgium

A 31-05 13:30 France - Senegal (Seoul) 3-1
A 01-06 11:00 Uruguay - Denmark (Ulsan) 1-1
B 02-06 09:30 Paraguay - South Africa (Busan) 2-0
B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju) 3-2
C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan) 2-2
C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju) 0-1
D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan) 0-2
D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon) 1-3
E 01-06 08:30 Republic of Ireland - Cameroon (Niigata) 1-1
E 01-06 13:30 Germany - Saudi Arabia (Sapporo) 2-1
F 02-06 11:30 England - Sweden (Saitama) 1-1
F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki) 3-1
G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata) 2-1
G 03-06 13:30 Italy - Ecuador (Sapporo) 3-1
H 04-06 11:00 Japan - Belgium (Saitama) 0-1
H 05-06 08:30 Russia - Tunisia (Kobe) 2-0

[our_man]

World Champion: France
Top scorer: Raul
Group winners:
A France
B Spain
C Brazil
D Portugal
E Germany
F Argentina
G Italy
H Russia

A 31-05 13:30 France - Senegal (Seoul) 2-0
A 01-06 11:00 Uruguay - Denmark (Ulsan) 1-3
B 02-06 09:30 Paraguay - South Africa (Busan) 3-2
B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju) 3-1
C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan) 1-0
C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju) 3-2
D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan) 1-3
D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon) 0-3
E 01-06 08:30 Republic of Ireland - Cameroon (Niigata) 2-1
E 01-06 13:30 Germany - Saudi Arabia (Sapporo) 3-0
F 02-06 11:30 England - Sweden (Saitama) 0-0
F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki) 3-1
G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata) 2-1
G 03-06 13:30 Italy - Ecuador (Sapporo) 4-0
H 04-06 11:00 Japan - Belgium (Saitama) 1-1
H 05-06 08:30 Russia - Tunisia (Kobe) 2-0

[Solly]

World Champion: England

Top scorer: Vassell

Group winners:
A France
B Paraguay
C Turkey
D Portugal
E Cameroon
F Argentina
G Italy
H Japan

A 31-05 13:30 France - Senegal (Seoul) 2-0
A 01-06 11:00 Uruguay - Denmark (Ulsan) 1-1
B 02-06 09:30 Paraguay - South Africa (Busan) 2-1
B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju) 1-1
C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan) 1-2
C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju) 1-1
D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan) 0-4
D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon) 1-2
E 01-06 08:30 Republic of Ireland - Cameroon (Niigata) 1-5
E 01-06 13:30 Germany - Saudi Arabia (Sapporo) 1-1
F 02-06 11:30 England - Sweden (Saitama) 3-1
F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki) 1-0
G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata) 1-1
G 03-06 13:30 Italy - Ecuador (Sapporo) 1-1
H 04-06 11:00 Japan - Belgium (Saitama) 1-0

[Paul]

Boddington's, you forgot Russia-Tunesia. It's one of the last matches, so you still have some time. But don't forget to post your prediction.

[Cairo_East]

World Champion: Argentina

Top scorer: Luis Figo

Group winners / Group Runners-Up
A France - Denmark
B Spain - Paraguay
C Brazil - Costa Rica
D Portugal - Poland
E Germany - Cameroon
F Argentina - England
G Italy - Croatia
H Japan - Belgium

A 31-05 13:30 France - Senegal (Seoul) 3-0
A 01-06 11:00 Uruguay - Denmark (Ulsan) 1-2
B 02-06 09:30 Paraguay - South Africa (Busan) 4-1
B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju) 2-0
C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan) 4-2
C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju) 0-3
D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan) 0-2
D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon) 1-2
E 01-06 08:30 Republic of Ireland - Cameroon (Niigata) 1-4
E 01-06 13:30 Germany - Saudi Arabia (Sapporo) 3-0
F 02-06 11:30 England - Sweden (Saitama) 1-0
F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki) 1-1
G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata) 2-2
G 03-06 13:30 Italy - Ecuador (Sapporo) 4-0
H 04-06 11:00 Japan - Belgium (Saitama) 2-2
H 05-06 08:30 Russia - Tunisia (Kobe) 2-0