World Cup 2006 qualifying predictions - September

[Paul]

Algeria - Nigeria 2-5
Guinea - Malawi 3-1
Uruguay - Colombia 3-2
Brazil - Chile 5-0

 1 Zopperoni            546 (+4)
 2 Paul                 540 (+3)
 3 Wernazuma III        523 (+3)
 4 Locutus              484
 5 JCG                  449 (+3)
 6 Chilean President    375
 7 Al'Kimiya            324
 8 Kaos XIII            247
 9 Fergus Horkan        216
10 Kitschum             140
11 Lawrence of Arabia   134
12 MikeH                 98
13 axi                   62
14 Wille                 58
15 Bas                   30
16 Big Crunch            21
17 OneFootInTheGrave      9
18 Imran Siddiqui         8

[Paul]

"FIFA confirmed today that the result of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germanyâ„¢ qualifying match between Uzbekistan and Bahrain on 3 September 2005 has been declared invalid and must be replayed. In order to respect the drawn order of the matches, the first leg is to be replayed in Uzbekistan on 8 October 2005, with the second leg match to be rescheduled for 12 October 2005 in Bahrain."

Solomon Islands - Australia 1-2

 1 Zopperoni            546
 2 Paul                 540
 3 Wernazuma III        522 (-1)
 4 Locutus              484
 5 JCG                  448 (-1)
 6 Chilean President    375
 7 Al'Kimiya            324
 8 Kaos XIII            247
 9 Fergus Horkan        216
10 Kitschum             140
11 Lawrence of Arabia   134
12 MikeH                 98
13 axi                   62
14 Wille                 58
15 Bas                   30
16 Big Crunch            21
17 OneFootInTheGrave      9
18 Imran Siddiqui         8

[Wernazuma III]

I protest! I will not accept this

[Zopperoni]

What happen?

[Paul]

Article on official FIFA World Cup site

"The Bureau, composed of Chairman Lennart Johansson, Deputy Chairman Julio Grondona, Dr Chung Mong Joon and FIFA General Secretary Urs Linsi, took the decision based on the following facts:
1) At the score of 1-0 in favour of Uzbekistan, in the 39th minute of the match, the referee decided to award a penalty kick to Uzbekistan;
2) The penalty kick was taken and led to goal in favour of Uzbekistan;
3) Before the penalty kick was carried out, an Uzbek player entered the penalty area;
4) Consequently, the referee awarded an indirect free kick to the Bahrain team;
5) However, in such a situation, the Laws of the Game require the referee to order the penalty kick to be retaken;
6) The captain of Uzbekistan team protested to the referee immediately after the mistake had taken place and before the game had restarted. This protest was confirmed after the match;
7) This technical error was confirmed by the match commissioner and the referee inspector in their respective reports;
8) Uzbekistan protested the decision of the referee in a written request, asking for the match to be "cancelled" and be evaluated with a 3-0 forfeit result;

The bureau, taking into consideration that the referee in the match in question had indeed committed a technical error, established that, as a consequence, the match needed to be replayed. As a result, the protest put forward by the Uzbekistan team for the match to be considered a forfeit with a 3–0 result is rejected. In accordance with Art. 12.6 of the Regulations 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™, this decision is final and binding."

[Paul]

Azerbaijan - Austria 0-0
Belarus - Italy 1-4
Belgium - San Marino 8-0
Bulgaria - Iceland 3-2
Cyprus - Switzerland 1-3
Czech Republic - Armenia 4-1
Denmark - Georgia 6-1
Faroe Islands - Israel 0-2
Finland - Macedonia FYR 5-1
Hungary - Sweden 0-1
Irish Republic - France 0-1
Kazakhstan - Greece 1-2
Latvia - Slovakia 1-1
Liechtenstein - Luxembourg 3-0
Lithuania - Bosnia-Herzegovina 0-1
Malta - Croatia 1-1
Moldova - Slovenia 1-2
Netherlands - Andorra 4-0
Northern Ireland - England 1-0
Norway - Scotland 1-2
Poland - Wales 1-0
Russia - Portugal 0-0
Ukraine - Turkey 0-1

 1 Zopperoni            565 (+19)
 2 Paul                 555 (+15)
 3 Wernazuma III        539 (+17)
 4 Locutus              484
 5 JCG                  467 (+19)
 6 Chilean President    375
 7 Al'Kimiya            324
 8 Kaos XIII            247
 9 Fergus Horkan        216
10 Kitschum             140
11 Lawrence of Arabia   134
12 MikeH                 98
13 axi                   62
14 Wille                 58
15 Bas                   30
16 Big Crunch            21
17 OneFootInTheGrave      9
18 Imran Siddiqui         8

[Paul]

Spain - Serbia & Montenegro 1-1
Costa Rica - Trinidad & Tobago 2-0
Guatemala - United States 0-0
Mexico - Panama 5-0

Qualified for the World Cup:
Ukraine
United States
Mexico
Brazil

 1 Zopperoni            574 (+9)
 2 Paul                 564 (+9)
 3 Wernazuma III        548 (+9)
 4 Locutus              490 (+6)
 5 JCG                  476 (+9)
 6 Chilean President    381 (+6)
 7 Al'Kimiya            330 (+6)
 8 Kaos XIII            253 (+6)
 9 Fergus Horkan        222 (+6)
10 Kitschum             146 (+6)
11 Lawrence of Arabia   134
12 MikeH                104 (+6)
13 Wille                 64 (+6)
14 axi                   62
15 Bas                   32 (+2)
16 Big Crunch            23 (+2)
17 OneFootInTheGrave      9
18 Imran Siddiqui         8