FIFA Confederations Cup : Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:22 pm  

Draw was made recently, here are the teams in order of seedings

Group A

South Africa (Hosts of 2010 WC + CC09)
Spain (Euro 2008 Winners)
Iraq (Asian Nations Cup 2007 Winners)
New Zealand (Oceania Nations Cup 2008 Winners)

Group B

Italy (WC 2006 Winners)
Brazil (Copa America 2007 Winners)
Egypt (African Nations Cup 2008 Winners)
USA (CONCACAF Gold Cup 2008 Winners)

Group A is a total farce, they ave practically given Spain a free ride to the final and as for giving SA a seeding Blatter must have been sniffing glue.

: Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:39 pm  

its FIFAs excuse to make a few quid

not worth the brass made to make the cup

Re: FIFA Confederations Cup : Sat Nov 22, 2008 6:35 pm  

freshwater wrote:

Group A is a total farce, they ave practically given Spain a free ride to the final and as for giving SA a seeding Blatter must have been sniffing glue.

Yep, darn that Blatter for seeding the host nation, where's he plucked that from? It's not as if host nations of tournaments always get seeded is it?

: Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:15 pm  

Spain Vs Brazil final no question

Re: FIFA Confederations Cup : Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:26 am  

Asim wrote:

Yep, darn that Blatter for seeding the host nation, where's he plucked that from? It's not as if host nations of tournaments always get seeded is it?

Time that was stopped though, SA havent even qualified for the ANC 2010 irrc, they havent even reached the last round of 2010 African WC Qualifying. If the country that is hosting the tournament has a low World Ranking then they shouldnt really get a seeding. SA will embarass themselves at the next WC. At the curent rate scoring a goal would be a good achievement for them let alone getting a point.

: Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:07 am  

I dont get the big fuss. If Spain were seeded, then Brazil will have either had to play Italy still, or Spain

: Sun Nov 23, 2008 6:40 am  

Confederation bleeding cup

My school 3rd year league title winning medal has more importance

: Sun Nov 23, 2008 7:48 am  

kiwi's will win again

: Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:31 am  

The Key wrote:

I dont get the big fuss. If Spain were seeded, then Brazil will have either had to play Italy still, or Spain

The fuss is obvious.

It's a FIFA competition, and there hasn't been any reason to slag off Blatter for a couple of weeks, so it had to be done.

: Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:08 pm  

Why do Australia play under the Asain Qualifications now. Is it because thay raped everyone in the Oceania group ?