Sunday, May 21, 2006

Deutschland Deutschland Über Alles!

I've decided that I am going to put myself out here and try to predict the outcome of every single game in this summer's World Cup from Germany. That's right - an Iranian who admittedly follows very little soccer (though I did watch the UEFA Final last week and it was great) is going to try to predict the outcomes. I'll start by trying to predict from the first game through the final, but once pool play actually ends, I'll put up a second set of predictions for that point on. I will consider this experiment a success if I can break 35.5% correct!

Stage 1: Pool Play


Pool A:
GERMANY vs. Costa Rica
POLAND vs. Ecuador
GERMANY vs. Poland
Ecuador vs. COSTA RICA
Ecuador vs. GERMANY
COSTA RICA vs. Poland

Predicted Finish:
1. Germany
2. Costa Rica
3. Poland
4. Ecuador


Pool B:
ENGLAND vs. Paraguay
Trinidad and Tobago vs. SWEDEN
ENGLAND vs. Trinidad and Tobago
Sweden vs. PARAGUAY
SWEDEN vs. England
PARAGUAY vs. Trinidad and Tobago

Predicted Finish: (after tiebreakers)
1. England
2. Sweden
3. Paraguay
4. Trinidad and Tobago


Pool C:
ARGENTINA vs. Ivory Coast
Serbia and Montenegro vs. NETHERLANDS
ARGENTINA vs. Serbia and Montenegro
NETHERLANDS vs. Ivory Coast
NETHERLANDS vs. Argentina
IVORY COAST vs. Serbia and Montenegro

Predicted Finish:
1. Netherlands
2. Argentina
3. Ivory Coast
4. Serbia and Montenegro


Pool D:
MEXICO vs. Iran
Angola vs. PORTUGUAL
MEXICO vs. Angola
Iran vs. PORTUGUAL
Portugual vs. MEXICO
IRAN vs. Angola

Predicted Finish:
1. Mexico
2. Iran
3. Portugual
4. Angola


Pool E:
ITALY vs. Ghana
United States vs. Czech Republic
Italy vs. UNITED STATES
CZECH REPUBLIC vs. Ghana
CZECH REPUBLIC vs. Italy
Ghana vs. UNITED STATES

Predicted Finish:
1. Czech Republic
2. United States
3. Italy
4. Ghana


Pool F:
BRAZIL vs. Croatia
Australia vs. JAPAN
BRAZIL vs. Australia
JAPAN vs. Croatia
Japan vs. BRAZIL
CROATIA vs. Australia

Predicted Finish:
1. Brazil
2. Japan
3. Croatia
4. Australia


Pool G:
FRANCE vs. Switzerland
SOUTH KOREA vs. Togo
FRANCE vs. South Korea
Togo vs. SWITZERLAND
Togo vs. FRANCE
Switzerland vs. SOUTH KOREA

Predicted Finish:
1. France
2. South Korea
3. Switzerland
4. Togo


Pool H:
SPAIN vs. Ukraine
TUNISIA vs. Saudi Arabia
Spain vs. TUNISIA
SAUDI ARABIA vs. Ukraine
Saudi Arabia vs. SPAIN
Ukraine vs. TUNISIA

Predicted Finish:
1. Tunisia
2. Spain
3. Saudi Arabia
4. Ukraine


Stage 2: Single-Elimination

Round of 16:
1A vs. 2B: GERMANY vs. Sweden
1C vs. 2D: NETHERLANDS vs. Iran
1B vs. 2A: ENGLAND vs. Costa Rica
1D vs. 2C: MEXICO vs. Argentina
1E vs. 2F: CZECH REPUBLIC vs. Japan
1G vs. 2H: France vs. SPAIN
1F vs. 2E: BRAZIL vs. United States
1H vs. 2G: Tunisia vs. SOUTH KOREA


Quarterfinals:
GERMANY vs. Netherlands
CZECH REPUBLIC vs. Spain
England vs. MEXICO
BRAZIL vs. South Korea


Semifinals:
GERMANY vs. Czech Republic
Mexico vs. BRAZIL


Final:
GERMANY vs. Brazil

Yeah,Germany will be the champion ??!!!

1 Comments:

Blogger Nirvana said...

Moteasefane kheili tolani minevisi va man nemitonam hich vaght chizae ke minevisi ro bekhonam.
hatman chizaye jalebian.:)

Sunday, May 21, 2006 2:37:00 PM  

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