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[OctoberLady]

World Cup group stage scenarios:

FIFA uses the following series of tiebreakers when teams finish tied with the same number of points at the end of the group stage:

• Goal difference.
• Total goals scored.
• Head-to-head results (if more than two teams are tied, then results between those teams are calculated using the first two criteria).
• Drawing of lots.

Remember, the top two teams in each of eight first-round groups move on to the round of 16.


Group A
First-place Uruguay (seven points) and second-place Mexico (four points) moved on to the next round. South Africa (four points) and France (one point) were eliminated.


Group B
Current standings:

• Argentina: 6 points, 5 goals, +4 goal difference
• South Korea: 3 points, 3 goals, -1 goal difference
• Greece: 3 points, 2 goals, -1 goal difference
• Nigeria: 0 points,1 goal, -2 goal difference

Next matches:

June 22: Nigeria vs. South Korea and Greece vs. Argentina

Argentina advances:

• with a win or a tie, OR
• if South Korea ties or loses, OR
• it loses and both South Korea and Greece do not force a tiebreaker with Argentina.

South Korea advances:

• with a win and if Greece does not a) either win by a greater margin than South Korea, or b) win by same margin and score two more goals than South Korea, OR
• with a tie and if Greece ties or loses.

Greece advances:

• with a win and if South Korea ties or loses, OR
• with a win by a greater margin than South Korea, OR
• with a win by the same margin as South Korea and scores two more goals than South Korea, OR
• with a tie and if South Korea loses, OR
• with a win by three goals.

Nigeria advances

• with a win and if Argentina wins.

Group C
Current standings:

• Slovenia: 4 points, 3 goals, +1 goal difference
• United States: 2 points, 3 goals, 0 goal difference
• England: 2 points,1 goal, 0 goal difference
• Algeria: 1 point, 0 goals, -1 goal difference

Next matches:

June 23: Slovenia vs. England and United States vs. Algeria

Slovenia advances:

• with a win or tie, OR
• if it loses and if U.S. and Algeria tie, OR
• if it loses and if Algeria wins, so long as Algeria doesn't force a tiebreaker with Slovenia.

The U.S. advances:

• with a win, OR
• with a tie and if Slovenia-England tie, so long as England does not outscore the U.S. by two goals, OR
• with a tie and if England loses.

England advances:

• with a win, OR
• with a tie and if U.S. and Algeria tie and England outscores the U.S. by three goals.

Algeria advances:

• with a win and if Slovenia wins or ties, OR
• with a win and if Slovenia loses and if Algeria forces a tiebreaker with Slovenia.

Note: If the U.S. ties Algeria and England ties Slovenia, and if England scores exactly two more goals than the U.S., then the U.S. and England would be tied for second place with all of the tiebreakers exhausted. That tie would be broken by drawing lots.


Group D
Current standings:

• Ghana: 4 points, 2 goals, +1 goal difference
• Germany: 3 points, 4 goals, +3 goal difference
• Serbia: 3 points,1 goal, 0 goal difference
• Australia: 1 point, 1 goal, -4 goal difference

Next matches:

June 23: Ghana vs. Germany and Australia vs. Serbia

Ghana advances:

• with a win or tie, OR
• with a loss and if Australia-Serbia tie, so long as Serbia does not own the tiebreaker over Ghana, OR
• with a loss and if Australia wins, so long as Australia does not own the tiebreaker over Ghana.

Germany advances:

• with a win, OR
• with a tie and if Serbia and Australia tie, so long as Serbia does not own the tiebreaker over Germany, OR
• with a tie and if Australia wins, so long as Australia does not own the tiebreaker over Germany.

Serbia advances:

• with a win, OR
• with a tie and if Ghana wins, OR
• with a tie and if Ghana and Germany tie and it owns the tiebreaker over Germany.

Australia advances:

• with a win and if Ghana wins, OR
• with a win and if Germany wins and Australia owns the tiebreaker over Ghana, OR
• with a win and if Ghana and Germany tie and if Australia owns the tiebreaker over Germany.

Group E
Current standings:

• Netherlands: 6 points, 3 goals, +3 goal difference
• Japan: 3 points, 1 goal, 0 goal difference
• Denmark: 3 points, 2 goals, -1 goal difference
• Cameroon: 0 points, 1 goal, -2 goal difference

Next matches:

June 24: Denmark vs. Japan and Cameroon vs. Netherlands

The Netherlands:

• has already clinched a spot in the second round.

Japan advances:

• with a win, OR
• with a tie.

Denmark advances:

• with a win.

Cameroon:

• has already been eliminated from the tournament.

Group F
Current standings:

• Paraguay: 4 points, 3 goals, +2 goal difference
• Italy: 2 points, 2 goals, 0 goal difference
• New Zealand: 2 points, 2 goals, 0 goal difference
• Slovakia: 1 point, 1 goal, -2 goal difference

Next matches:

June 24: Slovakia vs. Italy and Paraguay vs. New Zealand

Paraguay advances:

• With a win or a tie, OR
• with a loss and if Italy ties Slovakia, OR
• with a loss and if Slovakia wins, so long as Slovakia doesn't force a tiebreaker with Paraguay.

Italy advances:

• with a win, OR
• with a tie and a New Zealand loss, OR
• with a tie and if Paraguay-New Zealand tie, so long as Italy outscores New Zealand.

New Zealand advances:

• with a win, OR
• with a tie and if Italy-Slovakia tie, so long as New Zealand outscores Italy.

Slovakia advances:

• with a win and a Paraguay win or tie, OR
• with a win versus Italy and a Paraguay loss, and if Slovakia forces a tiebreaker with Paraguay.

Group G
Current standings:

• Brazil: 6 points, 5 goals, +3 goal difference
• Portugal: 4 points, 7 goals, +7 goal difference
• Ivory Coast: 1 point, 1 goal, -2 goal difference
• North Korea: 0 points, 1 goal, -8 goal difference

Next matches:

June 25: Portugal vs. Brazil and North Korea vs. Ivory Coast

Brazil:

• has already clinched a spot in the second round.

Portugal advances:

• with a win or a tie, OR
• with an Ivory Coast loss or tie, OR
• with a loss and an Ivory Coast win, so long as Ivory Coast doesn't force a tiebreaker with Portugal.

Ivory Coast advances:

• with a win and a Portugal loss and if Ivory Coast forces a tiebreaker with Portugal.

North Korea:

• has already been eliminated from the tournament.

<A name=grouph>Group H
Current standings:

• Chile: 6 points, 2 goals, +2 goal difference
• Spain: 3 points, 2 goals, +1 goal difference
• Switzerland: 3 points, 1 goal, 0 goal difference
• Honduras: 0 points, 0 goals, -3 goal difference

Next matches:

June 25: Chile vs. Spain and Switzerland vs. Honduras

Chile advances:

• with a win or tie, OR
• with a loss and a Switzerland tie or loss, OR
• with a loss and a Switzerland win, so long as Chile maintains the tiebreaker over Switzerland.

Spain advances:

• with a win, OR
• with a tie and a Switzerland tie or loss, OR
• with a loss and a Honduras win, so long as Spain maintains the tiebreaker over Switzerland and Honduras.

Switzerland advances:

• with a win and a Spain tie or loss, OR
• with a win and a Spain win, so long as Switzerland earns the tiebreaker over Chile, OR
• with a tie and a Spain loss, OR
• with a loss and a Spain loss, so long as it wins the tiebreaker over Spain and Honduras.

Honduras advances:

• with a win, so long as it wins the tiebreaker with Spain and Switzerland

Honduras will be eliminated:

• with a win or a tie by either Spain or Switzerland

[HG]

[Los Pollos Hermanos]

Alright, I'm all ready for kickoff.

[Dom]

Let some opportunities slip by in the 1st half

[Los Pollos Hermanos]

They got screwed. Again.

[warthog]

Is it my TV or is there a swarm of bees at the stadium. Man, that is an annoying sound. And yeah, that disallowed goal the US made in the first half is one of the reasons professional soccer sucks. Let them play and quit being so picky. I think those soccer refs wield way too much power and can influence a game easily.

[Los Pollos Hermanos]

What a game! Great ending. Go USA!

[OctoberLady]

Landon Donovan our HERO!



Wow! What a great game!

[Dom]

wow...

[warthog]

WE DIDN'T TIE!!!!!!!

[OctoberLady]

warthog, on 23 June 2010 - 10:40 AM, said:

WE DIDN'T TIE!!!!!!!

Nope! And after they heard that England scored against Slovenia, they knew that a tie wouldn't do it. That was when it became a "win or go home" type of game.

And IMHO, even if the US doesn't win the next game, they really should be able to go home feeling good about their accomplishment with this game. This game will be remembered for a lifetime.

[Dom]

Now from Group D the two teams will be playing to finish 2nd and not 1st so that they can play the USA... haha

[warthog]

Do they ever pull the goalie late in a game in soccer, or is that even allowed?

[Los Pollos Hermanos]

warthog, on 23 June 2010 - 11:18 AM, said:

Do they ever pull the goalie late in a game in soccer, or is that even allowed?

They didn't pull the goalie but they did substitute out some good defensive players for better offensive players.

[OctoberLady]

By the way, just to give you guys some idea of how pretty much anything can happen in this tournament, the defending champion (Italy), are eliminated from the tournament with their loss to Slovakia earlier.

[OctoberLady]

DallasChief, on 23 June 2010 - 11:28 AM, said:

They didn't pull the goalie but they did substitute out some good defensive players for better offensive players.

Although, they probably could have pulled Howard since it looked like he was hardly breaking a sweat defending his net.

[penguin]

OctoberLady, on 24 June 2010 - 10:30 AM, said:

Although, they probably could have pulled Howard since it looked like he was hardly breaking a sweat defending his net.

Howard made many crucial saves including the one that led to the US goal. If our backup is in the net we lose that game.

He did not look like he was breaking a sweat because he is one of the top 5 keepers in the world.

[OctoberLady]

penguin, on 24 June 2010 - 12:51 PM, said:

Howard made many crucial saves including the one that led to the US goal. If our backup is in the net we lose that game.

He did not look like he was breaking a sweat because he is one of the top 5 keepers in the world.

What I meant was that, compared to the games against Slovenia and England, it didn't look like he was pressured to defend the net as much against Algeria.

[OctoberLady]

Check this out. This Purdue Univ. student created this video montage of people's reaction to Donovan's game-winning goal against Algeria.

World's reaction to Donovan's goal

[Tlatoani]

México!!! México!!!

Vamos México!!!

It doesnt look good against Argentina but anything can happen...

Sorry for US team, they fought to the end but they let the game go in the 2nd half...