# 2010 FIFA World Cup Bracket **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 4, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981 "2010-06-04T21:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/21 "2010-06-08T23:35:13Z")
I’m in, though I have absolutely no clue what I’m doing (you really don’t want to know how I made my selects). ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/22 "2010-06-09T13:03:36Z")
So you can laugh and point, or be awed by my prescience, but mostly so I can figure out who would win and go on… **Group A:** South Africa 2 - Mexico 2 - I see emotion of the opener giving RSA just enough to stay in the game. Could even see them pull the upset here. Uruguay 3 - France 1 South Africa 2 - Uruguay 3 - Again the home enthusiasm and maybe some dodgy calls keep the host country in it France 1 - Mexico 2 - an uninspired French side lose to el Tri on a Chicharito header Mexico 2 - Uruguay 2 France 1 - South Africa 1 **Group A Standings** Uruguay - 7 points Mexico - 5 points France - 3 points South Africa - 1 point **Group B:** Argentina 1 - Nigeria 1 - Argentina should win this and would with a real manager South Korea 0 - Greece 0 Greece 0 - Nigeria 2 - Super Eagles strength and creativity get them past annoying Greek defense Argentina 2 - South Korea 2 - Another shocking result Nigeria 1 - South Korea 0 Greece 1 - Argentina 1 **Group B Standings** Nigeria - 7 points Argentina - 3 points South Korea - 2 points Greece - 2 points \*\* Group C:\*\* England 3 - USA 1 - 3 Lions, 3 goals against shaky USA back line Algeria 0 - Slovenia 2 - height, discipline and acclimation are all in Slovenia’s favor Slovenia 0 - USA 1 - US wins on a dubious penalty England 5 - Algeria 1 - UK press starts to become super obnoxious Slovenia 2 - England 2 - UK press gnash their teeth USA 3 - Algeria 2 **Group C Standings** England - 7 points USA - 6 points Slovenia - 4 points Algeria - 0 points **Group D:** Germany 2 - Australia 0 Serbia 1 - Ghana 0 Germany 1 - Serbia 2 - I could easily see this score line reversed Ghana 1 - Australia 2 - Socceroos score the “upset” Ghana 1 - Germany 2 - without Essien, the Black Stars crash out of the tourney Australia 1 - Serbia 3 **Group D Standings** Serbia - 9 points Germany - 6 points Australia - 3 points Ghana - 0 points **Group E:** Netherlands 1 - Denmark 0 - will probably be higher scoring, but result should be the same Japan 2 - Cameroon 3 - Africa wins by home continent advantage Netherlands 3 - Japan 0 Cameroon 1 - Denmark 2 Cameroon 2 - Netherlands 2 Denmark 1 - Japan 0 **Group E Standings** Netherlands - 7 points Denmark - 6 points Cameroon - 4 points Japan - 0 points \*\* Group F:\*\* Italy 0 - Paraguay 2 - one of two European powers where I see possible “fail” coming New Zealand 0 - Slovakia 3 - This is the Kiwis best chance for a result Slovakia 1 - Paraguay 2 - one team buoyed, the other sunk by earlier results Italy 5 - New Zealand 0 - Even an old Italy are too much for the Kiwis Slovakia 1 - Italy 3 Paraguay 6 - New Zealand 2 \*\* Group F Standings\*\* Paraguay - 9 points Italy - 7 points Slovakia - 3 points New Zealand - 0 points \*\* Group G:\*\* Cote d’Ivoire 2 - Portugal 2- Drogba and Nani already out, Portugal in recent shaky form, could go CIV’s way Brazil 4 - North Korea 1 - could be much, much worse, but fear of the “Dear Leader” might give the DPRK a bit of a boost Brazil 3 - Ivory Coast 1 - in a less than beautiful game, CIV miss Drogba too much Portugal 1 - N Korea 0 Portugal 2 - Brazil 3 North Korea 2 - Ivory Coast 5 **Group G Standings** Brazil - 9 points Cote d’Ivoire - 4 points - Advance on goal difference Portugal - 4 points North Korea - 0 points, burnt at stake when they arrive back home \*\* Group H:\*\* Honduras 2 - Chile 4 - Chile is my dark horse in this one Spain 2 - Switzerland 0 Chile 3 - Swiss 2 Spain 5 - Honduras 1 Swiss 0 - Honduras 1 Chile 3 - Spain 3 **Group H Standings** Spain - 7 points - win group on goal difference Chile - 7 points Honduras - 3 points Swiss - 0 points ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/23 "2010-06-09T13:23:52Z")
So you’re predicting an average of something approaching 3.5 goals per game? I’ve gone very cautious and predicted a lot of 1-1s and 1-0s. But I wouldn’t mind at all if you were right. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/24 "2010-06-09T13:40:51Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > So you’re predicting an average of something approaching 3.5 goals per game? I’ve gone very cautious and predicted a lot of 1-1s and 1-0s. But I wouldn’t mind at all if you were right. I didn’t really take stuff like that into account, but at higher altitude and with a wonky ball, there could be a lot of goals. I hope there are not a lot of draws. Also didn’t factor in stuff like I have all African teams out of the Cup by the end of the second round, no host team has never not advanced, etc. I just worked out my next level matches, and if I pay too much attention to “history” it would drive me nuts. Also, IMO, the groups are better distributed than ever before. I have Serbia going fairly deep, so hopefully they learned something from the last Cup, or I will have to make some corrections really early. My final 4 is surprising to me - I have a team I loathe placing third and Brazil knocked out in the second round. Probably wrong, but it’s fun to take some risks. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/25 "2010-06-09T19:18:40Z")
What is the best web site with world cup preview and prediction information? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/26 "2010-06-09T20:27:37Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > What is the best web site with world cup preview and prediction information? If you look on that Yahoo site it will show you what the picks are (percent for each team, assume the difference between 100% and that is a draw). Some English sites probably have better coverage, but it’s probably slightly less biased on an American site. Of course everyone is biased some way or another. ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/27 "2010-06-09T21:50:07Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > What is the best web site with world cup preview and prediction information? [The Times](http://timesonline.typepad.com/thegame/2010/06/world-cup-groupbygroup-analysis-group-f.html) has pretty extensive group by group previews. [Bleacher report](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/304532-2010-world-cup-preview-and-prediction-from-round-one-to-the-final) has a nice quick preview section as well. Thats if you’re looking for something else to compare the yahoo and [ESPN](http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5255410/ce/us/espn-magazine-world-cup-preview?cc=5901&ver=us) predictions to. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/28 "2010-06-10T11:31:00Z")
The BBC has a rather flashy (and Flash-y) predictor tool, linked from [this page](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8709313.stm), where you can enter all the scores in the group match and choose winners through the knockout stages. (I also think France will be out in the group stage, with Uruguay to win the group.) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/29 "2010-06-10T11:32:08Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > What is the best web site with world cup preview and prediction information? [This may or may not be helpful.](http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/05/world-cup-cover-story.html) ---
**Author:** ![footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9f8e36/32.png) [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footballisplayedwithyourfeet)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/30 "2010-06-10T13:10:10Z")
I’m in! ---
**Author:** ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/31 "2010-06-11T04:00:55Z")
Team BoltEater has joined the fray! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/32 "2010-06-11T16:47:32Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > **Group A:** > South Africa 2 - Mexico 2 - I see emotion of the opener giving RSA just enough to stay in the game. Could even see them pull the upset here. Not spot on, but so far, so good. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/33 "2010-06-11T16:51:08Z")
I’m a bit let down by Mexico on this one, but I guess that’s good for the tournament that South Africa is performing above my expectations. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/34 "2010-06-12T11:05:06Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > I’m in, though I have absolutely no clue what I’m doing (you really don’t want to know how I made my selects). My secret formula is to pick the team with either the sweetest looking jersy’s or super hot looking players. Failing that, if I have ever been to that country, did I get drunk there. The Drunkness Factor has Germany winning everything. The Hotness Factor is all over the place and needs further research. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/35 "2010-06-12T23:43:31Z")
Hmmph. I’m in last place with my Hotness Factor. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/36 "2010-06-13T04:11:29Z")
2 days, 5 games in and I’ve correctly predicted the outcome of every game, but gotten the score wrong… every… single… time. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/37 "2010-06-14T13:30:35Z")
So **BoltEater** , have you thought about a career as a football pundit? Or a professional gambler? Eight correct result predictions out of nine, that is impressive. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/38 "2010-06-14T17:48:55Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > My secret formula is to pick the team with either the sweetest looking jersy’s or super hot looking players. Failing that, if I have ever been to that country, did I get drunk there. > > The Drunkness Factor has Germany winning everything. > > The Hotness Factor is all over the place and needs further research. Too much work, since that involves more research than I’m interested in (plus, I’m a straight dude). My picks: (a) Have I visited one of the countries? If so, pick that one to win. (b) If not, has my wife visited it? Pick that one to win. (c) If I’ve visited both, which country did I like better? (d) If neither me or my wife have visited, which one have we been closest to? Ta Da! I’m going to assume it’s foolproof because I haven’t checked any of the standings yet… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/39 "2010-06-14T17:51:52Z")
Whoop! Last place so far! If I keep this up, then I know my foolproof strategy–do the exact opposite of what I did this time! See you in 2014, suckas!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981/40 "2010-06-14T21:41:31Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > So **BoltEater** , have you thought about a career as a football pundit? Or a professional gambler? Eight correct result predictions out of nine, that is impressive. 9 out of 11 now, and the only one I really butchered was the Serbia/Ghana game (where I clearly put too much stock in the Black Stars having to play without Michael Essien). I would _never_ consider a career as a professional gambler, cause Vegas is scary good. But I probably should’ve mentioned when this started that I’m _really_ good at predicting the World Cup. Back in 1998 I finished in the top 10 in ESPN’s World Cup Predictor game out of something like 150,000 or so. I actually nailed both teams in the Finals and the correct score before the tournament started. I was supposed to have won a soccer ball shaped barbecue for my efforts, but for some reason it never showed up. Still, it’s very early. Brazil, Spain, The Ivory Coast and Portugal haven’t even played yet. Lots of games left to go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-bracket/541981.md?page=3)