I am from former Yugoslavia so I got 2, Serbia and Slovenia

Brasil.

@Gary you get to play the U.S first have fun beating us :)

and i was actually born in japan, i'm not a citizen and have no japanese blood, did they even qualify

Japan qualyfied.

I'm from Argentina.

Portugal here!

Gary -> England
BoG75 -> Serbia + Slovenia
rdrivera -> Brazil
akilies -> Japan
Xapi -> Argentina
Kestas -> Australia
hellalt -> Greece

Gary -> England
BoG75 -> Serbia + Slovenia
rdrivera -> Brazil
akilies -> Japan
Xapi -> Argentina
Kestas -> Australia
hellalt -> Greece
Troodonte -> Portugal

Talk about France getting another "break". FIFA where conspiracy theory doesn't need conspiracy.

Group A:
South Africa -
Mexico -
Uruguay -
France -

Group B
Argentina - Xapi
Nigeria
Korea Republic
Greece - hellalt

Group C
England - Gary
USA -
Algeria -
Slovenia - BoG75

Group D
Germany -
Australia - Kestas
Serbia - BoG75
Ghana -

Group E
Netherlands -
Denmark -
Japan - akilies
Cameroon -

Group F
Italy -
Paraguay -
New Zealand -
Slovakia -

Group G
Brazil - rdrivera
Korea DPR -
Côte d'Ivoire
Portugal - Troodonte

Group H:
Spain -
Switzerland -
Honduras -
Chile -

stupid french, the irish were robbed. i hope mexico wups france's ass. and south africa and uruguay do as well, for good measure!

Since you're the first one to post, Ms Bent, I'll put you down for USA:

Group A:
South Africa -
Mexico -
Uruguay -
France -

Group B
Argentina - Xapi
Nigeria
Korea Republic
Greece - hellalt

Group C
England - Gary
USA - djbent
Algeria -
Slovenia - BoG75

Group D
Germany -
Australia - Kestas
Serbia - BoG75
Ghana -

Group E
Netherlands -
Denmark -
Japan - akilies
Cameroon -

Group F
Italy -
Paraguay -
New Zealand -
Slovakia -

Group G
Brazil - rdrivera
Korea DPR -
Côte d'Ivoire
Portugal - Troodonte

Group H:
Spain -
Switzerland -
Honduras -
Chile -

South Africa's is quite likely to become the worst result for the world cup organizer ever.

Well, at least South Africa had a beneficial draw..

Perry: Either you're kidding, or you know nothing at all of football...

Slovenia here

We'll leave Serbia for BoG then:

Group A:
South Africa -
Mexico -
Uruguay -
France -

Group B
Argentina - Xapi
Nigeria
Korea Republic
Greece - hellalt

Group C
England - Gary
USA -
Algeria -
Slovenia - Kompole

Group D
Germany -
Australia - Kestas
Serbia - BoG75
Ghana -

Group E
Netherlands -
Denmark -
Japan - akilies
Cameroon -

Group F
Italy -
Paraguay -
New Zealand -
Slovakia -

Group G
Brazil - rdrivera
Korea DPR -
Côte d'Ivoire
Portugal - Troodonte

Group H:
Spain -
Switzerland -
Honduras -
Chile -

Lol, well I did not see the draw, but at the top of my head it did not look too bad ..
Not that I expect S.A to survive the group, I just meant that the draw could have been tougher. Uruguay and Mexico are both strong teams, but they are not on par with Spain, Brazil, Italy , Germany etc.

And France, I didnt think that they had a strong team this year?

Anyhow, since Sweden didnt qualify (Portugal & Denmark pinched those places), I wont pay the World Cup that much attention :)

Sorry about that Perry... from Portugal :P

South Africa was a group head ("Poll 1"), they couldn't have gotten Spain, Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England or Netherlands (The other group heads)

From poll 2, the better teams were USA, Mexico and South Korea, probably in that order. They got Mexico.

From poll 3, the choices were Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, teams of rather similar strenght. They got Uruguay. probably the worst of them but not by far.

From poll 4, the better teams were France and Portugal. They got France.

That's some bad luck.

Just for curiosity...
My favourite national team (besides Portugal, of course) as always been Sweden... don't really know why... Probably because the team that I support had (in the past) some very good swedish players (Thern, Schwartz, Magnusson, Stronberg).

Right Xapi, then I get your point :)

BENFICA is the team.

Each poll has 8 teams, but poll 3 was divided in two, 3 South americans and 5 Africans.

The draw was made such that South Africa was sure to receive a South American team, and Argentina and Brazil were sure to get an african team.

nah, i won't be cheering for USA. i'll be cheering for Mexico, SA, and probably Ghana, since my people's land (Ireland) got robbed by those stinking cheese eaters.

Why not Uruguay? :P

haha very well, or Uruguay.

Mexico b/c it's next door, my best friend is living there right now, and my god daughter is Mexican. SA b/c it's the host and I always cheer for African teams (b/c my best friend/life partner is from Kenya). Ghana b/c i like watching the games at a local Ghanaian place. But sure, why not Uruguay as well - i think a punk rock singer i like is from there...

I actually think that SA ended up with a decent draw sans France.

Mexico is more than beatable and Uruguay is hardly a South American powerhouse. They needed a tough playoff vs Costa Rica just to get in.

Yet it coule have been better but it could have been a lot worse.

The clear winners are Italians who ended up with a very easy group.

@ BoG75:

I agree about Uruguay, of course, although they are a rather harsh team.

About Mexico though, do you really think that to S.A. Mexico is more than beatable?

I think that given the choices in poll 2, Mexico is clearly one of the three "strong" teams of the poll, with USA and South Korea.

And the term "sans France" is like saying "except the fact that they were drawn the team that nobody wanted to play with (along with Portugal) they did alright" :P

@ djbent: I ment Uruguay so they beat the bloody French too.

@ BoG: Yes, the Italians (and Paraguayans, if you ask me) have it very easy, and so do the English (And the americans).