Wednesday, November 14, 2007

The final fight for the first pot

This analysis is based on official data released by FIFA, so it's 99% correct.

Remaining matches:

CQ - Continental Qualifier
F - Friendly
H - Home
A - Away

Italy: Scotland (CQ, A), Faroe Islands (CQ, H)
France: Morocco (F, H), Ukraine (CQ, A)
Germany: Cyprus (CQ, H), Wales (CQ, H)
Spain: Sweden (CQ, H), Northern Ireland (CQ, H)
Netherlands: Luxembourg (CQ, H), Belarus (CQ, A)
Portugal: Armenia (CQ, H), Finland (CQ, H)
Czech Republic: Slovakia (CQ, H), Cyprus (CQ, A)
Croatia: Macedonia (CQ, A), England (CQ, A)
England: Austria (F, A), Croatia (CQ, H)
Romania: Bulgaria (CQ, A), Albania (CQ, H)
Scotland: Italy (CQ, H)
Greece: Malta (CQ, H), Hungary (CH, A)
Russia: Israel (CQ, A), Andorra (CQ, A)
Poland: Belgium (CQ, H), Serbia (CQ, A)

The columns are pretty easy to understand.



RU Country LL LD LW DL DD DW WL WD WW
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1 Italy 1320 1333 1358 1367 1380 1405 1461 1473 1498
2 France 1194 1231 1305 1206 1243 1318 1231 1268 1342
3 Germany 1177 1207 1266 1207 1237 1296 1267 1296 1355
4 Spain 1137 1171 1239 1174 1208 1276 1247 1281 1349
5 Netherlands 1139 1161 1205 1149 1171 1215 1170 1192 1236
6 Portugal 1135 1167 1232 1159 1192 1257 1208 1241 1306
7 Czech Republic 1071 1106 1178 1108 1144 1215 1183 1219 1290
8 Croatia 1000 1043 1129 1029 1072 1158 1086 1128 1214
9 England 1085 1124 1203 1094 1134 1213 1113 1152 1231
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10 Romania 1007 1034 1088 1041 1068 1123 1110 1138 1192
11 Scotland 990 990 990 1039 1039 1039 1137 1137 1137
12 Greece 967 1002 1071 982 1016 1085 1010 1045 1114
13 Russia 824 836 861 864 877 902 946 958 983
14 Poland 746 776 838 772 803 864 824 855 916

- Russia and Poland can't reach the first pot
- Romania will be in the first pot with 2 wins against Bulgaria and Albania (even a win against Bulgaria and a draw against Albania - amirbachar pointed this out), because Croatia and England have to play each other.

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

2 comments:

  1. Contactează-i pe ăiă de la ProSport că au mare nevoie de un statistician. Ştiu că o faci din plăcere, dar măcar să fi plătit pentru toate astea.

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  2. I-am contactat - adica am scris niste comentarii la articolele legate de acest subiect. Mi le-au sters :)

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