2018 FIFA World Cup

[Tobias Funke]

Draw for the groups was held earlier today. Groups were selected from teams picked from one of four pots, based on rankings (current FIFA rank in brackets). The pots going into the draw were as follows-


Pot 1: Russia (65, hosts), Germany (1), Brazil (2), Portugal (3), Argentina (4), Belgium (5), Poland (6), France (7)

Pot 2: Spain (8), Peru (10), Switzerland (11), England (12), Colombia (13), Mexico (16), Uruguay (17), Croatia (18)

Pot 3: Denmark (19), Iceland (21), Costa Rica (22), Sweden (25), Tunisia (28), Egypt (30), Senegal (32), Iran (34)

Pot 4: Serbia (38), Nigeria (41), Australia (43), Japan (44), Morocco (48), Panama (49), South Korea (62), Saudi Arabia (63)



The final groups for the tournament were drawn as follows-



Group A:Russia, Uruguay, Egypt, Saudi Arabia

Group B:Portugal, Spain, Iran, Morocco

Group C:France, Peru, Denmark, Australia

Group D:Argentina, Croatia, Iceland, Nigeria

Group E:Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Serbia

Group F:Germany, Mexico, Sweden, South Korea

Group G:Belgium, England, Tunisia, Panama

Group H:Poland, Columbia, Senegal, Japan

[lucafen4]

no Italy, no USA... GO ICELAND!

[2014olympicgold]

Spain and Portugal in one group. That's a tough one

[hockeyrobot]

Where's Italy!?!?!

[Tobias Funke]

Where's Italy!?!?!

Ouch!


http://forums.dobbersports.com/showt...ime-since-1958

It’s too bad our old pal Dutch isn’t around to explain how Holland possibly failed to qualify for two straight major international tournaments in a row.

[hockeyrobot]

I was just joking. I'm partially Italian....but do not care.....at all.

[PenguinHunter]

Where's Italy!?!?!

I was going to sarcastically ask where Canada was.... but this is better!!!

[DusterDave]

I was going to make 8 separate posts for round robin predictions and discussion (similar to what hockeyrobot did for the Stanley Cup playoffs) but after seeing the amount of activity this thread got I think it would just end up being considered spam.

[Mr. Guru]

Can't wait.

[PenguinHunter]

I was going to make 8 separate posts for round robin predictions and discussion (similar to what hockeyrobot did for the Stanley Cup playoffs) but after seeing the amount of activity this thread got I think it would just end up being considered spam.

this type of thing might actually get me interested in following it to see if my predictions are even close. haha

[2014olympicgold]

Sucks we dont get to see Gareth Bale

[DusterDave]

this type of thing might actually get me interested in following it to see if my predictions are even close. haha

So yay or nay for Group Stage threads?

Soccer always has been and always will be my number one sport. I still play and follow the top European leagues. The World Cup is the greatest sporting event in the world and my very earliest clear memory is from World Cup 1990. So of course I was hoping to see some more excitement around the forum about it.

[PenguinHunter]

So yay or nay for Group Stage threads?

Soccer always has been and always will be my number one sport. I still play and follow the top European leagues. The World Cup is the greatest sporting event in the world and my very earliest clear memory is from World Cup 1990. So of course I was hoping to see some more excitement around the forum about it.

Have you seen lots of the football threads and baseball threads? Lots of them have little action but no one has been expelled for starting one of them. If its something you are passionate about I am all for you starting the threads and seeing where it goes. Maybe you will find a good following of dobberites that are into the World Cup. I was considering following closer cause it is coming to home soil here right?! And Canada might actually get to play in it?

[lucafen4]

So yay or nay for Group Stage threads?

Soccer always has been and always will be my number one sport. I still play and follow the top European leagues. The World Cup is the greatest sporting event in the world and my very earliest clear memory is from World Cup 1990. So of course I was hoping to see some more excitement around the forum about it.

Fluff season is almost upon us... I say Yay to Group Stage threads

[Dennis]

Have you seen lots of the football threads and baseball threads? Lots of them have little action but no one has been expelled for starting one of them. If its something you are passionate about I am all for you starting the threads and seeing where it goes. Maybe you will find a good following of dobberites that are into the World Cup. I was considering following closer cause it is coming to home soil here right?! And Canada might actually get to play in it?

Morocco has put together a very strong bid for the 2026 World Cup, that along with the anti-Trump sentiment among FIFA voting nations make it look like the U.S., Canada, & Mexico bid is bound to fail. It could go either way though, the vote is in 3 weeks. I'm not sure about Canada being granted a berth though if games were held here.