I know who will win the World Cup!!!!

[Ronni]

Now we have the ultimative predictions of all matches at the WC 2006.

I took the results the teams that will play each other achieved on their last match.
If the teams haven't played each other in the last 20 years, I considered it a 0:0. There weren't so many cases.
Starting from the second phase, where no draws are allowed, I took the second last match if the last one was a draw.
Only in one single case I had no data, so I took the FIFA rankings.

This means these predictions are completely realistic, since these are the results that happened the last time!

Try to make your predictions right now, and I imagine you won't be able to predict the final.
Be prepared ... we have some nice surprises.
Read the results slowly forwards, and get phase after phase until you get to the champions!


GROUP A

Germany Costa Rica 0:0
Poland Ecuador 3:0 BARCELONA SPAIN - 13.11.2005
Germany Poland 2:0 ZABRZE POLAND - 04.09.1996
Ecuador Costa Rica 2:1 HEREDIA COSTA RICA - 16.02.2005
Ecuador Germany 0:0
Costa Rica Poland 0:2 PISCATAWAY USA - 06.05.1990

Poland 6
Germany 5
Ecuador 4
Costa Rica 1


GROUP B

England Paraguay 4:0 LIVERPOOL ENGLAND - 17.04.2002
Trinidad Tobago Sweden 0:0
England Trinidad Tobago 0:0
Sweden Paraguay 1:2 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN - 17.05.2002
Sweden England 1:0 GOTHENBURG SWEDEN - 31.03.2004
Paraguay Trinidad Tobago 1:1 ARIMA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - 22.03.1989

England 4
Sweden 4
Paraguay 4
T/T 3


GROUP C

Argentina Ivory Coast 4:0 RIYADH SAUDI ARABIA - 16.10.1992
Serbia/M Netherlands 1:6 ROTTERDAM NETHERLANDS - 25.06.2000
Argentina Serbia/M 3:1 MAR DEL PLATA ARGENTINA - 24.02.1998
Netherlands Ivory Coast 0:0
Netherlands Argentina 1:0 AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS - 12.02.2003
Ivory Coast Serbia/M 0:0

Netherlands 7
Argentina 6
Ivory Coast 2
Serbia/M 1


GROUP D

Mexico Iran 2:1 OAKLAND USA - 09.01.2000
Angola Portugal 1:5 LISBON PORTUGAL - 14.11.2001
Mexico Angola 0:0
Portugal Iran 0:0
Portugal Mexico 0:0
Iran Angola 0:0

Portugal 5
Mexico 5
Iran 2
Angola 2


GROUP E

Italy Ghana 0:0
USA Czech R. 1:5 FLORENCE ITALY - 10.06.1990
Italy USA 1:0 CATANIA ITALY - 13.02.2002
Czech R. Ghana 0:0
Czech R. Italy 2:2 PALERMO ITALY - 18.02.2004
Ghana USA 0:0

Czech R. 5
Italy 5
Ghana 3
USA 1


GROUP F

Brazil Croatia 1:1 SPLIT CROATIA - 17.08.2005
Australia Japan 0:3 SHIZUOKA JAPAN - 15.08.2001
Brazil Australia 0:1 ULSAN KOREA REPUBLIC - 09.06.2001
Japan Croatia 0:1 NANTES FRANCE - 20.06.1998
Japan Brazil 2:2 COLOGNE GERMANY - 22.06.2005
Croatia Australia 7:0 ZAGREB CROATIA - 06.06.1998

Croatia 7
Japan 4
Australia 3
Brazil 2


GROUP G

France Switzerland 1:1 BERNE SWITZERLAND - 08.10.2005
S.Korea Togo 0:0
France S.Korea 3:2 SUWON KOREA REPUBLIC - 26.05.2002
Togo Switzerland 0:0
Togo France 0:0
Switzerland S.Korea 0:0

France 5
Switzerland 3
Togo 3
S.Korea 2


GROUP H

Spain Ukraine 2:1 ELCHE SPAIN - 10.09.2003
Tunisia S.Arabia 0:1 RIYADH SAUDI ARABIA - 29.11.1988
Spain Tunisia 0:0
S.Arabia Ukraine 0:0
S.Arabia Spain 0:0
Ukraine Tunisia 0:0

Spain 5
S.Arabia 5
Ukraine 2
Tunisia 2




2nd Round

Poland Sweden 1:3 SOLNA SWEDEN - 05.06.2004
England Germany 5:1 MUNICH GERMANY - 01.09.2001
Netherlands Mexico 2:2 ST. ETIENNE FRANCE - 25.06.1998
3:2 MIAMI USA - 24.02.1998
Portugal Argentina 0:0 754-772 FIFA Ranking
Czech R. Japan 0:1 PRAGUE CZECH REPUBLIC - 28.04.2004
Croatia Italy 2:1 IBARAKI JAPAN - 08.06.2002
France S.Arabia 4:0 SAINT-DENIS FRANCE - 18.06.1998
Spain Switzerland 3:0 WASHINGTON DC USA - 02.07.1994


Quarters

Sweden Netherlands 2:2 SOLNA SWEDEN - 18.08.2004
0:0 4:5 PSO FARO-LOULE PORTUGAL - 26.06.2004
England Argentina 3:2 GENEVA SWITZERLAND - 12.11.2005
Japan France 1:2 ST. ETIENNE FRANCE - 20.06.2003
Croatia Spain 0:0 SPLIT CROATIA - 23.02.2000
0:3 SEVILLE SPAIN - 05.05.1999

Semis

Netherlands France 0:0 ROTTERDAM NETHERLANDS - 31.03.2004
2:3 AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS - 21.06.2000
England Spain 0:1 MADRID SPAIN - 17.11.2004

Bronze Medal
France England 2:1 LISBON PORTUGAL - 13.06.2004


FINAL
Netherlands Spain 1:0 ROTTERDAM NETHERLANDS - 27.03.2002


CHAMPIONS: NETHERLANDS
RUNNERS-UP: SPAIN

Who would predict this final? No old champions!
And none of the "big four" in the semis!

Could this happen in 2006?

[PALESTINO]

Originally Posted by Ronni

Now we have the ultimative predictions of all matches at the WC 2006.

I took the results the teams that will play each other achieved on their last match.
If the teams haven't played each other in the last 20 years, I considered it a 0:0. There weren't so many cases.
Starting from the second phase, where no draws are allowed, I took the second last match if the last one was a draw.
Only in one single case I had no data, so I took the FIFA rankings.

This means these predictions are completely realistic, since these are the results that happened the last time!

Try to make your predictions right now, and I imagine you won't be able to predict the final.
Be prepared ... we have some nice surprises.
Read the results slowly forwards, and get phase after phase until you get to the champions!


GROUP A

Germany Costa Rica 0:0
Poland Ecuador 3:0 BARCELONA SPAIN - 13.11.2005
Germany Poland 2:0 ZABRZE POLAND - 04.09.1996
Ecuador Costa Rica 2:1 HEREDIA COSTA RICA - 16.02.2005
Ecuador Germany 0:0
Costa Rica Poland 0:2 PISCATAWAY USA - 06.05.1990

Poland 6
Germany 5
Ecuador 4
Costa Rica 1


GROUP B

England Paraguay 4:0 LIVERPOOL ENGLAND - 17.04.2002
Trinidad Tobago Sweden 0:0
England Trinidad Tobago 0:0
Sweden Paraguay 1:2 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN - 17.05.2002
Sweden England 1:0 GOTHENBURG SWEDEN - 31.03.2004
Paraguay Trinidad Tobago 1:1 ARIMA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - 22.03.1989

England 4
Sweden 4
Paraguay 4
T/T 3


GROUP C

Argentina Ivory Coast 4:0 RIYADH SAUDI ARABIA - 16.10.1992
Serbia/M Netherlands 1:6 ROTTERDAM NETHERLANDS - 25.06.2000
Argentina Serbia/M 3:1 MAR DEL PLATA ARGENTINA - 24.02.1998
Netherlands Ivory Coast 0:0
Netherlands Argentina 1:0 AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS - 12.02.2003
Ivory Coast Serbia/M 0:0

Netherlands 7
Argentina 6
Ivory Coast 2
Serbia/M 1


GROUP D

Mexico Iran 2:1 OAKLAND USA - 09.01.2000
Angola Portugal 1:5 LISBON PORTUGAL - 14.11.2001
Mexico Angola 0:0
Portugal Iran 0:0
Portugal Mexico 0:0
Iran Angola 0:0

Portugal 5
Mexico 5
Iran 2
Angola 2


GROUP E

Italy Ghana 0:0
USA Czech R. 1:5 FLORENCE ITALY - 10.06.1990
Italy USA 1:0 CATANIA ITALY - 13.02.2002
Czech R. Ghana 0:0
Czech R. Italy 2:2 PALERMO ITALY - 18.02.2004
Ghana USA 0:0

Czech R. 5
Italy 5
Ghana 3
USA 1


GROUP F

Brazil Croatia 1:1 SPLIT CROATIA - 17.08.2005
Australia Japan 0:3 SHIZUOKA JAPAN - 15.08.2001
Brazil Australia 0:1 ULSAN KOREA REPUBLIC - 09.06.2001
Japan Croatia 0:1 NANTES FRANCE - 20.06.1998
Japan Brazil 2:2 COLOGNE GERMANY - 22.06.2005
Croatia Australia 7:0 ZAGREB CROATIA - 06.06.1998

Croatia 7
Japan 4
Australia 3
Brazil 2


GROUP G

France Switzerland 1:1 BERNE SWITZERLAND - 08.10.2005
S.Korea Togo 0:0
France S.Korea 3:2 SUWON KOREA REPUBLIC - 26.05.2002
Togo Switzerland 0:0
Togo France 0:0
Switzerland S.Korea 0:0

France 5
Switzerland 3
Togo 3
S.Korea 2


GROUP H

Spain Ukraine 2:1 ELCHE SPAIN - 10.09.2003
Tunisia S.Arabia 0:1 RIYADH SAUDI ARABIA - 29.11.1988
Spain Tunisia 0:0
S.Arabia Ukraine 0:0
S.Arabia Spain 0:0
Ukraine Tunisia 0:0

Spain 5
S.Arabia 5
Ukraine 2
Tunisia 2




2nd Round

Poland Sweden 1:3 SOLNA SWEDEN - 05.06.2004
England Germany 5:1 MUNICH GERMANY - 01.09.2001
Netherlands Mexico 2:2 ST. ETIENNE FRANCE - 25.06.1998
3:2 MIAMI USA - 24.02.1998
Portugal Argentina 0:0 754-772 FIFA Ranking
Czech R. Japan 0:1 PRAGUE CZECH REPUBLIC - 28.04.2004
Croatia Italy 2:1 IBARAKI JAPAN - 08.06.2002
France S.Arabia 4:0 SAINT-DENIS FRANCE - 18.06.1998
Spain Switzerland 3:0 WASHINGTON DC USA - 02.07.1994


Quarters

Sweden Netherlands 2:2 SOLNA SWEDEN - 18.08.2004
0:0 4:5 PSO FARO-LOULE PORTUGAL - 26.06.2004
England Argentina 3:2 GENEVA SWITZERLAND - 12.11.2005
Japan France 1:2 ST. ETIENNE FRANCE - 20.06.2003
Croatia Spain 0:0 SPLIT CROATIA - 23.02.2000
0:3 SEVILLE SPAIN - 05.05.1999

Semis

Netherlands France 0:0 ROTTERDAM NETHERLANDS - 31.03.2004
2:3 AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS - 21.06.2000
England Spain 0:1 MADRID SPAIN - 17.11.2004

Bronze Medal
France England 2:1 LISBON PORTUGAL - 13.06.2004


FINAL
Netherlands Spain 1:0 ROTTERDAM NETHERLANDS - 27.03.2002


CHAMPIONS: NETHERLANDS
RUNNERS-UP: SPAIN

Who would predict this final? No old champions!
And none of the "big four" in the semis!

Could this happen in 2006?

very interesting method,good work man.
but there are a few flaws that stand in the way of reality of the results:
1.brazil bottom of their group with no wins? sorry i dont c that
2.some of the results are old and some national teams changed dramtically.eg:Ukraine
3.importance of the last match played.maybe one team wasnt playing to its full potential...

in the end,football is played on grass and not on paper.dont know what might surprise you.but your predictions in some cases could give us a view on what to expect

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[Ronni]

Originally Posted by PALESTINO

very interesting method,good work man.
but there are a few flaws that stand in the way of reality of the results:
1.brazil bottom of their group with no wins? sorry i dont c that
2.some of the results are old and some national teams changed dramtically.eg:Ukraine
3.importance of the last match played.maybe one team wasnt playing to its full potential...

in the end,football is played on grass and not on paper.dont know what might surprise you.but your predictions in some cases could give us a view on what to expect

that's right ... if I'd take an average of the three last matches or something like this I would probably have come to a completely different result. But it's anyway interesting to see that it's not that far from the reality. It's sort of luck which team played the last match at home etc, but during the WC there are also lots of luck involved.
I found it interesting to see that the semis without Brazil, Germany, Italy and Argentina can still be "honorable" semis.

[PALESTINO]

Originally Posted by Ronni

that's right ... if I'd take an average of the three last matches or something like this I would probably have come to a completely different result. But it's anyway interesting to see that it's not that far from the reality. It's sort of luck which team played the last match at home etc, but during the WC there are also lots of luck involved.
I found it interesting to see that the semis without Brazil, Germany, Italy and Argentina can still be "honorable" semis.

you can also check on fifaworldcup.com,there are head to head records

[supersjd]

impressive but it's impossible to guess what is going to happen no matter what methods you use.

[Arnie26]

That's too simplistic, man! For example, Germany gets a point each from Costa Rica & Ecuador & to top it all, Brazil finishes last in the group!!!. I don't see that happening. What you could have done is assuming that there happens no major upset & whenever a big team plays a rank outsider, assume that the big team wins irrespective of whether they played each other in the last 20 years. For the top 10-15 teams take the result of their previous meeting. I am sure you'll get a different result.

P.S: England-Germany 5-1 in Munich was a catastrophe, I don't see that happening again in this century.

[Orgulho Judeu]

i hope not Brazil loses all games and comes in last in groups...right completely realistic
but if it does work out like this look at the England group...and remember what i said about PAraguay all along.

[besiktas1903]

to say the truth in short, i do not think you do.

[realmadrid289]

Originally Posted by besiktas1903

to say the truth in short, i do not think you do.

loool, right

[Dado_Prso_09]

very good work some groups are very realistic but group F is kinda off lol

[culooche]

Shitiest predictions i've ever seen

[Ronni]

Originally Posted by culooche

Shitiest predictions i've ever seen

because they aren't unrealistic ... the results did occur, and they were the most recent ones!
Football is perhaps much less logical than we think!

[Pape]

Great Work. Thanks for taking the time, I read through it all and even though some predictions might be a bit off since they took place too long ago some of them are really or have a good chance of being pretty valid.

[Tottenham Dave]

Originally Posted by Ronni

England Germany 5:1 MUNICH GERMANY - 01.09.2001

Sweet, sweet, sweet memories

That was really interesting Ronni, respect, that must have taken a long time to work out.