WEEKLY WHINE
Abundantly true
We here at GoobNet are pleased to present to you this prediction of the group and elimination phases of the 2010 Men’s World Cup. If any of these groups do not end up in this order at the end of the group phase, or if the elimination phase results proceed ever so slightly differently, or if anything out of the ordinary takes place at any point during the tournament, we will punish our team of prognosticators by enlisting them, involuntarily, in the Prawn Sandwich Brigade.
As further punishment, we will then deploy the Prawn Sandwich Brigade to Afghanistan.
GROUP PHASE
| GROUP A |
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| 1 | » | France |
| 2 | » | South Africa |
| 3 | × | Mexico |
| 4 | × | Uruguay |
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| GROUP B |
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| 1 | » | Argentina |
| 2 | » | Korea Rep |
| 3 | × | Nigeria |
| 4 | × | Greece |
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| GROUP C |
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| 1 | » | England |
| 2 | » | United States |
| 3 | × | Algeria |
| 4 | × | Slovenia |
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| GROUP D |
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| 1 | » | Germany |
| 2 | » | Australia |
| 3 | × | Ghana |
| 4 | × | Serbia |
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| GROUP E |
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| 1 | » | Denmark |
| 2 | » | Netherlands |
| 3 | × | Cameroon |
| 4 | × | Japan |
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| GROUP F |
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| 1 | » | Italy |
| 2 | » | Paraguay |
| 3 | × | Slovakia |
| 4 | × | New Zealand |
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| GROUP G |
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| 1 | » | Portugal |
| 2 | » | Brazil |
| 3 | × | Côte d’Ivoire |
| 4 | × | Korea DPR |
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| 1 | » | Spain |
| 2 | » | Chile |
| 3 | × | Switzerland |
| 4 | × | Honduras |
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