First Round Round-up: all Squads
— Points & Standings
The table that follows reflects the final standings in each of the eight 1st Round Groups. What is original is that all teams are placed together, so as better to allow an overall sense of their campaigns thus far. In addition, this joint table conveniently allows comparing among the various groups.
Click on a squad's name or flag, to reach its page in this eBook, the same applying to a Group's letter (green image, on the left)
Pos = First Round Group Placement
Teams'
performances &
possibilities:
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1st.Rd.Round-up |
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Group A |
Group B |
Group C |
Group D |
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| 1 |
GER: Germany |
ENG: England |
ARG: Argentina |
MEX: Mexico |
1 |
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CRC: Costa Rica |
PAR: Paraguay |
CIV: Côte d'Ivoire |
IRN: Iran |
2 |
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POL: Poland |
TRI: Trinidad and Tobago |
SCG: Serbia and Montenegro |
ANG: Angola |
3 |
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ECU: Ecuador |
SWE: Sweden |
NED: Netherlands |
POR: Portugal |
4 |
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Group E |
Group F |
Group G |
Group H |
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ITA: Italy  |
BRA: Brazil |
FRA: France |
ESP: Spain |
1 |
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GHA: Ghana |
CRO: Croatia |
SUI: Switzerland |
UKR: Ukraine |
2 |
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USA: United States |
AUS: Australia |
KOR: Korea Republic |
TUN: Tunisia |
3 |
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CZE: Czech Republic |
JPN: Japan |
TOG: Togo |
KSA: Saudi Arabia |
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Abbreviations, above: used by FIFA, as well as in this eBook.
Numbers 1-4, right above, correspond to the numbering used when Groups were drawn,
in Leipzig (2005), number one being the seed.squad, in each Group.
Note that all seed squads made it past the First Round.
2006
World Cup
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