The Official World Cup 2014 Thread

[DKirby]

In Pot 3 for the World Cup 2014 Draw, This Saturday July 30th

Pot 1: Spain, Netherlands, Germany, England, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Norway, Greece.

Pot 2: France, Montenegro, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Slovenia, Turkey, Serbia, Slovakia.

Pot 3: Switzerland, Israel, Republic of Ireland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belarus, Ukraine, Hungary.

Pot 4: Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia, Lithuania, Albania, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Austria, Poland.

Pot 5: Armenia, Finland, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Moldova, FYR Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands.

Pot 6: Wales, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Malta, Andorra, San Marino.



The nine group winners will qualify for the finals, with the eight best runners-up contesting two-legged play-offs.

Despite assurances by FIFA president Sepp Blatter that the seeding controversy which dogged Ireland’s play-off pairing with France in 2009 would not be repeated, FIFA is again keeping its options open, saying that a decision would be made after the group matches had been completed.

 

[rebelwarrior!]

Group C: Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Austria, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan

Must start planning my away trip to Kazakhstan !

 

[raZor]

Scots to qualify!

 

[Rebelred]

There's always 2018 sure

 

[marco 2005]

better start saving for those who've in mind to head to Brazil next summer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23377890

Brazil World Cup ticket prices revealed by Fifa

Ticket prices for international fans attending the football World Cup in Brazil will start at $90 (£59, 69 euros) for initial group matches.

Football's governing body Fifa announced that the cheapest ticket for overseas fans for the final on 13 July was $440 (£288) and the most expensive $990 (£650).
The tournament starts on 12 June next year, with the first game being played in Sao Paulo.
Tickets will go on sale from 20 August.
Fans have until 10 October to apply and a ballot will be held to decide which of these applications are successful.
Only later will tickets be sold on a first come, first served basis.
In total about three million tickets will be available for fans.


'No surprises'

For Brazilian nationals the cheapest tickets start at $15. These are only available for students, those aged over 60 and people on social welfare programmes. For other Brazilians tickets start at $30.
The lowest price paid for a ticket in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa was $20, also for group stage matches in the special category set aside exclusively for residents.
The governing body had previously said that tickets in Brazil would be the "cheapest ever".
The Fifa ticket website will include a map of the ground that shows the location of different categories of tickets.
This meant there would be "no surprises" over where fans would end up sitting, said Fifa marketing director Thierry Weil, who is in charge of ticketing strategy.
Supporters can request a maximum of four seats per match, and for a maximum of seven matches.
He said there would be a reselling system run by Fifa, if people were unable to attend games for which they had bought tickets.
At least 400,000 tickets will be reserved exclusively for residents of Brazil, with about 50,000 for construction workers who were involved in building and upgrading the grounds for the tournament.

 

[marco 2005]

first few tickets for the WC final are now on sale

740 eur minimun

cunts

 

[marco 2005]

games will be played at 5pm, 8pm and 11pm GMT

sweet

no 1am KO so it seems

 

[Cloudy O'Ranieri]

games will be played at 5pm, 8pm and 11pm GMT

sweet

no 1am KO so it seems

There's one late game - on a Saturday night/Sunday morning - so not too many complaints.

D3 v D4 (Sunday 15th June 2am) is the only crazy game time.

 

[marco 2005]

yup - was fearing shitloads of late games like for the Copa America

FIFA have obviously taken the European market in consideration when scheduling the games

 

[marco 2005]

Bump

A bit like in Aldi: 'cash or laser?'

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prostitutes-brazil-2014-world-cup-2785783