Football - which country will win W cup 2010?

World Cup 2010 Fever is on. Who will lift the trophy ?

My selection is Italy.

What is yours?

Italy Team

Lovely South African Supporters

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the qualification process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process, along with the host nation, Germany, for the finals tournament.

The tournament was won by Italy, who claimed their fourth World Cup title. They defeated France 5'3 in a penalty shootout in the final, after extra time had finished in a 1'1 draw. Germany defeated Portugal 3'1 to finish third.

The 2006 World Cup stands as one of the most watched events in television history, garnering an estimated 26.29 billion non-unique viewers, compiled over the course of the tournament. The final attracted an estimated audience of 715.1 million people.^[1] The 2006 World Cup ranks fourth in non-unique viewers, behind the World Cup in 1994, 2002, and 1990.^[2] As the winner, Italy represented the World in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Portugal

They are entertaining but their defence is a worry.

Group A

Match	Date - Time	Venue		Results
1	11/06 16:00	Johannesburg - JSC		South Africa	1:1 (0:0)	Mexico
2	11/06 20:30	Cape Town		Uruguay	0:0	France
17	16/06 20:30	Tshwane/Pretoria		South Africa	Background	Uruguay
18	17/06 20:30	Polokwane		France	Background	Mexico
33	22/06 16:00	Rustenburg		Mexico	Background	Uruguay
34	22/06 16:00	Mangaung/Bloemfontein		France	Background	South Africa

Group B

Match	Date - Time	Venue		Results
3	12/06 16:00	Johannesburg - JEP		Argentina	1:0 (1:0)	Nigeria
4	12/06 13:30	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Korea Republic	2:0 (2:0)	Greece
19	17/06 16:00	Mangaung/Bloemfontein		Greece	Background	Nigeria
20	17/06 13:30	Johannesburg - JSC		Argentina	Background	Korea Republic
35	22/06 20:30	Durban		Nigeria	Background	Korea Republic
36	22/06 20:30	Polokwane		Greece	Background	Argentina

Group C

Match	Date - Time	Venue		Results
5	12/06 20:30	Rustenburg		England	1:1 (1:1)	USA
6	13/06 13:30	Polokwane		Algeria	0:1 (0:0)	Slovenia
22	18/06 16:00	Johannesburg - JEP		Slovenia	Background	USA
23	18/06 20:30	Cape Town		England	Background	Algeria
37	23/06 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Slovenia	Background	England
38	23/06 16:00	Tshwane/Pretoria		USA	Background	Algeria

Group D

Match	Date - Time	Venue		Results
7	13/06 20:30	Durban		Germany	4:0 (2:0)	Australia
8	13/06 16:00	Tshwane/Pretoria		Serbia	0:1 (0:0)	Ghana
21	18/06 13:30	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Germany	Background	Serbia
24	19/06 16:00	Rustenburg		Ghana	Background	Australia
39	23/06 20:30	Johannesburg - JSC		Ghana	Background	Germany
40	23/06 20:30	Nelspruit		Australia	Background	Serbia

Group E

Match	Date - Time	Venue		Results
9	14/06 13:30	Johannesburg - JSC		Netherlands	2:0 (0:0)	Denmark
10	14/06 16:00	Mangaung/Bloemfontein		Japan	1:0 (1:0)	Cameroon
25	19/06 13:30	Durban		Netherlands	Background	Japan
26	19/06 20:30	Tshwane/Pretoria		Cameroon	Background	Denmark
43	24/06 20:30	Rustenburg		Denmark	Background	Japan
44	24/06 20:30	Cape Town		Cameroon	Background	Netherlands

Group F

Match	Date - Time	Venue		Results
11	14/06 20:30	Cape Town		Italy	1:1 (0:1)	Paraguay
12	15/06 13:30	Rustenburg		New Zealand	Preview	Slovakia
27	20/06 13:30	Mangaung/Bloemfontein		Slovakia	Background	Paraguay
28	20/06 16:00	Nelspruit		Italy	Background	New Zealand
41	24/06 16:00	Johannesburg - JEP		Slovakia	Background	Italy
42	24/06 16:00	Polokwane		Paraguay	Background	New Zealand

Group G

Match	Date - Time	Venue		Results
13	15/06 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Cte d'Ivoire	Preview	Portugal
14	15/06 20:30	Johannesburg - JEP		Brazil	Preview	Korea DPR
29	20/06 20:30	Johannesburg - JSC		Brazil	Background	Cte d'Ivoire
30	21/06 13:30	Cape Town		Portugal	Background	Korea DPR
45	25/06 16:00	Durban		Portugal	Background	Brazil
46	25/06 16:00	Nelspruit		Korea DPR	Background	Cte d'Ivoire

Group H

Match	Date - Time	Venue		Results
15	16/06 13:30	Nelspruit		Honduras	Background	Chile
16	16/06 16:00	Durban		Spain	Background	Switzerland
31	21/06 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Chile	Background	Switzerland
32	21/06 20:30	Johannesburg - JEP		Spain	Background	Honduras
47	25/06 20:30	Tshwane/Pretoria		Chile	Background	Spain
48	25/06 20:30	Mangaung/Bloemfontein		Switzerland	Background	Honduras

Netherland is Holland.

Portugal/Korea is under others .

Cannot add more than 10 teams.

Portugal is good but the players are quite small sized and so there will be a disadvantage. They have so far never won. Ronaldo is very good.

As for Nigeria, problem is none of the African countries have really reached the finals so far. Only Cameroon had shown a lot of spark once. South Africa may be a surprise as most host nations do very well.

South Africa- host nation

Nigeria

Hopefully Rooney ( No. 9) can hit some form as he is not fully fit.

They lack goal scorers.

Watch out for one of the World's Best Players, skillful and aggressive.

Leo Messi of Argentina. But team as a whole has been struggling too. But they could hit form.

They have improved tremendously over the years