Four of final eight will be from South America

[Cheme82]

So +150 that Germany, Spain, Holland, or Ghana will win? I'd take it for 50 points. edit: I'd do 100.

I'll take the 100 but Ghana is out, it's only for European teams.

[yisman]

ok .

[Joswowrece]

One of the final teams will be a South America Team hint hint

[Shark79]

One of the final teams will be a South America Team hint hint

I say both teams in the final will be from SA.

[pavyracer]

3 out of 8 are from Europe.

[MBlack24]

I hope it's a Brazil-Argentina final, Germany looks pretty good though.

[yisman]

3 out of 8 are from Europe.

Not nearly as impressive, considering Europe has England, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Holland, Germany, and more.

That's most of the elite soccer teams.

Pretty disappointing World Cup for Europe, but I still give them a better than even shot at winning the WC, despite the oft-repeated stat of European countries never winning outside of Europe.

[pavyracer]

Not nearly as impressive, considering Europe has England, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Holland, Germany, and more.

That's most of the elite soccer teams.

Pretty disappointing World Cup for Europe, but I still give them a better than even shot at winning the WC, despite the oft-repeated stat of European countries never winning outside of Europe.

Which South American team ousted a European team in the round of 16?

[yisman]

Which South American team ousted a European team in the round of 16?

Which European team ousted a South American team in the round of 16?

pavy, that's pretty stupid. How could they oust a European team when they didn't face one in that round?

Look at the group stage and you tell me which continent is having the better tournament.

[Cheme82]

I'll take the 100 but Ghana is out, it's only for European teams.

ok .

Deal.

[pavyracer]

All I see is the best 4 SA teams advanced and the best 3 Euro teams advanced in the Final 8. Now lets see how many advance in the Final 4. If it's split then you can't say that SA had a better WC than Europe. Spain & Germany are the best Euro teams based on reaching the final of Euro 08 and Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay are the best SA teams based on their qualifying standings where they all play each other. So the best Euro and the Best SA teams advanced as they should have based on their on field performances.

[yisman]

All I see is the best 4 SA teams advanced and the best 3 Euro teams advanced in the Final 8. Now lets see how many advance in the Final 4. If it's split then you can't say that SA had a better WC than Europe.

Yes, you can. The continents are not equal.

Europe has far more soccer powers than South America.

Look at the FIFA rankings or the Elo rankings.

If each continent advances two to the semifinals, SA is having a better tournament.

And right now more SA countries remain than European countries, despite the disparity between the two continents.

[pavyracer]

Well two of the SA teams advancing beat teams from Asia and not from Europe. Then the other two beat teams from South and Central America. What this had to do with European teams? Last World Cup all SA teams lost to Euro teams in the Quarterfinals. Unless the SA teams beat Euro teams this weekend they will not be considered successful. In fact if they lose again this time it should be considered a failure because 3 out of 4 are heavily favored.

[yisman]

Well two of the SA teams advancing beat teams from Asia and not from Europe. Then the other two beat teams from South and Central America. What this had to do with European teams?

Look at the group stages, where several European powers failed to make the knockout stage and all the top SA countries did.

No contest.

It's not even close.

You can look at HTH between Europe and SA as well. Just because none of those matchups happened in the round of 16 doesn't suddenly make them even.

Group A: Uruguay wins group, France (previous WC winner, ranked #9) fails to win a game
Group B: Argentina wins group
Group F: Paraguay wins group, Italy (four time winner, ranked #5) fails to win a game
Group G: Brazil wins group

By the way, I think Europe has a good chance of winning the World Cup, but that doesn't change the fact that South America has had a much better tournament to this point.

[lukahh]

south america teams have great future. now that they say goodbye to reckless individual action, they are about to rule!

[jcubs55]

Rooting for Germany but think Brazil/Spain will take it down

[SimonBarSinister]

pisses me off only group winner not to advance is of course-USA

[Taka]

Argentina, Brazil and even Uruguay possibly are my favorites to win the World Cup.

[Robber]

south american teams looking great

[EaglesPhan36]

South American teams all dropping out now except for Mighty Uruguay.

[mihaita666]

argentina and brazil out like they weren;t even there....EUROPEAN FORCES STRIKE BACK

[hedgejob]

South American teams all dropping out now except for Mighty Uruguay.

Uruguay shouldn't have made it either.

[juuso]

European teams are still tactically ahead. More discipline.

[EaglesPhan36]

That's why Uruguay is still alive in my opinion. They are very well organized defensively and before yesterday were one of the teams with the fewest cards in the tournament.

[TT22]

Great game from Germany.

[mihaita666]

That's why Uruguay is still alive in my opinion. They are very well organized defensively and before yesterday were one of the teams with the fewest cards in the tournament.

spain is the fair-play champion, only 1 yellow

[Socrates]

Conmebol is falling apart. The only one that will make it to the top four had to cheat to get their.

[juuso]

That's why Uruguay is still alive in my opinion. They are very well organized defensively and before yesterday were one of the teams with the fewest cards in the tournament.

I agree with that.

I'm European, but will root for Uruguay rest of the way. They've played really well defensively. Too bad Suarez is out, but will see how they can cope with Holland.

[COOGI]

final game european vs european...first time european team won out side their continental

[Dark Horse]

Three out of last four from Europe. No power shift.

[juuso]

Spain or Germany takes it.

[Jimmy0607]

Conmebol is falling apart. The only one that will make it to the top four had to cheat to get their.

Still crying MexiCANT , you Indians can only dream of playing a semifinal

[yisman]

I'm liking my bet with cheme.

[pavyracer]

Well two of the SA teams advancing beat teams from Asia and not from Europe. Then the other two beat teams from South and Central America. What this had to do with European teams? Last World Cup all SA teams lost to Euro teams in the Quarterfinals. Unless the SA teams beat Euro teams this weekend they will not be considered successful. In fact if they lose again this time it should be considered a failure because 3 out of 4 are heavily favored.

Colossal failure by South America. 3 out of 4 were heavy favorites to win and 2 lost outright and one didn't win in regulation and advanced on pk's. So we have 1 team in the semifinals from South America and 3 from Europe. If this is considered a successful World Cup for South America I would like to know what is considered a failure.

[AlphaOmega]

South American soccer has proven to be the best continent in this years world cup. It would have been cool to see an all South American Final 4, but that did not happen. Argentina failed to show up, Paraguay lost a heart breaker, and Brasil selfimploded. Uruguay is the last team standing and they came into this tourement as the 5th place wild card team from South America .... AMAZING