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The U.S. men's civic aggregation may not be demography part, but the Apple Cup will still go on, and Monday was a big day on the alley to Russia.
FIFA's apple baronial for October was released, and while best cycle their eyes at the FIFA rankings (the USA absolutely bigger by a position afterwards actuality alone from Apple Cup contention, so...), they authority a cogent role in the Apple Cup. Per FIFA procedure, the October rankings are acclimated to actuate the pots for the Dec. 1 draw in Moscow. Instead of one seeded pot and three pots bent by logistical and bounded reasoning, FIFA has afflicted its agency so that all four pots are bent absolutely based on the rankings. What that agency is abreast from host Russia, which is ranked 65th in the world, the actual 32 teams are broadcast in adjustment of their October ranking. Russia goes into the top pot, followed by the top seven-ranked teams, and the actual 24 teams are advance into the three consecutive pots in order.
The October baronial was additionally acclimated to actuate the pots for the UEFA playoff round, with the top four teams based on baronial activity into Pot 1, and the abutting four in Pot 2. Switzerland (11), Italy (15), Croatia (18) and Denmark (19) are the highest-ranked teams, and they'll anniversary be fatigued adjoin one of Northern Ireland (23), Sweden (25), Republic of Ireland (26) and Greece (47). That draw takes abode on Tuesday.
With alone 23 of the 32 spots in Russia clinched (four European places, three African ones and two intercontinental playoffs will actuate the actual nine), we can't absolutely appear up with scenarios for groups at the Apple Cup, but here's what we can accumulate from the October rankings, and what they'll beggarly for the draw:
And Spain is not activity to be allotment of it. The 2010 Apple Cup best aloof misses out as the eighth-ranked aggregation on the planet. Because the top pot is the host nation (Russia) and the seven top-ranked teams, Spain is larboard in Pot 2, area it could absolutely agency into a Accumulation of Death.
The top seven teams abutting Russia in the top pot are: Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland and France.
No boldness to Russia or Poland, but there's a bright adapted destination for teams in Pots 2-4: Whichever accumulation is headed by Russia or Poland. Even Portugal and Argentina aren't the best alarming top seeds–especially the latter, afterwards its condoning campaign–but cipher wants to gameplan for Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo in a Apple Cup.
Spain will advance the additional grouping, and above that, it gets a little tricky.
Peru, Switzerland, England, Colombia, Italy, Mexico and Uruguay are the abutting seven nations either in the Apple Cup or still animate in contention. Should Peru, Switzerland and Italy win their corresponding playoffs, again the pot would abide as is. Should any or all blooper up, there would be a domino effect, and Croatia, Denmark and Iceland are abutting in band to acceleration a rung.
Regardless, Spain, England, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay will be in this pot, and back you alpha to amalgamate them with the teams in the seeded pot, affair alpha to get a bit death-y.
If things go to anatomy in the playoffs, Croatia, Denmark and Iceland would advance this grouping, with 2014 quarterfinalist Costa Rica acceptable acclimatized in this pot as well. Northern Ireland, Sweden and Republic of Ireland will attending to change that by acceptable their playoffs, while Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal and Iran, DR Congo, Australia, Nigeria, Serbia and Japan could all acreage here, too.
South Korea, Saudi Arabia and first-timer Panama are set for this alignment no amount what. Afterwards that, it all comes bottomward to the playoffs and actual African qualifiers. As of now, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde and South Africa are all animate here, while Honduras and New Zealand could additionally acreage in this pot, should they win their corresponding playoffs adjoin Australia and Peru, and Greece could also, if it wins its UEFA playoff.
As always, teams from the aforementioned arena charge be kept abstracted in the draw, abreast from UEFA, area up to two European nations can be in the aforementioned group. So how does Brazil, Spain, Japan, Ivory Coast sound? What about Germany, Spain, Nigeria, South Korea? France, Uruguay, Croatia, Japan, anyone?
We'll be able to appropriately simulate and brainstorm afterwards the cessation of November's qualifiers and condoning playoffs, but until then, at atomic we accept some affinity of how the Apple Cup could attending in Russia abutting summer.
The U.S. men's civic aggregation may not be demography part, but the Apple Cup will still go on, and Monday was a big day on the alley to Russia.
FIFA's apple baronial for October was released, and while best cycle their eyes at the FIFA rankings (the USA absolutely bigger by a position afterwards actuality alone from Apple Cup contention, so...), they authority a cogent role in the Apple Cup. Per FIFA procedure, the October rankings are acclimated to actuate the pots for the Dec. 1 draw in Moscow. Instead of one seeded pot and three pots bent by logistical and bounded reasoning, FIFA has afflicted its agency so that all four pots are bent absolutely based on the rankings. What that agency is abreast from host Russia, which is ranked 65th in the world, the actual 32 teams are broadcast in adjustment of their October ranking. Russia goes into the top pot, followed by the top seven-ranked teams, and the actual 24 teams are advance into the three consecutive pots in order.
The October baronial was additionally acclimated to actuate the pots for the UEFA playoff round, with the top four teams based on baronial activity into Pot 1, and the abutting four in Pot 2. Switzerland (11), Italy (15), Croatia (18) and Denmark (19) are the highest-ranked teams, and they'll anniversary be fatigued adjoin one of Northern Ireland (23), Sweden (25), Republic of Ireland (26) and Greece (47). That draw takes abode on Tuesday.
With alone 23 of the 32 spots in Russia clinched (four European places, three African ones and two intercontinental playoffs will actuate the actual nine), we can't absolutely appear up with scenarios for groups at the Apple Cup, but here's what we can accumulate from the October rankings, and what they'll beggarly for the draw:
And Spain is not activity to be allotment of it. The 2010 Apple Cup best aloof misses out as the eighth-ranked aggregation on the planet. Because the top pot is the host nation (Russia) and the seven top-ranked teams, Spain is larboard in Pot 2, area it could absolutely agency into a Accumulation of Death.
The top seven teams abutting Russia in the top pot are: Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland and France.
No boldness to Russia or Poland, but there's a bright adapted destination for teams in Pots 2-4: Whichever accumulation is headed by Russia or Poland. Even Portugal and Argentina aren't the best alarming top seeds–especially the latter, afterwards its condoning campaign–but cipher wants to gameplan for Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo in a Apple Cup.
Spain will advance the additional grouping, and above that, it gets a little tricky.
Peru, Switzerland, England, Colombia, Italy, Mexico and Uruguay are the abutting seven nations either in the Apple Cup or still animate in contention. Should Peru, Switzerland and Italy win their corresponding playoffs, again the pot would abide as is. Should any or all blooper up, there would be a domino effect, and Croatia, Denmark and Iceland are abutting in band to acceleration a rung.
Regardless, Spain, England, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay will be in this pot, and back you alpha to amalgamate them with the teams in the seeded pot, affair alpha to get a bit death-y.
If things go to anatomy in the playoffs, Croatia, Denmark and Iceland would advance this grouping, with 2014 quarterfinalist Costa Rica acceptable acclimatized in this pot as well. Northern Ireland, Sweden and Republic of Ireland will attending to change that by acceptable their playoffs, while Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal and Iran, DR Congo, Australia, Nigeria, Serbia and Japan could all acreage here, too.
South Korea, Saudi Arabia and first-timer Panama are set for this alignment no amount what. Afterwards that, it all comes bottomward to the playoffs and actual African qualifiers. As of now, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde and South Africa are all animate here, while Honduras and New Zealand could additionally acreage in this pot, should they win their corresponding playoffs adjoin Australia and Peru, and Greece could also, if it wins its UEFA playoff.
As always, teams from the aforementioned arena charge be kept abstracted in the draw, abreast from UEFA, area up to two European nations can be in the aforementioned group. So how does Brazil, Spain, Japan, Ivory Coast sound? What about Germany, Spain, Nigeria, South Korea? France, Uruguay, Croatia, Japan, anyone?
We'll be able to appropriately simulate and brainstorm afterwards the cessation of November's qualifiers and condoning playoffs, but until then, at atomic we accept some affinity of how the Apple Cup could attending in Russia abutting summer.
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