Group B (Argentina, Greece, Nigeria, South Korea)

[dww]

Tie-breaking criteria
For the World Cup tournament, FIFA uses the following criteria to rank teams in the Group Stage.

greatest number of points in all group matches;
goal difference in all group matches;
greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
greatest number of points in matches between tied teams;
goal difference in matches between tied teams;
greatest number of goals scored in matches between tied teams;
alphabetical order
drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee for teams with identical names, e.g. Japan and Japan.

[Craig_H]

Tie-breaking criteria
For the World Cup tournament, FIFA uses the following criteria to rank teams in the Group Stage.

greatest number of points in all group matches;
goal difference in all group matches;
greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
greatest number of points in matches between tied teams;
goal difference in matches between tied teams;
greatest number of goals scored in matches between tied teams;
alphabetical order
drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee for teams with identical names, e.g. Japan and Japan.

Cheers mate, is that official and definitely for THIS world cup too? Eg, they havent just changed it, have they?

Means Spain still have a fair chance to win their group on GD, as they only lost 1-0.

drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee for teams with identical names, e.g. Japan and Japan.

[Shaggy]

Some fella mentioned a couple of weeks ago that the African teams would be rubbish cos they dont know the rules.

Looks like he was onto something.

Duncan Jenkins?

[IN_RAFA_WE_TRUST]

Japan and Japan?
I only know of one Japan.

[Exiled_red]

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5603143,00.html

Should two or more teams be level on points after their group stage games, a number of tie-breaking methods will be used to see which team comes out on top.

First, goal difference is counted, and then the number of goals scored. If that doesn't separate the teams, then the results between the tied teams are compared, then the goal difference and finally the goals scored in the matches between the tied teams. If they still remain level, a drawing of lots will decide who qualifies for the last 16.

Edit: Damn everyone else beat me to it

[Craig_H]

Duncan Jenkins?

Yep

You'd better explain to redg

[Kenneth]

Cheers mate, is that official and definitely for THIS world cup too? Eg, they havent just changed it, have they?

Means Spain still have a fair chance to win their group on GD, as they only lost 1-0.

Yeah, it's official (well mainly, obviously). Included a link to the FIFA pdf above.

[Craig_H]

[Harv]

The African teams are dog**** aren't they.

Always have been. They have no tactical nous whatsoever and they drop their heads at the first sign of trouble. ****houses the lot of them. They're all hustle, bustle and pace.

[Kenneth]

Always have been. They have no tactical nous whatsoever and they drop their heads at the first sign of trouble. ****houses the lot of them. They're all hustle, bustle and pace.

all of the players in all of the teams are ****houses according to you so far.

[Craig_H]

all of the players in all of the teams are ****houses according to you so far.

[MrsB]

My team's a bit ****.

[little dave hedgehog]

My team's a bit ****.

can i add a ?

[Harv]

all of the players in all of the teams are ****houses according to you so far.

Argies and Germans are sound.

[Shaggy]

Always have been. They have no tactical nous whatsoever and they drop their heads at the first sign of trouble. ****houses the lot of them. They're all hustle, bustle and pace.

Racist