World Cup Quarter Final match schedule and line ups

After the 1st and 2nd round of exciting football matches, we are now down to 8 teams fighting it out in the quarter finals of the world cup football.

Here is the match by match schedule of the 2010 World Cup Quarter Finals

Netherlands vs Brazil 2 July 10AM ET on ESPN
Uruguay vs Ghana 2 July 2:30 PM ET on ESPN
Argentina vs Germany 3 July 10 AM ET on ABC
Paraguay vs Spain 3 July 2:30 PM ET on ABC

So overall there are 4 teams from Latin America, 3 from Europe and 1 from Africa. Let us see which teams will make it to the semi finals of these world cup.

Poor show by top rank nations

Analysis of first week matches of world cup football

So far in the matches that we saw during the last one week, top ranking football countries failed to impress their fans and in fact their is a poor show by them. All the teams started cautiously and there were low scoring matches but now we are seeing some excitement in more goals being scored.

Some of the upsets that we saw during first week football matches are:
Spain losing to Switzerland 0-1
Germany losing to Serbia 0-1
France losing to Mexico - 0-2
England yet to register a win in this world cup football
Italy drew with Paraguay - 1-1

And more, let us see how the matches from now on will take place and which of the 32 teams will make it to the second round of this world cup football

Match Results and Goal Scorers

Here is an update on the match results of the ongoing world cup football matches. I will try to update this post right after every match. You can also check the Points table of world cup.

Also listed are the goal scores of respective teams and the time when the goal was scored.

18th June
Germany 0-1 Serbia
Slovenia 2-2 USA
England 0-0 Algeria

17th June
Argentina 4-1 South Korea
Greece 2-1 Nigeria
France 0-2 Mexico

16th June
Honduras 0-1 Chile
Spain 0-1 Switzerland
South Africa 0-3 Uruguay

15th June
New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia
Ivory Coast 0-0 Portugal
Brazil 2-1 Korea DPR

14th June
Italy 1 : 1 Paraguay
Japan 1 : 0 Cameroon
Netherlands 2 : 0 Denmark

13th June
Algeria 0-1 Slovenia
Serbia 0-1 Ghana
Germany 4-0 Australia

Saturday 12th June 2010
England 1 - 1 USA

South Korea 2-0 Greece
Goal Scorers
Lee 6:14, Park 51:38

Argentina 1-0 Nigeria
Heinze 5:45

Friday 11th June 2010
2nd Match - Group A
France 0 - 0 Uruguay

1st Match - - Group A
South Africa 1-1 Mexico

Goal Scorers
Tshabalala 54:02 (South Africa), Marquez 78:03 (Mexico)

Alphabetical list of countries qualified for this years World cup Football

In my earlier post, we have the seen the classifications of teams across 8 groups. Now here is the alphabetical list of the 32 countries qualified for this years world cup football matches. Small fact - S is the starting alphabet of many teams :)

Algeria - Group C
Argentina - Group B
Australia - Group D
Brazil - Group G

Cameroon - Group E
Chile - Group H
Denmark - Group E
England - Group C

France - Group A
Germany - Group D
Ghana - Group D
Greece - Group B

Holland - Group E
Honduras - Group H
Italy - Group F
Ivory Coast - Group G

Japan - Group E
Korea DPR - Group G
Mexico - Group A
New Zealand - Group F

Nigeria - Group B
Paraguay - Group F
Portugal - Group G
Serbia - Group D

Slovakia - Group F
Slovenia - Group C
South Africa - Group A
South Korea - Group B

Spain - Group H
Switzerland - Group H
Uruguay - Group A
USA - Group C

Let us see which of these teams will make it to the last 4. Participate in the poll and express your opinion.

What to do on World Cup Football match day

Plan your activities on World cup football match day

Lots of excitement and the wait is almost over for all the soccer fans to see the world's biggest sporting event getting started in South Africa. How ever busy you are ensure that you do not miss even a single world cup football match and if you do so, plan to watch the recording of the match or at least see the highlights.

What to do on the match day?

Check the timings of the match, ensure that you map the match timings with your local time

Check the number of matches being played on each day

Check the teams - if your favorite team is playing then skip everything and sit near the TV :)

Read the previews of the match, understand the strength and weakness of each team

Do not make any plans on the match day, I am planning to skip work, it is your call

If you are planning to watch with friends and family then do so along with some good drink and food - enjoy the match

You can also check out for the matches being telecast in giant screens in restaurants, hotels, public places - it will be more exciting to watch along with huge crowd

If you are in the stadium watching the game live then most of the above things may not apply :)

Wish the very best to your team and hope that they win the cup.

Points table and team standings

As you all know we have 8 groups in this world cup and they are named from Group A to Group H. Each group has 4 teams and each team within a group will play with the other team. So it is very important for us to track the points table and team standings of each group in this Football world cup.

Get back to this post after each match is complete to see how the teams stand in their respective groups. Since the number of matches before stage 2 are very less there are high chances that more than one country in each group may end up having the same number of points. In this case the Goals For (goals scored), Goals Against (goals given) will be a crucial factor in deciding the standings of that group. This is arrived by subtracting Goals for with goals against.

Also see -
2010 World cup Football Points Table and Team Standings
http://www.espnstar.com/football/world-cup/standings/

World cup match results

List of Hat-tricks scored in World Cup Football

Here is the complete list of hat-tricks scored by players in the world cup football championships. I am including this list from 1930 event till date. Surprisingly there were no hat-tricks recorded in the last world cup football championships

1. Bert Patenaude of United States vs Paraguay scored 3 goals in 1930, Uruguay
2. Guillermo Stabile of Argentina vs Mexico scored 3 goals in 1930, Uruguay
3. Pedro Cea of Uruguay vs Yugoslavia scored 3 goals in 1930, Uruguay
4. Angelo Schiavio of Italy vs United States scored 3 goals in 1934, Italy

5. Edmund Conen of Germany vs Belgium scored 3 goals in 1934, Italy
6. Oldrich Nejedly of Czechoslovakia vs Germany scored 3 goals in 1934, Italy
7. Ernest Wilimowski of Poland vs Brazil scored 4 goals in 1938, France
8. Leonidas da Silva of Brazil vs Poland scored 3 goals in 1938, France

9. Gustav Wetterström of Sweden vs Cuba scored 3 goals in 1938, France
10. Tore Keller of Sweden vs Cuba scored 3 goals in 1938, France
11. Gyula Zsengeller of Hungary vs Sweden scored 3 goals in 1938, France
12. Oscar Míguez of Uruguay vs Bolivia scored 3 goals in 1950, Brazil

13. Ademir of Brazil vs Sweden scored 4 goals in 1950, Brazil
14. Sandor Kocsis of Hungary vs Korea Republic scored 3 goals in 1954, Switzerland
15. Erich Probst of Austria vs Czechoslovakia scored 3 goals in 1954, Switzerland
16. Carlos Borges of Uruguay vs Scotland scored 3 goals in 1954, Switzerland

17. Sandor Kocsis of Hungary vs West Germany scored 4 goals in 1954, Switzerland
18. Burhan Sargin of Turkey vs Korea Republic scored 3 goals in 1954, Switzerland
19. Max Morlock of West Germany vs Turkey scored 3 goals in 1954, Switzerland
20. Theodor Wagner of Austria vs Switzerland scored 3 goals in 1954, Switzerland

21. Josef Hugi of Switzerland vs Austria scored 3 goals in 1954, Switzerland
22. Just Fontaine of France vs Paraguay scored 3 goals in 1958, Sweden
23. Pele of Brazil vs France scored 3 goals in 1958, Sweden
24. Just Fontaine of France vs West Germany scored 4 goals in 1958, Sweden

25. Florian Albert of Hungary vs Bulgaria scored 3 goals in 1962, Chile
26. Eusebio of Portugal vs Korea DPR scored 4 goals in 1966, England
27. Geoff Hurst of England vs West Germany scored 3 goals in 1966, England
28. Gerd Muller of West Germany vs Bulgaria scored 3 goals in 1970, Mexico

29. Gerd Muller of West Germany vs Peru scored 3 goals in 1970, Mexico
30. Dusan Bajevicof Yugoslavia vs Zaire scored 3 goals in 1974, West Germany
31. Andrzej Szarmach of Poland vs Haiti scored 3 goals in 1974, West Germany
32. Rob Rensenbrink of Netherlands vs Iran scored 3 goals in 1978, Argentina

33. Teofilo Cubillas of Peru vs Iran scored 3 goals in 1978, Argentina
34. Laszlo Kiss of Hungary vs El Salvador scored 3 goals in 1982, Spain
35. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge of West Germany vs Chile scored 3 goals in 1982, Spain
36. Zbigniew Boniek of Poland vs Belgium scored 3 goals in 1982, Spain

37. Paolo Rossi of Italy vs Brazil scored 3 goals in 1982, Spain
38. Preben Elkjær Larsen of Denmark vs Uruguay scored 3 goals in 1986, Mexico
39. Gary Lineker of England vs Poland scored 3 goals in 1986, Mexico
40. Igor Belanov of Soviet Union vs Belgium scored 3 goals in 1986, Mexico

41. Emilio Butragueno of Spain vs Denmark scored 4 goals in 1986, Mexico
42. Michel of Spain vs Korea Republic scored 3 goals in 1990, Italy
43. Tomas Skuhravy of Czechoslovakia vs Costa Rica scored 3 goals in 1990, Italy
44. Gabriel Batistuta of Argentina vs Greece scored 3 goals in 1994, United States

45. Oleg Salenko of Russia vs Cameroon scored 5 goals in 1994, United States
46. Gabriel Batistuta of Argentina vs Jamaica scored 3 goals in 1998, France
47. Miroslav Klose of Germany vs Saudi Arabia scored 3 goals in 2002, South Korea & Japan
48. Pauleta of Portugal vs Poland scored 3 goals in 2002, South Korea & Japan

Lets wait and see how many hat-tricks will be scored in this years championships in South Africa.
Can any of these top players score Hat-tricks this time?

South Africa vs Mexico first match of World Cup

South Africa vs Mexico Football match preview

In the first match at this years World Cup Football, Hosts South Africa will take on Mexico at Johannesburg Stadium. this will be played on the 11th of June 2010, the match is scheduled to start at 4PM local time.

Latest Match Score:
South Africa score the first goal of this world cup. The goals was scored by Tshabalala in the 55th minute.

Final Scores:
South Africa 1 : 1 Mexico

Review:
Entire South African Football fans are looking forward for this great match and are hoping that the host country will bring a surprise show at the first match of the world cup.

In the head to head statistics between the two countries - Mexico has won 2 and South Africa has won 1 match. Both have not yet won the world championships but Mexico has had the chance to appear in the event 13 times against South Africa's 2 times.

In the practice matches too, Mexicans showed some great form by defeating the defending champions Italy.