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Tuesday, 06 December 2005 |
England are in the top 8 2006 World Cup seeds
England have now been placed among the top eight seeds for the 2006
World Cup and Sven-Goran Eriksson's team are in a top pool of hosts
Germany, holders Brazil, as well as Argentina, France, Italy, Spain and
Mexico.
England will now avoid meeting those other countries in the group
stages when the main draw for the tournament is made in Leipzig on
Friday evening.
Under the seeding system used by Fifa, England came out second to Brazil and Italy narrowly beat the US into eighth.
Fifa's ranking co-efficient meant that performances at the 2002 World
Cup, when England reached the quarter-finals, were given twice as much
weight as at 1998.
"It's excellent news," England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson told the Football Association website.
"I think it's right too. We are one of the teams that have the
potential to do very well in Germany and we have some of the best
players in the world.
"Finishing top of our qualification group, with the second best record
in the whole of Europe, was a big achievement and I'm sure that has
played a part in this decision."
For the draw on Friday, around 3,700 people will be present in the
auditorium at the huge trade fair hall in Leipzig's Neue Messe
exhibition centre and it is being transformed into a football stadium
especially for the occasion.
The World Cup finals in Germany begin on 9 June 2006 and the final takes place in Berlin on 9 July.
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