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    Posted: 28-Nov-2007 at 16:17
Originally posted by xi tujue

the teams of the caucasus must be one of the worst teams in whole 'europe'


Thats not true...according to the November ranking Armenia is ranked 42 above Austria...while Georgia is ranked 37 above Latvia and Iceland and Azerbaijan (45) is ranked above Estonia.

http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html#confederation=27275&rank=163

All them are probably better than Kazakhstan too...


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Originally posted by ulrich von hutten

 
As much as Malta and Iceland are!


Cyprus is geographically an Asian country. It is an extension of the Anatolian peninsula which is considered a part of Asia.

Israel, Armenia and Azerbaijan are not part of geograhpic Europe. They are to the south of the Caucasus which is the Southern border of Europe.

Kazakhstan has some territories to the West of the Ural mountain, Europe's eastern border, so technically it is partially European.

Of course this is just the geographic definition of Europe. Some people would say Armenia, Cyprus and Israel are "culturally" European.

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     Armenia is not so bad. In the Euro 2008 qualifiers they beat Poland and Kazakhstan, and tied Portugal, all in consecutive games. If only their coach didn't die a few weeks ago Unhappy It is very possible for Armenia to end up 3rd place in that group, with only Spain and Turkey being the obvious favorites. The rest of the group is up in the air.
 
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     Armenia is not so bad. In the Euro 2008 qualifiers they beat Poland and Kazakhstan, and tied Portugal, all in consecutive games. If only their coach didn't die a few weeks ago Unhappy It is very possible for Armenia to end up 3rd place in that group, with only Spain and Turkey being the obvious favorites. The rest of the group is up in the air.
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the teams of the caucasus must be one of the worst teams in whole 'europe'

except for Belgium they suck even worst imo

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Originally posted by xi_tujue

mabey unrelated but why do countries like Kazakhstn, Azerbaycan, Armenia & Georgia compete in the European part of FIFA

when everybody knows that they don't stand a chance against other countries. I think they should go to the asian side. there not even in Europe to begin with not even close
 
I even think these teams would have a bigger chance to play in WC while competing with Asian teams especially Georgia and Armenia with a big smiel of luck could have a chance there.
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Originally posted by ulrich von hutten

Holland, SCOTLAND, Norway, FYR Macedonia, Iceland
 
Resolvable for Iceland. I think nothing is in the way for the first  participation of a Icelandic team at the WC-finals.
 
There the Icelandic team will meet the Germans on their way to Championship 
 
Nothing except Holland, Scotland and NorwayLOL and Macedonia is also not bad. I wish You good luck but it is one of tougher groups.
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Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan are partly in Europe geographically. And Armenia, Israel and Cyprus are totally in Asia.
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no, but very small parts of georgia and azerbaijan are beyond the caucasus = european. also, quite a lot of land of Kazakhstan is on european soil = beyond the Ural river. that qualifies them for europe. don't know about armenia and israel though...
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so the caucasus & Central Asia belong to Europe :S
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Originally posted by ulrich von hutten

Originally posted by ok ge

  
  Is cyprus part of the European continent?

 
 
As much as Malta and Iceland are!


i thought all meditteranean islands was well as Greece and italy belong to the African tectonical(?) plate, so Cyprus would actually be African rather than European or asian....
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  Is cyprus part of the European continent?

 
 
As much as Malta and Iceland are!

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Originally posted by xi_tujue

I think they should go to the asian side. there not even in Europe to begin with not even close


Actually and technically, they all are located in Europe if we assumed Europe borders geographically, which is how the FIFA allocates the countries. The only country in the European group that is 100% Asian is Israel. Is cyprus part of the European continent?

It looks like Turkey has a great chance to qualify with only Spain as the obstacle to South Africa

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mabey unrelated but why do countries like Kazakhstn, Azerbaycan, Armenia & Georgia compete in the European part of FIFA

when everybody knows that they don't stand a chance against other countries. I think they should go to the asian side. there not even in Europe to begin with not even close
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cant complain about Greece's group. Smile

Afaik every team in Greece's group is happy with their opponents even Luxembourg Big%20smile.
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cant complain about Greece's group. Smile
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Grp 8 Italy, Bulgaria, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, Cyprus, Georgia, Montenegro

Not a bad group for Ireland - could have been alot worse. We should be challenging for second anyway, Cyprus, Georgia and Montenegro are all beatable. With a good manager we may even be able to take top spot...although Italy world champs... perhaps not.
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Holland, SCOTLAND, Norway, FYR Macedonia, Iceland
 
Resolvable for Iceland. I think nothing is in the way for the first  participation of a Icelandic team at the WC-finals.
 
There the Icelandic team will meet the Germans on their way to Championship 

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Group 5, Turkey and Armania?


That is going to be nasty. I hate nationalistically charged matches.
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Group 5, Turkey and Armania?


We are so dead LOL

Hopefully Armenia can pull off another upset (well actually 2, but there is no way we are beating Spain)
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