Match-lines: 2006 World Cup Soccer versus Logic . . .

— 2006 World Cup Statistics Section

The actual 2006 World Cup Match Line

	Match-lines: Soccer x Logic...

Magic of complexity	World Cup Match Line	If logic sufficed...

Soccernomics!	Related: WC Groups & FIFA Rankings	Beyond logic...

World Cup Match Line

Results are being added below, as the world Cup unfolds.

1st.Round Qualified:


Germany Costa Rica Poland Ecuador	England Paraguay Trinidad and Tobago Sweden	Argentina Côte d'Ivoire Serbia and Montenegro Netherlands	Mexico Iran Angola Portugal
Italy Ghana United States Czech Republic	Brazil Croatia Australia Japan	France Switzerland Korea Republic Togo	Spain Ukraine Tunisia Saudi Arabia

compare to logical Match Line (evidently possible, albeit very unlikely!)

see First Round Stats

World Cup Match Line, beyond the 1st. Rd.

Original Groups	Group-A-B-C-D Squads playing Round of 16:	Group-E-F-G-H Squads playing Round of 16:	Original Groups

1A � 2B	Germany x Sweden	Italy x Australia	1E � 2F
1B � 2A	England x Ecuador	Brazil x Ghana	1F � 2E
1C � 2D	Argentina x Mexico	Switzerland x Ukraine	1G � 2H
1D � 2C	Portugal x Netherlands	Spain x France	1H � 2G

	Squads playing Quarter-Finals:	Squads playing Semi-Finals:

[1A�2B] � [1C�2D]	Germany x Argentina	{[1A�2B]�[1C�2D]} � {[1E�2F]�[1G�2H]}
[1B�2A] � [1D�2C]	England x Portugal	Germany x Italy	1A � 1E
[1E�2F] � [1G�2H]	Italy x Ukraine	Portugal x France	1D � 2G
[1F�2E] � [1H�2G]	Brazil x France	{[1B�2A]�[1D�2C]} � {[1F�2E]�[1H�2G]}

	Squads playing 3rd.Pl.Match:	Squads playing Final Match:

1A � 1D	Germany x Portugal	France x Italy	2G � 1E

Compare to logical Match Line (evidently possible, albeit very unlikely, as it indeed turned out!)

Then see the Soccernomics! page for an original approach at predicting the World Cup outcome, which did not exactly bear a relationship to soccer, but which actually turned out to be remarkably accurate, give or take a very small margin of error.

World Cup Statistics


2006 WC in Perspective	W.Cup's Dream Team	Groups+FIFA Ranking	Previous Bits+Bytes
First Round Stats	Beyond the 1st Rd	The Final Contenders	Gold-Silver-Bronze
The Champion	Awards	Records+Memorable	Noteworthy
Attacks+Defenses	Goals	Goal Scorers	Goalkeepers
Own Goals	Referees - Fouls	Yellow Cards	Red Cards
Discipline	Support+Dev.Group	Ref.Preliminary Stuff	WC+FIFA Rankings
WC Players' Sources	Players by Groups	Home-based teams?	Home-based, alphb
Match-lines: WCxLogic	Magic of complexity	The WC Match-lines	If logic sufficed...
Attendance	All Time 0x0 Results	World Cup Warm-up	Beyond logic...

	Man of the Match
Match by Match	Top Players	Player by Player

– Squad Pages + Group Pages – Players' Sources

Stadia+Matches Nations

#	Group	Group	Group	Group	#

1	GER: Germany	ENG: England	ARG: Argentina	MEX: Mexico	1
2	CRC: Costa Rica	PAR: Paraguay	CIV: Côte d'Ivoire	IRN: Iran	2
3	POL: Poland	TRI: Trinidad and Tobago	SCG: Serbia and Montenegro	ANG: Angola	3
4	ECU: Ecuador	SWE: Sweden	NED: Netherlands	POR: Portugal	4

#	Group	Group	Group	Group	#

1	ITA: Italy	BRA: Brazil	FRA: France	ESP: Spain	1
2	GHA: Ghana	CRO: Croatia	SUI: Switzerland	UKR: Ukraine	2
3	USA: United States	AUS: Australia	KOR: Korea Republic	TUN: Tunisia	3
4	CZE: Czech Republic	JPN: Japan	TOG: Togo	KSA: Saudi Arabia	4