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What exactly is the CC? How do these teams end up being involved?

 

It's basically all of the winners from all over the world, so the Euro 2012 winners, the 2010 world cup winners, the Asian cup winners, the Copa America winners etc.

 

Basically like a mega-champions league.

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What exactly is the CC? How do these teams end up being involved?

 

They are the winners of the individual regional cups (European Champions, South American Champions, Asian Champions, Oceania etc) and the world cup hosts... it serves as a trial run for the world cup facilities.

 

Basically an all star battle royale (including Tahiti), love it!

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What exactly is the CC? How do these teams end up being involved?

 

it the winners of the 6 confederation championships, like the Coppa America and the Euros. Plus the following year world cup hosts and the current world champions

 

that is why italy are there as they came runners up to spain

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Ah thanks. How did Tahiti get this far??

 

They won the 2012 Oceania Nations Cup. Beat New Caledonia in the Final, first country other then New Zealand and Australia (who now compete in the Asian confederation instead) to do so.

 

Oceania is by far the weakest of the 7 confederations.

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They won the 2012 Oceania Nations Cup. Beat New Caledonia in the Final, first country other then New Zealand and Australia (who now compete in the Asian confederation instead) to do so.

 

Oceania is by far the weakest of the 7 confederations.

 

Ah that's confusing, when it comes to world cup qualifying, aren't Australia etc in the same pot as Japan etc??

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Amazing to see a saints player in the hole behind 2 of the best strikers in the world right now!

 

4 years ago, when this tournament was last taking place we were still in administration. The progress is crazy.

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Ah that's confusing, when it comes to world cup qualifying, aren't Australia etc in the same pot as Japan etc??

 

Yep. Japan qualified for the tournament by beating Australia in the 2011 Asian Cup final.

 

Tadanari Lee scored the winner.

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Yep. Japan qualified for the tournament by beating Australia in the 2011 Asian Cup final.

 

Tadanari Lee scored the winner.

 

Very good. You seem to be an aspiring MLG this evening.

 

You'd think theyd keep it simple and stick to the same groupings as the World Cup ffs.

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Uruguay are trying here. Their passing is beginning to look a little more fluid. Lugano there... free on goal after a free kick and utterly miss-controls the ball and falls over.

 

If Wellbeck did that he'd be slaughtered for it.

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Judging by how Spain played last night that could be carnage.

 

Tahiti are playing Nigeria tonight so we'll get an indication of where their at

 

Well, if the national anthem is anything to go by, they look terrified!!!

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3-0 at HT

 

First goal was a ridiculous deflection off the ref that landed kindly to a Nigerian whose shot then took a ridiculous double deflection off 2 defenders and wrong footed the keeper.

 

2nd goal - defensive howler

 

3rd goal - goalkeeping howler

 

Have to say going forward they've looked very good, they've carved the Nigerians open a few times and could have easily had a couple of goals. Defensively they've been naive but that Chong Hue looks a handful.

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