I've looked at all the teams, groups, and individual matchups and have determined what's going to happen in Germany over the next few weeks.
| A | B | C | D | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany Poland Ecuador Costa Rica | 7 7 3 0 | Sweden Paraguay England Trinidad & Tobago | 7 6 4 0 | Holland Argentina Ivory Coast Serbia & Montenegro | 7 5 4 1 | Portugal Mexico Iran Angola | 9 4 2 1 | |||
| E | F | G | H | |||||||
| USA Czech Republic Italy Ghana | 7 5 2 1 | Brazil Japan Croatia Australia | 9 6 3 0 | France Switzerland South Korea Togo | 7 7 3 0 | Spain Ukraine Tunisia Saudi Arabia | 7 5 4 0 | |||
| Round of 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Germany over Paraguay | Poland over Sweden | |
| Holland over Mexico | Portugal over Argentina | |
| Japan over USA | Brazil over Czech Republic | |
| France over Ukraine | Switzerland over Spain | |
| Quarterfinals | ||
|---|---|---|
| Germany over Holland | Portugal over Poland | |
| Japan over France | Brazil over Switzerland | |
| Semifinals | ||
|---|---|---|
| Germany over Japan | Portugal over Brazil | |
| Third Place |
|---|
| Brazil over Japan |
| Final |
|---|
| Portugal over Germany |
And 
briganski will celebrate because his doppelgänger, Figo, finally won a title!
I've set up a World Cup Pool. It costs nothing to enter, and if you win I'll buy you a pint when I next see you. If you want to join, let me know and I'll send you the info.
