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Who win? Spain-Chile, Honduras-Switzerland

June 25th, 2010

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This is a humorous post before last matches but if you are interested in real visual analysis of chances for Chile, Spain, Switzerland and Honduras to go out of the group stage of 2010 FIFA World Cup, follow this link: Group H, Spain-Chile, Switzerland-Honduras analisys of chances to qualify

Take a look at the image on the left. It is a visualisation of chances to qualify to the round of 16 out of group H. It resembles a dog, doesn’t it?

Is this an omen for Spain, Chile, Honduras or Switzerland? ;) Good or bad? Who will win?

Do any of today playing countries have a dog in their national emblems or any other signs?

Is this Swiss Mountain Dog, maybe? :) And if so, is this good or bad omen for Switzerland? Will Switzerland win their match and mayby Honduras, Chile or  Spain will qualify? We will see in a few hours. Anyway, good luck for them all.

Italy Slovakia

June 24th, 2010

Today next World Cup matches: Italy vs. Slovakia and Paraguay vs. New Zealand. What results. What results Italy need  to qualify? What are the chances for New Zealand to qualify? What are the chances for Slovakia or Paraguay? Look at the below image. ( More visual analysis are available here: World Cup Analysis )

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Each square on the image represents results of both matches. Colors tell us who will be qualified. As you can see Italy (white and blue) need to win against Slovakia to be sure to be qualified. What about a drawn match Italy vs. Slovakia? If New Zealand win (black squares bottom) Italy are out of the next round (New Zealand and Paraguay qualify). If  Paraguay win, Italy are in (and Paraguay). If Paraguay against New Zealand ends with a draw, there are three possible scenarios. 1) Paraguay (and New Zealand) scores more goals then Italy => Paraguay and New Zealand qualify (black squares in the middle). 2) Italy scores more goals then Paraguay => Italy and Paraguay quallify. (white squares below black diamonds). 3) Italy Slovakia 0:0, 1:1, 2:2, 3:3, …. and Paraguay New Zealand 0:0, 1:1, 2:2, 3:3, … respctively => drawing of lots will be needed because Italy and New Zealand have same number of points and goals for and against and the match Italy against New Zealand is drawn (1:1)

Slovakia need to win against Italy to qualify (red squares) and Paraguay must not lose more then … depends on Italy Slovakia result (gray squares)

Paraguay if they win or draw, they are in round of 16. If they lose, there are some chances to qualify (black squares)

New Zealand if they win, they are in. If they lose they are out. If they draw there are some chances – black squares and diamods in the middle of the image (see Italy’s above)

USA chances to go out the group

June 22nd, 2010

The below table shows situation in FIFA 2010 World Cup’s  Group C before last matches of the group stage. Each square on the drawing represents different result of  last both matches in group C (Slovenia – England  and Algeria – USA). Colors on the drawing show us who will go out the group and will be qualified to round of 16.

More similar visualisation can be found on: FIFA 2010 World Cup Groups

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White and blue squares on the drawing tell us that USA will be qualified. As you can see, if the USA team wins against Algeria at least 1:0, it will be qualified to the next round (England vs Slovenia does not matter in this case). If USA draw to Algeria and England do not win to Slovakia, USA will be qualified in most cases, but there are some results that promotes England insted of USA (black squares in the middle).

Drawing of lots

There are also three pairs of interesting results (USA – Algeria 2:2,1:1,0:0 and England – Slovenia 1:1,2:2,3:3) marked by the black diamonds. In this case both teams have same number of points (3), same number of goals (3,4 or 5 depending on the result) and same number of goals scored in match between USA and England. Due to the terms of FIFA World Cup, drawing of lots will be needed to find the winner.

When does FIFA draw of lots to find the winner.

Below are the FIFA’s criteria that allows to find the winner of the group stage:

1.greatest number of points in all group matches;
2.goal difference in all group matches;
3.greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
4.greatest number of points in matches between tied teams;
5.goal difference in matches between tied teams;
6.greatest number of goals scored in matches between tied teams;
7.drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

England’s chances to go out the group

June 22nd, 2010

Look at the below visualisation of the situation in FIFA 2010 World Cup’s  Group C before last phase of the group stage. Each square of the drawing represents different result of the both last matches in group C (England vs. Slovenia and USA vs. Algeria) and colors on the drawing tell us who will be qualified to the next round.

Below drawing of visual analysis comes from : FIFA 2010 Group C Analysis

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Black, blue and gray squares indicate that England will be qualified. As you can see, if they win against Slovenia a least 1:0, they will be qualified to the next round. There are also some cases in which England will advance, if they draw the match (black squares in the middle of the drawing).  There are also three pairs of interesting results (USA – Algeria 2:2,1:1,0:0 and England – Slovenia 1:1,2:2,3:3) marked by the black diamonds. In this case both teams have same number of points (3), same number of goals (3,4 or 5 depending on the result) and same number of goals scored in match between USA and England. Due to the terms of FIFA World Cup, drawing of lots will be needed to find the winner.

France’s chances to go out the group

June 21st, 2010

I recently made, interesting I hope, visualisation of the situation in FIFA 2010 World Cup’s  Group A before last phase of the group stage. Does France has chance to be qualified and go out the group stage? Does South Africa has any chance of advancing? Let’s see:

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The drawing above comes from: Group A. Who will be qualified?

Each square of the drawing represents different result of the both last matches in group A (Uruguay vs. Mexico and France vs. South Africa). Colors tell us who will be qualified to the next round. White – Uruguay and Mexico, Black – Uruguay and France, red – Uruguay and South Africa, blue France and Mexico, yellow – Mexico and S.Africa. As you can see, there is a lot of white squares (that means Uruguay and Mexico will be qualified), blue and black (France will be qualified) squares are on the left. Theoreticaly, they ’starts’ at 1:0 for France but in the last row (that means Uruguay have to win 4:0 for France to go out the qroup)

There’s no blue and black squares on the right. It means France have to win their last match and … hope for good Uruguay – Mexico result. No tied score in the other match will promote France to the next round (middle rows are white, every tied match promotes Uruguay and Mexico). The only chance for France is to make huge win to South Africa and hope for big luck (no tied and, the best for them – big difference of goals in Uruguay vs. Mexico match – no matter who wins)

I personaly think France will not be qualified and they do not go out the group stage of 2010 World Cup, but … we will see tomorow. When does France vs. South Africa match starts? The match will be played June 22,2010 at 16:00 (South Africa Time Zone UTC+2) in Bloemfontein.

See also: MUNDIAL match results, 2010 FIFA Schedule

FIFA Current Group Ranking And Results To Print

June 20th, 2010

Yesterday printable version of FIFA World Cup match schedule has beed added to unitarium site and today we made printable version of FIFA World Cup Group Stage – Current Rankings and Results. It lists all mundial groups with their current team ranking and the results of finished matches. The page will be updated when next matches will be finished.

Group Stage of 2010 FIFA World Cup started June 11, 2010 and is supposed to be finished on June 25, 2010.

The teams placed first and second (shaded in green) qualified to the round of 16. For the World Cup tournament, FIFA uses the following criteria to rank teams in the Group Stage.

1.greatest number of points in all group matches;
2.goal difference in all group matches;
3.greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
4.greatest number of points in matches between tied teams;
5.goal difference in matches between tied teams;
6.greatest number of goals scored in matches between tied teams;
7.drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

You can easily change  font (e.g. Arial, Verdana, Courier, … ) and choose the background to be printed or not.  Note, font changing could change a little the size of the printed page.

Printable Version Of FIFA World Cup Match Schedule

June 19th, 2010

Couple of days ago we added to our site FIFA World Cup Match Schedule (calendar of all FIFA 2010 WCup matches with dates, places and results of the finished matches). Today, printable version of this calendar has been added to our site. It is here:

2010 FIFA World Cup Calendar Ready To Print

 

The schedule includes group stage, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and both final matches. It lists teams, day, month, time of the match, result (if the match is finished already) and the city where the match is played.

You can easily change printing font (e.g. Arial, Verdana, Courier, … ) and choose to print or not the background. Note, font changing could change a little the size of the calendar.

FIFA World Cup 2010 (MUNDIAL 2010)

June 18th, 2010

We celebrate soccer World Cup. Two pages have been added to our service.

FIFA World Cup in South Africa starts july 11. Match for the third place is scheduled on July 10 at 20:30 (South Africa time – UTC+2) and the final match will be played on July 11 (South Africa time – UTC+2) played july 11.

Simon Ammann 108m

February 13th, 2010

Simon Ammann won the gold Olympic Medal on HS106 ski jumping hill in Vancouver. He jumped 108m (118.1yd, 354.3ft). This is new hill record. Previous was set by Guido Landert and it was 105 meters (344.49ft)

1. Simon Ammann Swiss 105m (344.49ft) 135.5 108m (354.3ft) 141 276.50
2. Adam Małysz Poland 103.5m (339.57ft) 132.5 105m (344.49ft) 137 269.50
3. Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria 101.5m (333.01ft)128 106.5m (349.41) 140 268.00

Vancouver Sports Events Distances

February 9th, 2010

The tables below lists Vancouver sports events distances in kilometers, meters, miles, yards and feet. Click the link to go to length converter online and get more conversion units.

Vancouver Men’s Sports Distances Conversion Table

Event Kilometers Meters Miles Yards Feet
Biathlon
Relay 4×7.5km 4×7,500 4×4.66 4×8,202 4×24,606
Sprint 10km 10,000 6.21 10,936 32,808
Pursuit 12.5km 12,500 7.77 13,670 41,010
Mass Start 15km 15,000 9.32 16,404 49,212
Individual 20km 20,000 12.43 21,872 65,617
Cross-country skiing
Freestyle 15km 15,000 9.32 16,404 49,212
Pursuit 30km 30,000 18.64 32,808 98,425
Classical 50km 50,000 31.07 54,681 164,042
Relay 4×10km 4×10,000 4×6.21 4×10,936 4×32,808
Short Track
0.5km 500 0.31 547 1,640
1km 1,000 0.62 1,094 3,281
1.5km 1,500 0.93 1,640 4,921
5km 5,000 3.11 5,468 16,404
Speed Skating
0.5km 500 0.31 547 1,640
1km 1,000 0.62 1,094 3,281
1.5km 1,500 0.93 1,640 4,921
5km 5,000 3.11 5,468 16,404
10km 10,000 6.21 10,936 32,808

Vancouver Womens’s Sports Distances Conversion Table

Event Kilometers Meters Miles Yards Feet
Biathlon
Relay 4×6 km 4×6000 4×3.73 4×6,562 4×19,685
Sprint 7.5 km 7,500 4.66 8,202 24,606
Pursuit 10 km 10,000 6.21 10,936 32,808
Mass Start 12.5 km 12,500 7.77 13,670 41,010
Individual 15 km 15,000 9.32 16,404 49,212
Cross-country skiing
Freestyle 10 km 10,000 6.21 10,936 32,808
Pursuit 15 km 15,000 9.32 16,404 49,212
Classical 30 km 30,000 18.64 32,808 98,425
Relay 4×5 km 4×5,000 4×3.11 4×5,468 4×16,404
Short Track
0.5 km 500 0.31 547 1,640
1 km 1,000 0.62 1,094 3,281
1.5 km 1,500 0.93 1,640 4,921
3 km 3,000 1.86 3281 9843
Speed Skating
0.5 km 500 0.31 547 1,640
1 km 1,000 0.62 1,094 3,281
1.5 km 1,500 0.93 1,640 4,921
3 km 3,000 1.86 3281 9843
5 km 5,000 3.11 5,468 16,404

Tools: Distance Conversion Online