2008 European Cup

[Bon_Mot]

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The tournament is less than a month away!  Here are the groups:

Group A: Czech Republic • Portugal • Switzerland • Turkey

Group B: Austria • Croatia • Germany • Poland

Group C: France • Italy • Netherlands • Romania

Group D: Greece • Russia • Spain • Sweden

In the knock-out stage, the Group A winner will play the Group B runner up and the Group B winner will play the Group A runner up, and then the winner of those two games will play each other in the semi's.  Groups C and D will follow the same format.

Since Greece was the 2004 winner, it's hard to go with one of the usual suspects, but here's my picks

Group A

Winner - Portugal    Runner up - Czech Rep

Group B

W - Germany    R - Poland

Group C (The Group of Death!)

W - Italy    R - Holland

Group D

W - Spain    R - Sweden

Portugal over Poland, and Germany over the Czech Republic in the A&B quarters.  And Holland over  Spain (upset special!) and Italy over Sweden in the C&D quarter finals.

Germany beats Portugal and Italy beats Holland in the semi's.

And Germany lifts the hard ware...

...wait now I like Spain!

[Bon_Mot]

EURO 2008 SCHEDULE:

Group A

June 7 in Basel

Switzerland vs. Czech Republic

ESPN Classic, ESPN Deportes, 11:50 am

June 7 in Geneva

Portugal vs. Turkey

ESPN Classic, ESPN Deportes, 2: 30 pm

June 11 in Basel

Switzerland vs. Turkey

ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, 2:30 pm

June 7 in Geneva

Czech Republic vs. Portugal

ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, 11:50 am

June 15 in Basel

Switzerland vs. Portugal

ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, 2:30 pm

June 15 in Geneva

Turkey vs. Czech Republic

ESPN Classic, 2:30 pm, ESPN Deportes, 5 pm

Group B

June 8 in Vienna

Austria vs. Croatia

ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, 11:50 am

June 8 in Klagenfurt

Germany vs. Poland

ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, 2:30 pm

June 12 in Klagenfurt

Croatia vs. Germany

ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, 11:50 am

June 12 in Vienna

Austria vs. Poland

ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, 2:30 pm

June 16 in Klagenfurt

Poland vs. Croatia

ESPN Classic, 2:30 pm, ESPN Deportes, 5 pm

June 16 Vienna

Austria vs. Germany

ESPN, ESPN Deportes, 2:30 pm

Group CJune 9 in Zurich

Romania vs. France

ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, 11:50 am

June 9 in Berne

Netherlands vs. Italy

ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, 2:30 pm

June 13 in Zurich

Italy vs. Romania

ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, 11:50 am

June 13 in Berne

Netherlands vs. France

ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, 2:30 pm

June 17 in Zurich

France vs. Italy

ESPN, ESPN Deportes, 2:30 pm

June 17 in Berne

Netherlands vs. Romania

ESPN Classic, 2:30 pm, ESPN Deportes, 5 pm

Group D

June 10 in Innsbruck

Greece vs. Sweden

ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, 2:30 pm

June 10 in Salzburg

Spain vs. Russia

ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, 11:50 am

June 14 in Innsbruck

Greece vs. Russia

ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, 2:30 pm

June 14 in Salzburg

Sweden vs. Spain

ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, 11:50 am

June 18 in Salzburg

Greece vs. Spain

ESPN, ESPN Deportes, 2:30 pm

June 18 in Innsbruck

Russia vs. Sweden

ESPN2, 2:30 pm, ESPN Deportes, 7 pm

Quarterfinals

June in 19 Basel

1. Winner Group A vs. Runner-up Group B

ESPN, ESPN Deportes, 2:30 pm

June 20 Vienna

2. Winner Group B vs. Runner-up Group A

ESPN, ESPN Deportes, 2:30 pm

June 21 Basel

3. Winner Group C vs. Runner-up Group D

ABC, 2:30 pm

June 22 Vienna

4. Winner Group D vs. Runner-up Group C

ESPN, ESPN Deportes, 2:55 pm

Semifinals

June 25 Basel

1. Winner QF 1 vs. Winner QF 2

ESPN, ESPN Deportes, 2:30 pm

June 26 Vienna

2. Winner QF 3 vs. Winner QF 4

ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, 2:30 pm

Final

June 29 in Vienna

Winner SF 1 vs. Winner SF 2

ABC, 2:30 pm

[RonBurgundy68]

Group A: Czech Republic • Portugal • Switzerland • Turkey

Group B: Austria • Croatia • Germany • Poland

Group C: France • Italy • Netherlands • Romania

Group D: Greece • Russia • Spain • Sweden

Quarterfinals

Czech Republic vs Poland

Germany vs Portugal

Italy vs Greece

France vs Spain

Semi's

Czech Republic vs Germany

Italy vs Spain

FINAL

Germany 2-1 Spain

[RonBurgundy68]

Also kind of hard not seeing England in there... Oh well though, you snooze you lose!

[SFA]

Not sure how you can pick Poland to advance.  Are they not one of the few European teams that can't beat the U.S. on their home soil?

[RonBurgundy68]

Not sure how you can pick Poland to advance.  Are they not one of the few European teams that can't beat the U.S. on their home soil?

Besides getting beat by the U.S., Poland has been getting alot of great results...

[Bon_Mot]

Poland actually finished ahead of Portugal in group play leading up to the tournament.

I'm glad I'm off this June so I can catch all of the games!  I've got my 2 1/5 year old watching soccer with me already (I've got him calling it football with a British accent.)  Now I gotta work on getting my 1 year old to understand that he needs stay out of trouble from 11:00 to 4:00 every day, my life will be easier this summer.

[RonBurgundy68]

Poland actually finished ahead of Portugal in group play leading up to the tournament.

I'm glad I'm off this June so I can catch all of the games!  I've got my 2 1/5 year old watching soccer with me already (I've got him calling it football with a British accent.)  Now I gotta work on getting my 1 year old to understand that he needs stay out of trouble from 11:00 to 4:00 every day, my life will be easier this summer.

Haha, not gunna lie that was the funniest thing I've seen all day...

[Bon_Mot]

Haha, not gunna lie that was the funniest thing I've seen all day...

The wife works for CPS, so I'm well-aware of the term "neglectful supervision" and all, but I'm just saying that if he finds himself in a bind in a crucial part of meaningful game, he might be on his own for a while...

[Bon_Mot]

EURO '08 Pick 'Em

Group name "Texas Soccer"

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EURO '08 Fantasy League

Group name: "Texas Soccer"

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