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Simon Hooper's World Cup Picks
Posted: Thursday May 30, 2002 7:30 PM
Simon Hooper is a World Sport producer for CNNSI.com.
Darkhorse Team: Cameroon
Predicted Top Scorer: Christian Vieri
FIRST ROUND (May 31-June 14)
Group A
1. France, 2. Denmark, 3. Senegal, 4. Uruguay
Group B
1. Spain, 2. Paraguay, 3. Slovenia, 4. South Africa
Group C
1. Brazil, 2. Turkey, 3. Costa Rica , 4. China
Group D
1. Portugal, 2. South Korea, 3. Poland, 4. U.S.
Group E
1. Ireland, 2. Cameroon, 3. Germany, 4. Saudi Arabia
Group F
1. Argentina, 2. England, 3. Sweden, 4. Nigeria
Group G
1. Italy, 2. Croatia, 3. Ecuador, 4. Mexico
Group H:
1. Japan, 2. Belgium, 3. Russia, 4. Tunisia
SECOND ROUND (June 15-18)
Single elimination
Paraguay (Runner-up B) d. Ireland (Winner E)
France (Winner A) d. England (Runner-up F)
Argentina (Winner F) d. Denmark (Runner-up A)
Spain (Winner B) d. Cameroon (Runner-up E)
Italy (Winner G) d. South Korea (Runner-up D)
Brazil (Winner C) d. Belgium (Runner-up H)
Japan (Winner H) d. Turkey (Runner-up C)
Portugal (Winner D) d. Croatia (Runner-up G)
QUARTERFINALS (June 21-22)
Brazil d. France
Italy d. Paraguay
Spain d. Portugal
Argentina d. Japan
SEMIFINALS (June 25-26)
Argentina d. Brazil
Italy d. Spain
THIRD-PLACE FINISHER (June 29)
Brazil d. Spain
FINALS (June 30)
Italy d. Argentina 2-1
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