World cup 2010 news

We knew going in that the World Cup preliminary squad announcements this past Tuesday would be a bit messy. The various squads were announced by various media outlets, and things weren’t exactly uniform. As a result there’s some conflicting information out there. Especially because not all coaches played by the same rules.

Some, like Fabio Capello, announced a list of 30. Others, like Dunga, first announced a list of 23, and then announced a further seven names. But that’s really just Dunga being confident (and/or sticking it to Roaldinho). The Brazil coach’s official list that’s been submitted to FIFA is 30 names long. For all intents and purposes, the list of 23 is just in Dunga’s head.

We’ve assembled as much accurate information as possible on our World Cup squad page, and we’ll be doing our best to update that information whenever anything changes. But even we have to hold our hands up and say that the only official source of information here is FIFA. Fortunately, football’s governing body has made the actual list of preliminary rosters available as a PDF.

Interestingly, FIFA lay out in the document exactly how many players each team actually named to their preliminary roster. Dunga really did submit 30, as did mos teams. But – for some reason – five teams did not. Here’s a list of the super-confident teams who submitted a list of less than 30 players:

Germany – 27. I think Jogi Löw did that just to underline to Kevin Kuranyi how little he was wanted.
Mexico – 26. The deal was: 16 domestic based players, 10 European based players.
Slovakia – 29. Because 30 was one too many?
Uruguay – 26. Because Forlan’s collection of hairbands took up four places?
North Korea – 23. I have no idea. Maybe they didn’t know you could submit 30? Or maybe they’re just feeling confident because it’s probably going to be reported that they won the whole thing anyway?

Also according to FIFA: Deadline for final 23 man squad is June 1st at 24:00 hours Central European Time. I know 24:00 hours doesn’t exist, and so do they, but it’s probably the only way to say midnight without people getting confused about which day you mean.

Final list of 23 is limited to players named in the 30. Injured players can be replaced up to 24 hours before the team’s first World Cup match, and replacements for injured players do not have to come from the original list of 30. Which is good news for North Korea, eh?

We knew going in that the World Cup preliminary squad announcements this past Tuesday would be a bit messy. The various squads were announced by various media outlets, and things weren’t exactly uniform. As a result there’s some conflicting information out there. Especially because not all coaches played by the same rules.

Some, like Fabio Capello, announced a list of 30. Others, like Dunga, first announced a list of 23, and then announced a further seven names. But that’s really just Dunga being confident (and/or sticking it to Roaldinho). The Brazil coach’s official list that’s been submitted to FIFA is 30 names long. For all intents and purposes, the list of 23 is just in Dunga’s head.

We’ve assembled as much accurate information as possible on our World Cup squad page, and we’ll be doing our best to update that information whenever anything changes. But even we have to hold our hands up and say that the only official source of information here is FIFA. Fortunately, football’s governing body has made the actual list of preliminary rosters available as a PDF.

Interestingly, FIFA lay out in the document exactly how many players each team actually named to their preliminary roster. Dunga really did submit 30, as did mos teams. But – for some reason – five teams did not. Here’s a list of the super-confident teams who submitted a list of less than 30 players:

Germany – 27. I think Jogi Löw did that just to underline to Kevin Kuranyi how little he was wanted.
Mexico – 26. The deal was: 16 domestic based players, 10 European based players.
Slovakia – 29. Because 30 was one too many?
Uruguay – 26. Because Forlan’s collection of hairbands took up four places?
North Korea – 23. I have no idea. Maybe they didn’t know you could submit 30? Or maybe they’re just feeling confident because it’s probably going to be reported that they won the whole thing anyway?

Also according to FIFA: Deadline for final 23 man squad is June 1st at 24:00 hours Central European Time. I know 24:00 hours doesn’t exist, and so do they, but it’s probably the only way to say midnight without people getting confused about which day you mean.

Final list of 23 is limited to players named in the 30. Injured players can be replaced up to 24 hours before the team’s first World Cup match, and replacements for injured players do not have to come from the original list of 30. Which is good news for North Korea, eh?

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