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Tue Jun 24, 2014, 02:20 PM Jun 2014

Group C: Greece-Ivory Coast & Japan-Colombia





Advancement Scenarios:

– Colombia has already clinched a spot in the knockout round and has all but clinched first place in the group. It only needs a draw with Japan, or a loss and an Ivory Coast loss or draw, to clinch the top spot in the group. The only way it can fall out of first place is with a blowout loss to Japan combined with a blowout win by the Ivory Coast over Greece, which is unlikely.

– Ivory Coast will clinch a spot in the knockout round with a win over Greece, or a draw with Greece combined with a Colombia-Japan draw.

– Japan will clinch a spot in the knockout round with a win over Colombia combined with an Ivory Coast loss to Greece. Japan will also move on with a win of at least two goals over Colombia combined with an Ivory Coast-Greece draw.

– Greece will clinch a spot in the knockout round with a win over Ivory Coast combined with a Japan loss or draw against Colombia. Greece can also advance with a blowout win over Ivory Coast combined with a close Japan win over Colombia (for instance, it would advance with a 3-0 win over Ivory Coast combined with a 1-0 Japan win over Colombia, as it would win the goals-scored tiebreaker over Japan).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/soccer-insider/wp/2014/06/24/world-cup-advancement-scenarios-for-group-c-group-d
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