patdymond Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I am trying to find out where Canada will be playing out of? Does anyone know, or have a link to where I can get more information. I'd like to see as many Canada games live as possible since this kind of event may not come more than once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarrek Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Which teams have qualified for this tourney? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid-Tone Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 as far as europe goes: teams will be decided by july 23rd of this year at the UEFA U-19 championship. top 6 teams from that tourney (hosted by poland) make it to canada. pool a ___________pool b poland ___________ scotland austria ___________ portugal belgium ___________ spain czech rep._________ turkey the top three in each pool are here in Canada next summer. so we already know for sure a few of the potentially bigger draws from europe (italy. holland, france, england) have failed to qualify. i'm sure thats not exactly news the organizers were hoping for....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakwood Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 The only thing that's been determined to my knowledge is that Canada will be playing in Toronto on Canada Day, thats going to be the opening game too I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 quote:Originally posted by Acid-Tone i'm sure thats not exactly news the organizers were hoping for....... But, as I've posted before, it is precisely the news they should have been expecting. It is completely normal for the "bigger draws" not to qualify for this tournament, so the organizers should not have banked on (I'm not saying they did) them doing so. For example, considering only the examples you listed, England have participated in 7 of these tournaments, Italy and Netherlands in 4 and France in 3. For comparison, we have participated in 7. There have been 15 tournaments in total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeffery S. Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Come on, imagine Turkey plays Japan in Victoria. Many will have bought packages for the group stage, there will be kids out of course (as in all youth cups). Are you telling me they won't get 1500 to that game? If you look at attendances in Holland last time, many games were watched by 6-8,000 fans, that was considered acceptable for the bigger draws with local support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto7 Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Here is how the bigger countries fared in the qualifying rounds: Italy 1 Northern Ireland 4 Italy 0 Northern Ireland 0 Italy 2 Moldava 0 (Italy eliminated in the first round) France 2 Austria 0 France 3 San Marino 0 France 3 Wales 1 France 1 Scotland 1 France 0 Belarus 0 France 4 Bulgaria 0 (France eliminated in the second round) Netherlands 2 Germany 2 Netherlands 0 Belarus 0 Netherlands 2 Greece 3 (Netherlands eliminated in the first round) England 1 Belgium 2 England 2 Northern Ireland 1 Serbia Montenegro 1 England 0 (England eliminated in the second round-they had a bye in the first round) Portugal 5 Azerbaïdjan 1 Portugal 3 Luxemburg 0 Portugal 0 Russia 1 Portugal 0 Israel 1 Portugal 2 Croatia 1 Portugal 3 Macedonia 1 (Portugal advances to the final round) Germany 6 Belarus 2 Germany 3 Greece 2 Germany 2 Netherlands 2 Germany 6 Cyprus 0 Germany 2 Sweden 1 Spain 3 Germany 1 (Germany eliminated in the second round) Full details : http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/FixturesResults/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 quote:Originally posted by Jeffrey S. Come on, imagine Turkey plays Japan in Victoria. Many will have bought packages for the group stage, there will be kids out of course (as in all youth cups). Are you telling me they won't get 1500 to that game? If you look at attendances in Holland last time, many games were watched by 6-8,000 fans, that was considered acceptable for the bigger draws with local support. I don't know if you're responding to me, but I do agree with you. I think attendance will generally be fine (probably better than fine), even with just Canadian fans interested in the stature and international flavour of this tournament (eg. even in the 2002 U19 WWC there were some great attendances for games not involving Canada), never mind the ethnic crowd supporting their own teams. At the same time, I'm also anticipating someone, somewhere moaning about a lack of "big draws" (several posters here have already expressed concern, but from my point view, things are unfolding as expected). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivaldo Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Scotland advancing from their group ahead of France might be good for attendance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Agree Rivaldo. Unless France had been playing in MTL group it's a good thing for the competition. Scotland will get support pretty much in every canadian cities (maybe MTL can be the exception). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 There are Scots in Montreal. It's on our flag! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heepster Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 quote:Originally posted by patdymond I am trying to find out where Canada will be playing out of... http://www.canoe.ca/Slam/Soccer/2006/04/12/1532072-cp.html quote:Edmonton will host two of Canada's first-round games - the Canadian men's opening outing will be in Toronto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 quote:Originally posted by DJT I don't know if you're responding to me, but I do agree with you. I think attendance will generally be fine (probably better than fine), even with just Canadian fans interested in the stature and international flavour of this tournament (eg. even in the 2002 U19 WWC there were some great attendances for games not involving Canada), never mind the ethnic crowd supporting their own teams. At the same time, I'm also anticipating someone, somewhere moaning about a lack of "big draws" (several posters here have already expressed concern, but from my point view, things are unfolding as expected). Don't see the lack of draws in Edmonton to be a problem. Or in the west for that matter. Toronto, on the other hand..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 There was a lot of advertising for it at the Fan Festival in Montreal for the WC Final viewing. There was a huge ball, cards and a recurring ad on the giant screen. Supposedly, there will be 8 games in Montreal, 6 groups, 1 round of 16, one quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 quote:Originally posted by DoyleG Don't see the lack of draws in Edmonton to be a problem. Or in the west for that matter. Toronto, on the other hand..... Please shut up and get off your high horse. Edmonton drew 8k for a WORLD CUP QUALIFIER the last go-round. It is not the be-all and end-all of soccer cities in this country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 quote:Originally posted by Rudi Please shut up and get off your high horse. Edmonton drew 8k for a WORLD CUP QUALIFIER the last go-round. It is not the be-all and end-all of soccer cities in this country. Hey Kingston can outdraw Toronto for the same type of game. I say Kingston is a better soccer city than Toronto based on percentage of general population that actually pays to see games. Edmonton would also be father ahead in that wonderful statistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 quote:Originally posted by Rudi Please shut up and get off your high horse. Edmonton drew 8k for a WORLD CUP QUALIFIER the last go-round. It is not the be-all and end-all of soccer cities in this country. Hey Kingston can outdraw Toronto for the same type of game. I say Kingston is a better soccer city than Toronto based on percentage of general population that actually pays to see games. Edmonton would also be father ahead in that wonderful statistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 quote:Originally posted by G-Man Hey Kingston can outdraw Toronto for the same type of game. I say Kingston is a better soccer city than Toronto based on percentage of general population that actually pays to see games. Edmonton would also be father ahead in that wonderful statistic. Well I guess it's too bad that your opinion means jack****e in terms of where the games are going to be held. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 quote:Originally posted by Rudi Well I guess it's too bad that your opinion means jack****e. Fixed your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto7 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Martin Smith of Le Jounal de Montréal writes in today's paper that there will be an announcement on Monday as to which venue will be used in Montreal and according to his sources it will be.... ...the Claude Robillard Centre... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagum Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Will Canada play in the group A? I hope that my country can qualify to the WYC..... We were close to qualify to Holland....but like always at the end we were eliminated.....[xx(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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