5.6.06

A Madness Descends

Once every four years, a madness grips the world in such a fervor that countries close down, enemies embrace and the world very nearly stops turning as collectively people across the world hold their breath. I'm not talking ofthe Olympics, no nothing nearly as pedestrian as that. I'm referring to that sporting event of all sporting events, the World Cup! This year, the event is being held in Germany, a place dear to my heart and only real-world woes & facts prevented my presence. I will have to content myself with watching the woeful coverage as presented by ESPN, ESPN2 & ABC (please may the football gods smile on us and let ESPN broadcast the finals!). I have put together a comprensive list of all the matches here for your use. I've also added in the network that will be televising that match in the U.S. So for your pleasure, knowledge & use, here is a table of some of the best football matches you're ever likely to see.

Wastrel On and Come On the Lions!

(oh, and an addendum now: I'm a programmer by trade and that does include web-design. So, by habit, I write well-structured, man-readable code (HTML in this case). This piece of shit's Blogger programmers have apparently decided that no one is as smart as they are so have added functions to their Publish procedure that inserts a <br /> every time it encounters a line break...even when you're in Edit HTML mode. Chrissus, this table has a lot of structured HTML in it, which means a lot of line-breaks. It just took me nearly three times as long to unstructure my HTML as it did to build the damn thing in the first place. My happy affair with blogger is currently not very happy.So, if you find yourself in a situation where blogger has inserted a shit load of space between your text & your table, it's because of this little feller right here...the innocuous <br />. You'll need to rewrite your code so that there are no line-breaks at all. Cheeky bastard)

Match #Date/Time
Group
NationvNationVenueTV
Match 1Jun 9 12:00 ET
A
GermanyvCosta RicaMunichESPN2
Match 2Jun 9 15:00 ET
A
PolandvEcuadorGelsenkirchenESPN2
Match 3Jun 10 09:00 ET
B
EnglandvParaguayFrankfurtABC
Match 4Jun 10 12:00 ET
B
Trinidad & TobagovSwedenDortmundABC
Match 5Jun 10 15:00 ET
C
ArgentinavIvory CoastHamburgESPN2
Match 6Jun 11 09:00 ET
C
Serbia & MontenegrovNetherlandsLeipzigESPN2
Match 7Jun 11 12:00 ET
D
MexicovIranNuremburgABC
Match 8Jun 11 15:00 ET
D
AngolavPortugalCologneESPN2
Match 9Jun 12 15:00 ET
E
ItalyvGhanaHanoverESPN2
Match 10Jun 12 12:00 ET
E
United StatesvCzech RepublicGelsenkirchenESPN2
Match 11Jun 13 15:00 ET
F
BrazilvCroatiaBerlinESPN2
Match 12Jun 12 09:00 ET
F
AustraliavJapanKaiserslauternESPN2
Match 13Jun 13 12:00 ET
G
FrancevSwitzerlandStuttgartESPN2
Match 14Jun 13 09:00 ET
G
South KoreavTogoFrankfurtESPN2
Match 15Jun 14 09:00 ET
H
SpainvUkraineLeipzigESPN2
Match 16Jun 14 12:00 ET
H
TunisiavSaudi ArabiaMunichESPN2
Match 17Jun 14 15:00 ET
A
GermanyvPolandDortmundESPN2
Match 18Jun 15 09:00 ET
A
EcuadorvCosta RicaHamburgESPN2
Match 19Jun 15 12:00 ET
B
EnglandvTrinidad & TobagoNuremburgESPN2
Match 20Jun 15 15:00 ET
B
SwedenvParaguayBerlinESPN
Match 21Jun 16 09:00 ET
C
ArgentinavSerbia & MontenegroGelsenkirchenESPN2
Match 22Jun 16 12:00 ET
C
NetherlandsvIvory CoastStuttgartESPN2
Match 23Jun 16 15:00 ET
D
MexicovAngolaHanoverESPN
Match 24Jun 17 09:00 ET
D
PortugalvIranFrankfurtESPN2
Match 25Jun 17 15:00 ET
E
ItalyvUnited StatesKaiserslauternABC
Match 26Jun 17 12:00 ET
E
GhanavCzech RepublicCologneABC
Match 27Jun 18 12:00 ET
F
BrazilvAustraliaMunichABC
Match 28Jun 18 09:00 ET
F
JapanvCroatiaNuremburgABC
Match 29Jun 18 15:00 ET
G
FrancevSouth KoreaLeipzigABC
Match 30Jun 19 09:00 ET
G
TogovSwitzerlandDortmundESPN2
Match 31Jun 19 15:00 ET
H
SpainvTunisiaStuttgartESPN2
Match 32Jun 19 12:00 ET
H
Saudi ArabiavUkraineHamburgESPN2
Match 33Jun 20 10:00 ET
A
EcuadorvGermanyBerlinESPN
Match 34Jun 20 10:00 ET
A
Costa RicavPolandHanoverESPN2
Match 35Jun 20 15:00 ET
B
SwedenvEnglandCologneESPN
Match 36Jun 20 15:00 ET
B
ParaguayvTrinidad & TobagoKaiserslauternESPN2
Match 37Jun 21 15:00 ET
C
NetherlandsvArgentinaFrankfurtESPN
Match 38Jun 21 15:00 ET
C
Ivory CoastvSerbia & MontenegroMunichESPN2
Match 39Jun 21 10:00 ET
D
PortugalvMexicoGelsenkirchenESPN
Match 40Jun 21 10:00 ET
D
IranvAngolaLeipzigESPN2
Match 41Jun 22 10:00 ET
E
Czech RepublicvItalyHamburgESPN2
Match 42Jun 22 10:00 ET
E
GhanavUnited StatesNuremburgESPN
Match 43Jun 22 15:00 ET
F
JapanvBrazilDortmundESPN
Match 44Jun 22 15:00 ET
F
CroatiavAustraliaStuttgartESPN2
Match 45Jun 23 15:00 ET
G
TogovFranceCologneESPN
Match 46Jun 23 15:00 ET
G
SwitzerlandvSouth KoreaHanoverESPN2
Match 47Jun 23 10:00 ET
H
Saudi ArabiavSpainKaiserslauternESPN
Match 48Jun 23 10:00 ET
H
UkrainevTunisiaBerlinESPN2
Match 49Jun 24 11:00 ET
1
Winner AvRunner-Up BMunichTBD
Match 50Jun 24 15:00 ET
2
Winner CvRunner-Up DLeipzigTBD
Match 51Jun 25 11:00 ET
3
Winner BvRunner-Up AStuttgartTBD
Match 52Jun 25 15:00 ET
4
Winner DvRunner-Up CNuremburgTBD
Match 53Jun 26 11:00 ET
5
Winner EvRunner-Up FKaiserslauternTBD
Match 54Jun 26 15:00 ET
6
Winner GvRunner-Up HCologneTBD
Match 55Jun 27 11:00 ET
7
Winner FvRunner-Up EDortmundTBD
Match 56Jun 27 15:00 ET
8
Winner HvRunner-Up GHanoverTBD
Match 57Jun 30 11:00 ET
I
Winner Match 1vWinner Match 2BerlinTBD
Match 58Jun 30 15:00 ET
II
Winner Match 5vWinner Match 6HamburgTBD
Match 59Jul 1 11:00 ET
III
Winner Match 3vWinner Match 4GelsenkirchenTBD
Match 60Jul 1 15:00 ET
IV
Winner Match 7vWinner Match 8FrankfurtTBD
Match 61Jul 4 15:00 ET
a
Winner Match IvWinner Match IIDortmundTBD
Match 62Jul 5 15:00 ET
b
Winner Match IIIvWinner Match IVMunichTBD
Match 63Jul 8 15:00 ET
Loser Match avLoser Match bStuttgartTBD
Match 64Jul 9 14:00 ET
Winner Match avWinner Match bBerlinTBD
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