Soccer: FIFA hints Ireland for Group 2 in World Cup 2002

Ireland could be set to join a host of top teams in the 2nd group of seeds ahead of Saturday weeks draw for the World Cup Finals in Japan and Korea.

Tue, 20 Nov, 2001 - 11:02

Ireland could be set to join a host of top teams in the 2nd group of seeds ahead of Saturday weeks draw for the World Cup Finals in Japan and Korea.

That’s if, as FIFA have broadly hinted, the same ranking system that was used for World Cup France ’98 is applied this time round.

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