Round of 16 Qualification Scenarios: Group H

June 24th, 2010 | by: admin | View Comments

This is the last in our series of posts about what each of the 32 World Cup teams need to make it through to the first knockout round. Last on our list is Group H, a group that most thought would be fairly straightforward, at least at the top. But when Switzerland beat Spain, that all changed. Now, almost anything could happen on the last day.

Group H is: Chile, Honduras, Spain and Switzerland

Remaining matches: Chile vs. Spain and Switzerland vs. Honduras

Chile

6 points from 2 matches, +2 goal difference
Chile wins the group with:
* Any win or draw with Spain (regardless of other result)

Chile qualifies in second place with:
* A loss to Spain combined with any Honduras win or Switzerland-Honduras draw
* A loss to Spain combined with a Swiss win that leaves Chile ahead of Switzerland on goal difference / tie-breakers.

Spain

3 points from 2 matches, +1 goal difference
Spain can win the group with:
* A win over Chile, combined with a Honduras win or draw in the other match.
( Spain beats Chile on tie-breakers with any win )
* A win over Chile, combined with a Switzerland win that leaves Spain above Switzerland on goal difference / tie-breakers.

Spain can qualify in second with:
* Any win over Chile (regardless of other result)
* A draw with Chile, combined with a Honduras win or draw in the other match.
* A loss to Chile, combined with a Honduras win that leaves Spain ahead of Honduras and Switzerland on goal difference / tie-breakers.

Switzerland

3 points from 2 matches, 0 goal difference
Switzerland can win the group with:
* A win over Honduras combined with a Spain win that leaves Switzerland ahead of Spain and Chile on goal difference / tie-breakers.

Switzerland can qualify in second with:
* A win over Honduras, combined with a draw or Chile win in the other match.
* A win over Honduras, combined with a Spain win that leaves Switzerland ahead of Chile on goal difference / tie-breakers.
* A draw with Honduras, combined with a Chile win over Spain.
* A loss to Honduras, combined with a Chile win over Spain that leaves Switzerland ahead of both Spain and Honduras on goal difference / tie-breakers.

Honduras

0 points from 2 matches, -3 goal difference
Honduras cannot win the group

Honduras can qualify second in the group with:
* A win over Switzerland, combined with a Chile win over Spain that leaves Honduras ahead of both Spain and Switzerland on goal difference / tie-breakers.