BBC World Cup forecasts

[Jimothy]

The BBC have asked football "experts" from around the world to place the top four teams in the World Cup in order they think they'll finish.

Overall Spain came out on top, Brazil were the losing finalist. Argentina came third and England fourth.

The full list of prediction makes interesting reading though

Daniel Amokachi Assistant manager Nigeria

1 Nigeria 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 England

Vitor Baia Former Portugal goalkeeper

1 Brazil 2 Spain 3 Portugal 4 Argentina

Guillem Balague Spanish football journalist

1 Argentina 2 Spain 3 Brazil 4 England.

Paul Chapman Journalist covering German football

1 Brazil 2 Argentina 3 Spain 4 England

Ronald de Boer Ex-Netherlands midfielder

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 England 4 Italy

Papa Bouba Diop Senegal and Portsmouth midfielder

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 Ivory Coast

Susy Campanale Calcio Italia magazine

1 Argentina 2 Brazil 3 England 4 Cameroon

Juan Casto Nogales International writer, Marca, Spain

1 Spain 2 Argentina 3 Brazil 4 Germany

Michael Church Asia correspondent, World Soccer magazine

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 England 4 Argentina

Lee Dixon BBC pundit and former England and Arsenal defender

1 Brazil 2 Spain 3 Argentina 4 Netherlands

Jed Drake Senior vice president, ESPN

1 Netherlands 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 England

Piers Edwards BBC African football blogger

1 Brazil 2 Argentina 3 Netherlands 4 England.

Dr Ceri Evans Ex-New Zealand captain & Oxford United defender

1 Argentina 2 Spain 3 Brazil 4 Italy

Josep Fuste 1964 European Championship winner with Spain

1 Spain 2 England 3 Brazil 4 Italy

Giancarlo Galavotti La Gazzetta dello Sport

1 Brazil 2 Argentina 3 Germany 4 England

Neil Greig Kick Off magazine, South Africa

1 Brazil 2 Netherlands 3 Spain 4 England

Alan Hansen BBC pundit and former Scotland defender

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 England 4 Argentina

Paul Hansford Editor in chief, Four Four Two, Australia

1 Brazil 2 Spain 3 Argentina 4 Netherlands

Brede Hangeland Norway captain and Fulham defender

1 Spain 2 England 3 Brazil 4 Argentina

Hardy Hasselbruch Editor, Kicker magazine, Germany

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 Germany

Ray Houghton Former Republic of Ireland midfielder

1 Brazil 2 Argentina 3 Germany 4 Italy

Sir Geoff Hurst England's 1966 World Cup hat-trick hero

1 Brazil 2 Spain 3 Netherlands 4 England

Paul Kennedy Soccer America magazine

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 Mexico

Hans Krankl Former Austria striker

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 England

Gonzalo Larrea Football journalist, Diario Deportivo, Uruguay

1 Brazil 2 Spain 3 Argentina 4 England

Henrik Larsson Ex-Sweden, Barcelona and Celtic striker

1 Spain 2 England 3 Brazil 4 Netherlands

Grzegorz Lato Poland's 1974 World Cup top scorer

1 Brazil 2 Argentina 3 Spain 4 Germany.

Min Joo Lee Seoul Broadcasting System, South Korea

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 England

Patrick Mboma Cameroon's second highest scorer

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 Ivory Coast

Vicente Miera Former Spain manager and defender

1 Spain 2 England 3 Brazil 4 Italy

Phil McNulty Chief football writer, BBC Sport website

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 England 4 Argentina.

Danny Mills Former England defender

1 Argentina 2 Spain 3 Germany 4 Brazil

Phil Minshull European football blogger, BBC

1 Brazil 2 Germany 3 Spain 4 England

Antonio Morales Journalist, Azteca Deportes, Mexico

1 Argentina 2 Brazil 3 Italy 4 Mexico.

Dave Morgan Executive Editor, Yahoo, North America

1 Brazil 2 Argentina 3 Spain 4 Netherlands

John MotsonBBC TV commentator

1 Argentina 2 England 3 Italy 4 Brazil

John Murray BBC 5 live commentator

1 Brazil 2 Spain 3 Argentina 4 England

Jan Olsson Former Sweden full-back

1 England 2 Germany 3 Ivory Coast 4 Brazil

Gary Parkinson Editor Four Four Two website

1 Brazil 2 Argentina 3 Spain 4 England

Ary Pereira Jr Sports Editor, Radio Eldorado, Brazil

1 Argentina 2 Brazil 3 Netherlands 4 England

Toni Polster Austria's all-time leading scorer

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 England 4 Argentina

Tony Pulis Stoke City manager

1 Brazil 2 Spain 3 England 4 Germany

Ronald Reng German sports journalist, author

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Chile 4 England

Roberto Rivelino Former Brazil playmaker

1 Brazil 2 Italy 3 Argentina 4 Germany

Xavier Rivoire France Football magazine

1 Spain 2 Netherlands 3 Ghana 4 New Zealand

Mark Schwimmer Broadcaster ARD, Germany

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 England 4 Germany

Bojan Sec Contributor, Sport Den za Dnem, Russia

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 England 4 Netherlands

Alan Shearer BBC TV pundit and former England striker

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 England

Martin Skrtel Slovakia and Liverpool defender

1 Spain 2 England 3 Germany 4 France

Socrates Former Brazil midfielder

1 England 2 Spain 3 Brazil 4 Netherlands

Edwin Struis Nu Sport, Dutch soccer magazine

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Germany 4 England

Edward Stuk TSR TV, Switzerland

1 England 2 Spain 3 Ivory Coast 4 Uruguay

Geoff Thomas Former England midfielder

1 England 2 Brazil 3 Portugal 4 Argentina

Tim Vickery South American reporter, BBC

1 Brazil 2 Spain 3 Argentina 4 England

Chris Waddle Former England winger

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Serbia 4 Netherlands

George Weah Former Liberia striker

1 Brazil 2 Ivory Coast 3 Ghana 4 USA

Vladimir Weiss Manchester City's Slovakia winger

1 Spain 2 Brazil 3 Argentina 4 England

Mario Zagallo Brazil World Cup winner

1 Brazil 2 Italy 3 Argentina 4 Spain

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Daniel Amokachi has clearly been smoking something he shouldn't. And so has George Weah. But Xavier Rivoire of France Football magazine, putting New Zealand in fourth!!

[hairy]

Just been listening to Motson and Murry on 5Live. They both said Spain to win and Brazil runners up. Must have changed their minds