FIFA World Cup 2014: Will Ecuador make it 6 out of 6 for South America?

Group E

1. France 6

2. Ecuador 3

3. Switzerland 3

4. Honduras 0

Last matches: Honduras – Switzerland, Ecuador – France

The French team will qualify to the next round if the team a) doesn’t lose the match against Ecuador, b) loses to Ecuador, but Switzerland doesn’t win in the parallel match. If France loses, and Switzerland wins, three teams will have 6 points. The team with the worst goal difference will leave the tournament. Currently France is the leader with a goal difference of +6, Ecuador has got 0, and Switzerland has got -2. So France will leave the tournament
, if Ecuador and Switzerland win by a margin of at least 4 goals. An example of a scenario in which France leaves the World Cup: Ecuador – France 4-0, Honduras – Switzerland 1-5.

Ecuador will qualify to the next round, a) if the team defeats France by a margin of at least 4 goals, b) if the team defeats France by a smaller margin, then Switzerland’s victory has to be a minimal, too. En example: Ecuador – France 1-0, Honduras – Switzerland 0-1 (or 0-2), c) if the team doesn’t lose to France, and Switzerland fails to defeat Honduras, d) if the team loses to France, and Honduras defeats Switzerland. Three teams will have 3 points, so the team with the best goal difference will qualify. Current goal differences: Ecuador 0, Switzerland -2, Honduras -4.

Switzerland will qualify to the next round, a) if the team wins over Honduras, and Ecuador fails to win, b) if the team wins over Honduras, and Ecuador wins over France. The team with the worst goal difference will leave the tournament. Currently France is the leader with a goal difference of +6, Ecuador has got 0, and Switzerland has got -2. Switzerland will need a victory with a difference of at least 3 goals, if Ecuador wins minimally, c) if the team wins over Honduras, while Ecuador fails to win, d) if the team ties, and Ecuador loses, e) if both Switzerland and Ecuador lose. Three teams will have 3 points, so the team with the best goal difference will qualify. Current goal differences: Ecuador 0, Switzerland -2, Honduras -4. So for Switzerland to qualify, Ecuador needs to lose by a margin of at least 3 goals, if Honduras wins minimally.

           

Honduras will qualify only if the team defeats Switzerland by at least two goals. Meanwhile Ecuador will have to lose to France by at least three goals.