Tournament
Road to Berlin - Group F
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Jan 3, 2005, 19:09

F1 - Brazil
Group matches	Last 16	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final
Berlin	Dortmund	Frankfurt	Munich
Munich	Route as winners above, as runners-up below			Berlin
Dortmund	Kaiserslautern	Hamburg	Dortmund
Only the best stadia for this group!  But they're not very close together.  It's 370 miles from both Berlin and Dortmund down to Munich, and over 300 betwen Dortmund and the capital. With a further game in Dortmund if you go all the way, whether your team finishes the group first or second, the Ruhrgebiet's largest city has to be one potential base.  Munich (in the south east) and Berlin (way out east) are both options (you may end up seeing 2 games in each city) and exciting places, but they're not too practical in terms of geography.  Consider Frankfurt, too.  It's well placed geographically with good transport links.  If your team comes second in the group, Kaiserslautern would be only an hour away for the next game, and if your team win the group, you'd be on the spot for the quarter-final.

Where to stay
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F2 - Croatia
Group matches	Last 16	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final
Berlin	Dortmund	Frankfurt	Munich
Nuremberg	Route as winners above, as runners-up below			Berlin
Stuttgart	Kaiserslautern	Hamburg	Dortmund
A rare grouping of games, this one, in that you never return (until the final!) to any of the group-stage venues.  There is a southern Germany bias here, with Nuremberg and Stuttgart both in the south of the country, as are the later venues or Kaiserslautern and Munich, while Frankfurt too is nearer the south than it is the north. Stuttgart or Nuremberg are therefore the two most obvious bases to look at if this is your team.

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F3 - Australia
Group matches	Last 16	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final
Kaiserslautern	Dortmund	Frankfurt	Munich
Munich	Route as winners above, as runners-up below			Berlin
Stuttgart	Kaiserslautern	Hamburg	Dortmund
Another grouping of games with a southern bias, albeit you could be going up to the north west (Dortmund) or far north (Hamburg) if your team makes good progress.  Kaiserslautern (near the French border in the south west) and Stuttgart (in a slightly more central south western position) are 120 miles apart, while Stuttgart to Munich (in the south east) is 130 miles. Stuttgart makes a good base for the group stage.  After that, it's take your pick: you could be back for a second game in either Munich or Kaiserslautern.

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F4 - Japan
Group matches	Last 16	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final
Kaiserslautern	Dortmund	Frankfurt	Munich
Nuremberg	Route as winners above, as runners-up below			Berlin
Dortmund	Kaiserslautern	Hamburg	Dortmund
This grouping calls for a lot of travelling.  From Kaiserslautern in the south west it's over 210 miles to Dortmund (north west-ish) and 190 to Nuremberg in the south east, while it's 275 from Dortmund to Nuremberg. With the last 16 games back in Kaiserslautern and Dortmund, these look like the best places to base yourself if this is your team.

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Third-placed play-off: If you're bothered, it's in Stuttgart! Places you won't be going to! If your team is in group F, you won't be watching them in: Cologne Hanover  Leipzig

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