What do you think of the Confederations Cup?

I rather like it, mainly because it livens up and otherwise empty and boring summer in which there is a drought of good sport until the Lions tour comes on.

It may seem like a Mickey Mouse tournament, which is just a money-spinner for FIFA, but that it son,y because it is still in its infancy - people probably thought the same about the World Cup and European Championships when they were first devised, but look at them now.

It is a dummy run for the World Cup to see if he country can host such a large tournament, and Brazil, despite the civil unrest in its cities, is actually doing a pretty good job. 4 years ago, any problems which South Africa experienced, were ironed out before their World Cup which I think ran very successfully. It also brings money into a developing country which I think rather deserves it.

Another thing I like is that the negativity surrounding fixture congestion may actually prove to be a plus point. Teams are taking shadow and skeleton squads to the Confederations Cup, resting senior players and playing reserves and youth team members, and this gives up and coming players an opportunity to shine which they may not otherwise have had.

And this year, it involves Brazil, Spain, Nigeria, Mexico and Uruguay who could all stake a claim on winning, so the competition is actually a lot more intense than it has been before.

Plus there is the added romanticism of Tahiti taking part.

Hello,

Knockout soccer is something that I enjoy watching most on television. I am loving it so far. The matches will only get more enthralling from here. It was kind of sad watching the Tahiti vs Nigeria game yesterday. I hope Tahiti somehow manage to keep the scoreline respectable when they play Spain. I hope for either Italy or Uruguay to win the cup.

As there isn't any other competition to watch at the moment, it makes a nice interlude until the premiership season resumes.

The FIFA Confederations Cup is an association football tournament for national teams, currently held every four years. The competition is organised by FIFA. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships (CAF, CONMEBOL, UEFA, AFC, OFC, CONCACAF), along with the FIFA World Cup winner and the host country, to bring the number of teams up to eight.

The tournament was originally organised by and held in Saudi Arabia and called the King Fahd Cup (or Intercontinental Championship), contested in 1992 and 1995 by the Saudi national side and some continental champions. In 1997, FIFA took over the organization of the tournament, named it the FIFA Confederations Cup and staged the competition every two years.

Since 2005, it is held every four years, in the year prior to each World Cup in the host country of the forthcoming World Cup. Considered a dress-rehearsal for the World Cup it precedes, it uses around half of the stadia intended for use at the following year's World Cup and gives the host nation, who qualifies for that tournament automatically, a vital taste of competitive football during two years of friendlies. At the same time, participation was made optional for the South American and European champions.

When the World champion is also winner of its confederation championship, then the World Cup runner-up also enters the Confederations Cup, ensuring eight teams for the tournament. In the 2005 tournament, however, Brazil, as World champion, and World Cup runner-up Germany, as host, had qualified. When Brazil also won the Copa América, the vacant eighth spot was awarded to Argentina, runner-up in the Copa América.

The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, because of World War II.

The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month – this phase is often called the World Cup Finals. A qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s). The World Cup is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 fina

I think it's a nice competition, I definitely enjoy watching it especially after the football season has finished.

Nice tournament... Not so often we get to watch international matches so im trying to watch as many games as possible.

Spain going to win.