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In the Eastern Conference, champions of the Atlantic, Northeast, andSoutheast divisions automatically reach the playoffs, and they will bejoined by the teams with the next five best records. It's the same inthe Western Conference; the five best non-division winners will advancealong with the champions of the Central, Northwest, and Pacificdivisions. In the second round, the highest advancing seeded faces the lowestremaining seed, with the two middle seeds squaring off. Inall rounds leading up to the Stanley Cup finals, between the winner ofthe Eastern Conference and the winner of the Western Conference, thehigher seed in a series always has home-ice advantage, which means thatteam hosts Gameand, and if necessaryand.

Teams receive two points adidas nmd shoes for a win, one for anovertime loss, and none for an outright loss). The Sharkshave a -point lead in the Pacific Division and a six-point lead overthe second best team in the West, the Detroit Red Wings. In the EasternConference, the Boston Bruins lead the way with an impressive --record. The Bruins own a seven-point advantage in the NortheastDivision and a four-point lead on the East's second best team, the NewYork Rangers. The Red Wings are the NHL's defending champions,as Detroit defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins four games to two in lastseason's final series. Looking to make a repeat appearance in theStanley Cup finals, Pittsburgh has a solid -record and wouldeasily qualify for the playoffs if the regular season ended today.

South Africa will be the host for theWorld Cup, which will bestaged in a variety of South African cities including Johannesburg,Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Pretoria, Durban, and Bloemfontein. Thetournament will begin on June,and conclude exactly one monthlater on July. Johannesburg, the country's largest city, will hostthe championship match in Soccer City Stadium, which is currentlyundergoing renovations to be new and improved in time for the World Cup. Although the big event is stillmonths away, a long and gruelingqualification process has already begun. South Africa automaticallyqualifies for the field ofteams, but theother spots are stillup for grabs. Qualifying matches began in August ofand willfinish in November of. The draw ceremony to place thefinalistsin groups will be held in December of.

Brazil, which won World Cups mostrecently inand, owns the most World Cup titles with five. Italy has four and Germany, thehost adidas ultra boost sale nation, has three. Italy iscurrently third in the FIFA rankings, while Brazil is fifth and Germanyis second. Spain is the top-ranked team, while the Netherlands is theother team in the Top. All five countries should be seriouscontenders in South Africa. The Titans began the season with a perfect record beforegetting clobbered at home by the New York Jets. They have bouncedback to win their last two games for an impressive mark, good fora two-game lead over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC. Ineach conference, four division winners qualify for the playoffs alongwith the two teams with the next-best records.