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Background
- 4.5 qualifying berths - 43 nations - Laos, Brunei and Philippines will not attempt to qualify - First time Timor-Leste has competed - Australia is now a part of the AFC, used to be part of Oceania (I feel that they might have shot themselves in the foot on this one) Seedings - Based on how far a team progressed during the previous World Cup campaign - Ranked 1–5 get a bye from the first two knockout stages and are entered into the third round group stage - Ranked 6–43 enter at the first round with teams ranked from 6–24 drawn against teams ranked from 25–43 - Of the first round winners, the eight lowest remaining seeds go on to play the second round. The other teams get a bye to the third round group stage First Round Home and Away fixtures Pakistan 0–7 Iraq Uzbekistan 11–0 Chinese Taipei Thailand 13–2 Macau Sri Lanka 0–6 Qatar China PR 11–0 Burma Myanmar Bhutan - Kuwait (Bhutan withdrew from the matchup, Kuwait awarded the win) Kyrgyzstan 2–2 (5-6p) Jordan Vietnam 0–6 United Arab Emirates Bahrain 4–1 Malaysia Timor-Leste 3–11 Hong Kong Syria 5–1 Afghanistan Yemen 3–2 Maldives Bangladesh 1–6Tajikistan Mongolia 2–9 Korea DPR Oman 4–0 Nepal Palestine 0–7 Singapore Lebanon 6–3 India Cambodia 1–5 Turkmenistan Guam - Indonesia (Guam withdrew from the matchup, Indonesia awarded the win) Second Round Home and Away fixtures Hong Kong 0–3 Turkmenistan Indonesia 1–11 Syria Singapore 3–1 Tajikistan Yemen 1–2 Thailand Third Round Seeding - 20 teams were drawn into five groups of four teams at the main group draw Group 1: Australia, China PR, Iraq, Qatar Group 2: Japan, Bahrain, Oman, Thailand Group 3: Korea Republic, Korea DPR, Jordan, Turkmenistan Group 4: Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Singapore Group 5: United Arab Emirates, Iran, Syria, Kuwait Winners and runners-up in each group will advance to the final group stage. Fourth Round - 2 groups of 5 teams. The teams in each group play each other twice, home and away. - Top 2 teams in each group will qualify for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa. Match days: The broad match schedule for this stage is: 1. 6 September 2008 2. 10 September 2008 3. 15 October 2008 4. 19 November 2008 5. 11 February 2009 6. 28 March 2009 7. 1 April 2009 8. 6 June 2009 9. 10 June 2009 10. 17 June 2009 Playoffs - Teams finishing 3rd in the fourth round groups play each other for 5th place overall - Winner will be the team with the highest aggregate score over two legs Match days: 10 October 2009 14 October 2009 - Winner will play the winner of the OFC qualification in a home and away fixture - Winner will qualify for the 2010 World Cup Match days: 14 November 2009 21 November 2009 |
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Last edited by papa5murf on Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:57 pm; edited 5 times in total
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Matchday 1
Group 1 Australia 3 - 0 Qatar Iraq 1 - 1 China Group 2 Japan 4 - 1 Thailand Oman 0 - 1 Bahrain Group 3 Jordan 0 - 1 North Korea South Korea 4 - 0 Turkmenistan Group 4 Lebanon 0 - 1 Uzbekistan Saudi Arabia 2 - 0 Singapore Group 5 Iran 0 - 0 Syria United Arab Emirates 2 - 0 Kuwait |
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Last edited by papa5murf on Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:13 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Big win for Australia and good to see Iraq and China draw.
If you can somehow see highlights of the Japan - Thai game you will be treated to two absolutely brilliant goals. One a freekick and one out of nothing, about 25 yards out. |
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That is some scoring in the first round
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 Well look at some of the countries that were playing. A group of football players on this forum put together to make a team could probably beat a couple of them. hehe. I'm sure many people on this forum don't even know half of the countries listed in the first round. |
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Well those are "home and away" results. so you can half them.
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China PR 11–0 Burma Myanmar 6-0 5-0 Would still be big scoring |
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Matchday 2
Group 1 Qatar 2 - 0 Iraq China 0 - 0 Australia Group 2 Thailand 0 - 1 Oman Bahrain 1 - 0 Japan Group 3 Korea DPR 0 - 0 South Korea Turkmenistan 0 - 2 Jordan Group 4 Uzbekistan 3 - 0 Saudi Arabia Singapore 2 - 0 Lebanon Group 5 Syria 1 - 1 United Arab Emirates Kuwait 2 - 2 Iran |
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Matchday 3
Group 1 Australia 1- 0 Iraq Qatar 0 - 0 China PR Group 2 Japan 3 - 0 Oman Thailand 2 - 3 Bahrain Group 3 Korea Republic 2- 2 Jordan Turkmenistan 0 - 0 Korea DPR Group 4 Singapore 3 - 7 Uzbekistan Saudi Arabia 4 - 1 Lebanon Group 5 Iran 0 - 0 United Arab Emirates Syria 1 - 0 Kuwait |
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I seen australia's goal, was a great move. Things are looking good for them so far
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Matchday 4
Group 1 China PR 0 – 1 Qatar Iraq 1 – 0 Australia Group 2 Oman 1 – 1 Japan Bahrain 1 – 1 Thailand Group 3 Korea DPR 1 – 0 Turkmenistan Jordan 0 – 1 Korea Republic Group 4 Uzbekistan 1 – 0 Singapore Lebanon 1 – 2 Saudi Arabia Group 5 United Arab Emirates 0 – 1 Iran Kuwait 4 – 2 Syria |
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i know more countries from this continent than i do from africa i reckon. i've just looked at their first round :shcok: |
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Matchday 5
Group 1 China PR 1 – 2 Iraq Qatar 1 – 3 Australia Group 2 Thailand 0 – 3 Japan Bahrain 1 – 1 Oman Group 3 Korea DPR 2 – 0 Jordan Turkmenistan 1 – 3 Korea Republic Group 4 Singapore 0 – 2 Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan 3 – 0 Lebanon Group 5 Syria 0 – 2 Iran Kuwait 2 – 3 United Arab Emirates |
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Current Nations already qualified for the Fourth Round with one matchday remaining.
Australia (Group 1) Bahrain (Group 2) Japan (Group 2) Korea Republic (Group 3) Korea DPR (Group 3) Uzbekistan (Group 4) Saudi Arabia (Group 4) Iran (Group 5) 2 spots left for the fourth round. Important match: Group 1 22 June Iraq v Qatar ***** Qatar must win to advance. Iraq can advance with a win or draw. Group 5 22 June United Arab Emirates v Syria ***** Syria must win by 3 or more goals to advance. |
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Last edited by papa5murf on Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:28 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Iraq can actually go on to the final qualifying phase if they pull a win against Qatar. Looking good for the Asian champions after Fifa lifted the ban.
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Iraq can advance with a draw as well, as they have the advantage in GD. |
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Yeah didn't think of it that way, but hopefully Qatar won't thrash them like they did in their first match. They really need to qualify for the World Cup |
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Was a good performance by Australia in the heat.
Emerton scored two and Kewell scored one, with another one being ruled out. Great to have the group qualification wrapped up with a game to spare. China at home in a week or two to finish the first group phase. |
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Matchday 6
Group 1 Australia 0 – 1 China China PR Iraq 0 – 1 Qatar Group 2 Japan 1 – 0 Bahrain Oman 2 – 1 Thailand Group 3 Korea Republic 0 – 0 Korea DPR Jordan 2 – 0 Turkmenistan Group 4 Lebanon 1 – 2 Singapore Saudi Arabia 4 – 0 Uzbekistan Group 5 Iran 2 – 0 Kuwait United Arab Emirates 1 – 3 Syria |
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Yea i saw the Australia-China highlights on SSN, Brent won't be happy
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