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Post by Panda on Sept 8, 2008 12:27:38 GMT 1
African 2nd round, Group 3: BENIN 3-2 ANGOLA NIGER 3-1 UGANDA Benin are through to the next round. Angola could be the first 2006 finalists to be eliminated. 1. Benin 5-12 (+5) 2. Angola 5-7 (+1) 3. Uganda 5-7 (-2) 4. Niger 5-3 (-4)
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Post by Panda on Sept 8, 2008 12:30:06 GMT 1
African 2nd round, Group 5: LESOTHO 0-3 GABON (played in South Africa) 1. Libya 5-12 (+4) 2. Gabon 5-9 (+4) 3. Ghana 5-9 (+3) 4. Lesotho 5-0 (-11)
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Post by Panda on Sept 8, 2008 12:32:42 GMT 1
African 2nd round, Group 7: MADAGASCAR 1-0 BOTSWANA MOZAMBIQUE 1-1 IVORY COAST 1. Ivory Coast 5-9 (+5) 2. Madagascar 5-6 (-2) 3. Mozambique 5-5 (+1) 4. Botswana 5-5 (-4)
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Post by Panda on Sept 8, 2008 12:34:55 GMT 1
African 2nd round, Group 10: CONGO 1-0 MALI 1. Mali 5-9 (+4) 2. Congo 5-9 (+1) 3. Chad 4-6 (-1) 4. Sudan 4-3 (-4)
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Post by Panda on Sept 8, 2008 12:36:46 GMT 1
African 2nd round, Group 12: DEMOCRATIC REP. OF CONGO 0-1 EGYPT 1. Egypt 5-12 (+7) 2. DR Congo 5-9 (+9) 3. Malawi 5-9 (+8) 4. Djibouti 5-0 (-24)
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Post by Panda on Sept 8, 2008 12:39:38 GMT 1
South America: CHILE 0-3 BRAZIL Brazil go 2nd with Robinho among the scorers. Both sides finished with 10 men. 1. Paraguay 7-14 (+8) 2. Brazil 7-12 (+7) 3. Argentina 7-12 (+6) 4. Uruguay 7-11 (+10) 5. Colombia 7-10 (+1) 6. Chile 7-10 (-3) 7. Ecuador 7-8 (-4) 8. Venezuela 7-7 (-2) 9. Peru 7-6 (-11) 10. Bolivia 7-4 (-12)
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Post by Panda on Sept 10, 2008 12:47:52 GMT 1
One game played last night. South America: PARAGUAY 2-0 VENEZUELA Paraguay extend their lead at the top to 5 points. 1. Paraguay 8-17 (+10) 2. Brazil 7-12 (+7) 3. Argentina 7-12 (+6) 4. Uruguay 7-11 (+10) 5. Colombia 7-10 (+1) 6. Chile 7-10 (-3) 7. Ecuador 7-8 (-4) 8. Venezuela 8-7 (-4) 9. Peru 7-6 (-11) 10. Bolivia 7-4 (-12)
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Post by Panda on Sept 10, 2008 12:52:48 GMT 1
Two early results from today. Oceania 3rd round: NEW ZEALAND 3-0 NEW CALEDONIA VANUATU 2-1 FIJI With their playoff place already confirmed, New Zealand do the double over New Caledonia. Vanuatu get revenge over Fiji for their weekend defeat. The one remaning game in the group is a rescheduled match between New Zealand and Fiji, due to be played in Samoa. The match was originally postponed because Fiji's goalkeeper was denied a visa to enter New Zealand. 1. New Zealand 5-15 (+11) 2. New Caledonia 6-8 (+2) 3. Fiji 5-4 (-5) 4. Vanuatu 6-4 (-8)
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Post by Tom on Sept 11, 2008 11:20:33 GMT 1
Saw highlights of the Brazil and Argentina games on SSN this morning. Brazil looked poor, only having 2 shots on target in the whole game. Peru's goal against Argentina came 3 or 4 mins into injury-time.
Switzerland losing at home to Luxembourg gave me a massive LOL moment while listening to the 2nd half of the England game last night!
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Post by Panda on Sept 11, 2008 13:56:18 GMT 1
Last night's results: European Group 1: ALBANIA 3-0 MALTA PORTUGAL 2-3 DENMARK SWEDEN 2-1 HUNGARY A dramatic finish in Lisbon with 4 goals in the final 10 minutes. Nicklas Bendtner equalised Nani's opener, only for Portugal to go head again with a Deco penalty. Denmark then scored 2 90th minute goals to take the points. 1. Albania 2-4 (+3) 2. Denmark 2-4 (+1) 3. Sweden 2-4 (+1) 4. Portugal 2-3 (+3) 5. Hungary 2-1 (-1) 6. Malta 2-0 (-7)
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Post by Panda on Sept 11, 2008 14:06:22 GMT 1
European Group 2: LATVIA 0-2 GREECE MOLDOVA 1-2 ISRAEL SWITZERLAND 1-2 LUXEMBOURG The surprise of the night came in Zurich, where Luxembourg beat Switzerland to record their first World Cup victory since 1972, when they beat Turkey. The win ended a run of 36 consecutive defeats in World Cup qualifiers, though they did beat Belarus in Euro 2008 qualifier last year. Israel recovered from going behind in the 1st minute to beat Moldova, whilst Greece made it 2 wins out of 2 as they aim to reach the finals for the first time since 1994. 1. Greece 2-6 (+5) 2. Israel 2-4 (+1) 3. Latvia 2-3 (-1) 4. Luxembourg 2-3 (-2) 5. Switzerland 2-1 (-1) 6. Moldova 2-0 (-2)
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Post by Panda on Sept 11, 2008 14:11:05 GMT 1
European Group 3: NORTHERN IRELAND 0-0 CZECH REPUBLIC SAN MARINO 0-2 POLAND SLOVENIA 2-1 SLOVAKIA Another big team fails to win at Windsor Park but Northern Ireland couldn't find a goal themselves. San Marino missed an early penalty in their defeat to Poland. 1. Poland 2-4 (+2) 2. Slovenia 2-4 (+1) 3. Slovakia 2-3 (0) 4. Czech Republic 1-1 (0) 5. Northern Ireland 2-1 (-1) 6. San Marino 1-0 (-2)
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Post by Panda on Sept 11, 2008 14:16:26 GMT 1
European Group 4: AZERBAIJAN 0-0 LIECHTENSTEIN FINLAND 3-3 GERMANY RUSSIA 2-1 WALES Wales missed a penalty for the second game in a row as they lost in Moscow. Germany needed a hat-trick of equalisers from Miroslav Klose to get a draw in Finland. 1. Germany 2-4 (+6) 2. Russia 1-3 (+1) 3. Wales 2-3 (0) 4. Finland 1-1 (0) 5. Azerbaijan 2-1 (-1) 6. Liechtenstein 2-1 (-6)
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Post by Panda on Sept 11, 2008 14:22:13 GMT 1
European Group 5: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 7-0 ESTONIA SPAIN 4-0 ARMENIA TURKEY 1-1 BELGIUM Bosnia were the top scorers of the night, putting 7 past Estonia. Spain extend their unbeaten run in competitive games to 2 years. 1. Spain 2-6 (+5) 2. Turkey 2-4 (+2) 3. Belgium 2-4 (+1) 4. Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-3 (+6) 5. Armenia 2-0 (-6) 6. Estonia 2-0 (-8)
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Post by Panda on Sept 11, 2008 14:28:27 GMT 1
European Group 6: ANDORRA 1-3 BELARUS CROATIA 1-4 ENGLAND KAZAKHSTAN 1-3 UKRAINE England stunned Croatia in Zagreb, with Theo Walcott becoming the youngest ever player to score a hat-trick for England. It was Croatia's first home defeat in a qualifier since the break-up of Yugoslavia. Ukraine join England at the top of the group with maximum points. 1. England 2-6 (+5) 2. Ukraine 2-6 (+3) 3. Belarus 2-3 (+1) 4. Croatia 2-3 (0) 5. Kazakhstan 3-3 (-2) 6. Andorra 3-0 (-7)
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Post by Panda on Sept 12, 2008 14:27:24 GMT 1
European Group 7: FAROE ISLANDS 0-1 ROMANIA FRANCE 2-1 SERBIA LITHUANIA 2-0 AUSTRIA Lithuania are the surprise leaders with 2 wins out of 2. There were first wins in the group for France and Romania. 1. Lithuania 2-6 (+5) 2. Serbia 2-3 (+1) 3. Austria 2-3 (0) 4. France 2-3 (-1) 5. Romania 2-3 (-2) 6. Faroe Islands 2-0 (-3)
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Post by Panda on Sept 12, 2008 14:30:28 GMT 1
European Group 8: ITALY 2-0 GEORGIA MONTENEGRO 0-0 IRELAND The world champions continue their good start whilst Montenegro pick up another point. 1. Italy 2-6 (+3) 2. Ireland 2-4 (+1) 3. Montenegro 2-2 (0) 4. Bulgaria 1-1 (0) 5. Cyprus 1-0 (-1) 6. Georgia 2-0 (-3)
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Post by Panda on Sept 12, 2008 14:33:12 GMT 1
European Group 9: ICELAND 1-2 SCOTLAND MACEDONIA 1-2 NETHERLANDS Holland get off to a winning start. 10-man Scotland pick up their first points. 1. Netherlands 1-3 (+1) 2. Macedonia 2-3 (0) 3. Scotland 2-3 (0) 4. Norway 1-1 (0) 5. Iceland 2-1 (-1)
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Post by Panda on Sept 12, 2008 14:36:35 GMT 1
African 2nd round, Group 10: CHAD 1-3 SUDAN (played in Egypt) Sudan avenge their defeat at the weekend to keep their slim qualification hopes alive. 1. Mali 5-9 (+4) 2. Congo 5-9 (+1) 3. Sudan 5-6 (-2) 4. Chad 5-6 (-3)
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Post by Panda on Sept 12, 2008 14:39:46 GMT 1
African 2nd round, Group 11: ZAMBIA 1-0 TOGO Emmanuel Adebayor refused to travel with the Togo squad for the game, which is likely to mean elimination for the 2006 finalists unless they can beat Swaziland convincingly in the final group game. The match will be played at a neutral venue as Togo are still banned from playing at home due to violence at a Nations Cup qualifier against Mali. 1. Zambia 4-7 (+1) 2. Swaziland 3-4 (0) 3. Togo 3-3 (-1) Eritrea withdrew
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