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Post by Panda on Oct 21, 2007 17:15:36 GMT 1
Oooh, interesting, top 3 or 4 that go through to the world cup? In South America it's the top 4, plus 5th place gets a playoff against the 4th placed CONCACAF team.
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Post by Panda on Oct 22, 2007 17:47:53 GMT 1
The two remaining Asian 1st leg results: BAHRAIN 4-1 MALAYSIA PAKISTAN 0-7 IRAQ
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Post by paulgilb on Oct 22, 2007 19:05:47 GMT 1
Is this the number of goals or the number of supporters who blew themselves up during the match?
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Post by Matt Aloud on Oct 22, 2007 21:53:05 GMT 1
Is this the number of goals or the number of supporters who blew themselves up during the match? *sigh* that's just unnecessary Iraq are the Asian Cup holders
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Post by paulgilb on Oct 22, 2007 23:34:46 GMT 1
Never realised that!
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Post by Panda on Oct 26, 2007 12:11:53 GMT 1
One Asian 2nd leg was played this morning: AFGHANISTAN 1-2 SYRIA (Syria win 5-1 on aggregate) (played in Tajikistan) The other 2nd legs will all be played on Sunday.
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Post by Panda on Oct 31, 2007 14:23:30 GMT 1
Asian 2nd leg results: TAJIKISTAN 5-0 BANGLADESH (Tajikistan win 6-1 on aggregate) IRAQ 0-0 PAKISTAN (Iraq win 7-0 on aggregate) (sidenote: Iraq's manager is former Norway and Wimbledon boss Egil Olsen!) NEPAL 0-2 OMAN (Oman win 4-0 on aggregate) HONG KONG 8-1 EAST TIMOR (Hong Kong win 11-3 on aggregate) NORTH KOREA 5-1 MONGOLIA (North Korea win 9-2 on aggregate) BURMA 0-4 CHINA (China win 11-0 on aggregate) MALDIVES 2-0 YEMEN (Yemen win 3-2 on aggregate) SINGAPORE 3-0 PALESTINE (Singapore win 7-0 on aggregate) CHINESE TAIPEI 0-2 UZBEKISTAN (Uzbekistan win 11-0 on aggregate) TURKMENISTAN 4-1 CAMBODIA (Turkmenistan win 5-1 on aggregate) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 5-0 VIETNAM (United Arab Emirates win 6-0 on aggregate) JORDAN 2-0 KYRGYZSTAN (2-2 on aggregate. Jordan win 6-5 on penalties) QATAR 5-0 SRI LANKA (Qatar win 6-0 on aggregate) MALAYSIA 0-0 BAHRAIN (Bahrain win 4-1 on aggregate) INDIA 2-2 LEBANON (Lebanon win 6-3 on aggregate) The 11 highest-seeded 1st round winners go straight through to the group stages, where they join the top 5 Asian seeds (Australia, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Iran). The other 8 1st round winners go into a second preliminary round. The 11 teams going through to the group stages are: Bahrain, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, North Korea, China, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, United Arab Emirates and Qatar. The draw for the second round looks like this: Hong Kong v Turkmenistan Indonesia v Syria Singapore v Tajikistan Yemen v Thailand
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Post by paulgilb on Oct 31, 2007 20:18:28 GMT 1
According to Wikipedia, Singapore's 3-0 victory over Palestine (which FIFA obviously think is a country) was by default (as Palestine didn't turn up!).
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Post by Panda on Oct 31, 2007 21:28:05 GMT 1
You're right. FIFA tried to sweep it under the carpet by giving it a brief mention on one of the news pages...
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Post by Panda on Nov 9, 2007 17:18:19 GMT 1
Asian 2nd round 1st legs: SINGAPORE 2-0 TAJIKISTAN INDONESIA 1-4 SYRIA YEMEN 1-1 THAILAND Hong Kong and Turkmenistan play their first leg tomorrow. The second legs take place a week on Sunday.
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Post by Panda on Nov 10, 2007 22:11:51 GMT 1
Today's Asian 2nd round 1st leg: HONG KONG 0-0 TURKMENISTAN
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Post by Panda on Nov 19, 2007 19:52:46 GMT 1
This weekend's results, starting with Africa: DJIBOUTI 1-0 SOMALIA Djibouti, who are joint-bottom of the FIFA rankings, earn a surprise place in the group stages with victory over Somalia (who aren't ranked much higher) in this one-off match. 2nd leg results: COMOROS 0-4 MADAGASCAR (Madagascar win 10-2 on aggregate) GUINEA-BISSAU 0-0 SIERRA LEONE (Sierra Leone win 1-0 on aggregate)
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Nov 19, 2007 19:56:42 GMT 1
come on iraq!
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Post by Panda on Nov 19, 2007 19:57:38 GMT 1
Asian 2nd round 2nd leg results: TAJIKISTAN 1-1 SINGAPORE (Singapore win 3-1 on aggregate) SYRIA 7-0 INDONESIA (Syria win 11-1 on aggregate) THAILAND 1-0 YEMEN (Thailand win 2-1 on aggregate) TURKMENISTAN 3-0 HONG KONG (Turkmenistan win 3-0 on aggregate)
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Post by Panda on Nov 19, 2007 20:02:03 GMT 1
Oceania group stage: VANUATU 1-2 NEW ZEALAND FIJI 3-3 NEW CALEDONIA Table: 1. New Zealand played 2, 6pts (GD +3) 2. New Caledonia 1-1 (0) 3. Fiji 2-1 (-2) 4. Vanuatu 1-0 (-1)
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Post by Panda on Nov 19, 2007 20:08:19 GMT 1
South America: ARGENTINA 3-0 BOLIVIA COLOMBIA 1-0 VENEZUELA PARAGUAY 5-1 ECUADOR PERU 1-1 BRAZIL URUGUAY 2-2 CHILE Table: 1. Argentina 3-9 (+7) 2. Paraguay 3-7 (+5) 3. Brazil 3-5 (+5) 4. Colombia 3-5 (+1) 5. Uruguay 3-4 (+4) 6. Chile 3-4 (0) 7. Venezuela 3-3 (-2) 8. Peru 3-2 (-2) 9. Bolivia 3-1 (-8) 10. Ecuador 3-0 (-10)
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Post by Senior on Nov 20, 2007 0:08:16 GMT 1
What an absolutely brilliant thread this is!!
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Post by Panda on Nov 20, 2007 18:37:57 GMT 1
What an absolutely brilliant thread this is!! Thank you! Another round of South American and Oceania qualifiers over the next couple of days...
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Post by Maximo Mark on Nov 20, 2007 18:57:20 GMT 1
Shocking for Ecuador considering they've been at the previous two World Cups IIRC?
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Post by Panda on Nov 20, 2007 19:05:28 GMT 1
Shocking for Ecuador considering they've been at the previous two World Cups IIRC? Indeed. They sacked their manager after the 5-1 defeat at the weekend. At least they still have another 15 games to go...
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