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Post by Panda on Feb 7, 2008 21:45:15 GMT 1
Asian 3rd round, Group 2: JAPAN 4-1 THAILAND OMAN 0-1 BAHRAIN No surprises in Group 2 as favourites Japan and Bahrain, who came within one game of qualification for the last World Cup, both earn opening victories.
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Post by Panda on Feb 7, 2008 21:47:54 GMT 1
Asian 3rd round, Group 3: JORDAN 0-1 NORTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA 4-0 TURKMENISTAN The Korean neighbours both start with wins. They play each other next... Seol Ki-Hyeon scored 2 for South Korea and Park Ji-Sung was also on the scoresheet.
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Post by Panda on Feb 7, 2008 21:50:38 GMT 1
Asian 3rd round, Group 4: LEBANON 0-1 UZBEKISTAN SAUDI ARABIA 2-0 SINGAPORE Saudi Arabia are looking to qualify for the 5th time in a row. Uzbekistan will be favourites to progress with them from this group.
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Post by Panda on Feb 7, 2008 21:54:14 GMT 1
Asian 3rd round Group 5: IRAN 0-0 SYRIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2-0 KUWAIT A slight surprise as Iran are held by Syria. The UAE make a good start in what looks to be the most wide open of the 5 groups.
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Post by Panda on Feb 7, 2008 22:16:29 GMT 1
CONCACAF 1st round, 1st legs: DOMINICA 1-1 BARBADOS TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS 2-1 ST. LUCIA ARUBA 0-3 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA BELIZE 3-1 ST. KITTS & NEVIS (played in Guatemala) EL SALVADOR 12-0 ANGUILLA NICARAGUA 0-1 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES A few surprises in the CONCACAF section. Belize, who are joint bottom of the FIFA rankings, shocked St. Kitts & Nevis, who reached the 3rd round last time around. Netherlands Antilles, who are probably playing in their last World Cup before going their separate ways, earned victory over higher-ranked Nicaragua. Havant & Waterlooville's Richard Pacquette scored on his international debut for Dominica as they earned a draw against Barbados, who are ranked 46 places above them. Dominica beat the Bahamas in the 1st round last time before losing 18-0 on aggregate to Mexico. The winner of Dominica-Barbados plays the USA in the next round. The only one-sided game came as El Salvador, who have reached the finals twice, crushed Anguilla, with Rudis Corrales scoring 5. The second legs take place towards the end of next month, along with some ties that are only being played over one leg due to some countries not having a suitable venue for their home leg.
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Post by Panda on Mar 26, 2008 20:06:04 GMT 1
Another round of games being played in Asia today... Asian 3rd round, Group 1: CHINA 0-0 AUSTRALIA QATAR 2-0 IRAQ Table: 1. Australia 4pts 2. Qatar 3 3. China 2 4. Iraq 1 Mark Schwarzer saved a late penalty to earn Australia a draw against China. Qatar took maximum points against the Asian champions to go 2nd in the group.
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Post by Panda on Mar 26, 2008 20:08:17 GMT 1
Asian 3rd round, Group 2: BAHRAIN 1-0 JAPAN THAILAND 0-1 OMAN Table: 1. Bahrain 6pts 2. Japan 3 3. Oman 3 4. Thailand 0 Bahrain spring a surprise against favourites Japan. A 1st-minute goal was enough for Oman to beat Thailand.
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Post by Panda on Mar 26, 2008 20:10:29 GMT 1
Asian 3rd round, Group 3: NORTH KOREA 0-0 SOUTH KOREA (played in China) TURKMENISTAN 0-2 JORDAN Table: 1. South Korea 4pts 2. North Korea 4 3. Jordan 3 4. Turkmenistan 0
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Post by Panda on Mar 26, 2008 20:13:35 GMT 1
Asian 3rd round, Group 4: SINGAPORE 2-0 LEBANON UZBEKISTAN 3-0 SAUDI ARABIA Table: 1. Uzbekistan 6pts 2. Singapore 3 3. Saudi Arabia 3 4. Lebanon 0
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Post by frag on Mar 26, 2008 20:16:40 GMT 1
Group A's looking tough! 2 go through, right?
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Post by Panda on Mar 26, 2008 20:18:27 GMT 1
Asian 3rd round, Group 5: KUWAIT 2-2 IRAN SYRIA 1-1 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Table: 1. UAE 4pts 2. Iran 2 3. Syria 2 4. Kuwait 1 Iran were 2 up inside 4 minutes but Kuwait fought back to earn a point. The next round of group games takes place in June. Tonight sees the completion of most of the first round CONCACAF ties.
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Post by Panda on Mar 26, 2008 20:20:14 GMT 1
Group A's looking tough! 2 go through, right? Yeah, that's definitely a group of death. It is 2 to go through. If China went out, it would be the second World Cup in a row that they've gone out at this stage. Still 4 games to go, though, all played over a 3 week period in June.
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Post by o on Mar 26, 2008 21:46:02 GMT 1
Malta score SEVEN!
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Post by Panda on Mar 26, 2008 21:48:50 GMT 1
In a friendly... Against Liechtenstein... Maybe Liechtenstein were fielding a weakened team (if such a thing is possible)...
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Post by o on Mar 27, 2008 9:30:22 GMT 1
Malta cant be that much higher up the rankings are they?
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Post by frag on Mar 27, 2008 13:36:31 GMT 1
Malta cant be that much higher up the rankings are they? Only 10 places and 39 points higher in the ELO ratings (Malta #154, Leich. #164). In the FIFA rankings, Malta are #134, and Leichtenstein are #120 Coventry's Mifsud scored five for Malta.
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Post by Panda on Mar 28, 2008 15:22:35 GMT 1
Wednesday's CONCACAF results... 1st round, 1st leg: BAHAMAS 1-1 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS The 2nd leg (also in the Bahamas) takes place on Sunday. 1st round (one leg only): PUERTO RICO 1-0 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (after extra time) GRENADA 10-0 US VIRGIN ISLANDS Blackburn's Jason Roberts was among the scorers for Grenada. SURINAM 7-1 MONTSERRAT (played in Trinidad) Surinam were 2 up at half-time but Montserrat pulled one back just after the break to give themselves a chance. However, Surinam pulled away again and scored 3 in the last 10 minutes to make it a lopsided scoreline. 1st round, 2nd legs: BARBADOS 1-0 DOMINICA (Barbados win 2-1 on aggregate) ST. LUCIA 2-0 TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS (St. Lucia win 3-2 on aggregate) ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 1-0 ARUBA (Antigua & Barbuda win 4-0 on aggregate) ST. KITTS & NEVIS 1-1 BELIZE (Belize win 4-2 on aggregate) Something of a shock as St. Kitts reached the group stage last time. Belize were at the bottom of the FIFA rankings (more through inactivity than being rubbish) before these qualifiers began. ANGUILLA 0-4 EL SALVADOR (played in the USA) (El Salvador win 16-0 on aggregate) NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 2-0 NICARAGUA (Netherlands Antilles win 3-0 on aggregate) Netherlands Antilles though to the 2nd round in their final World Cup. The two remaining first round ties will be played on Sunday. The 2nd round draw looks like this: USA v Barbados Guatemala v St. Lucia Trinidad & Tobago v Bermuda or Cayman Islands Antigua & Barbuda v Cuba Belize v Mexico Jamaica v Bahamas or British Virgin Islands Honduras v Puerto Rico Canada v St. Vincent & the Grenadines Grenada v Costa Rica Surinam v Guyana Panama v El Salvador Haiti v Netherlands Antilles
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Post by frag on Mar 28, 2008 19:13:19 GMT 1
Mexico set to rack up another cricket score against low-ranked Belize, then. When are the 2nd round matches?
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Post by Panda on Mar 28, 2008 19:26:45 GMT 1
Mexico set to rack up another cricket score against low-ranked Belize, then. When are the 2nd round matches? The 2nd round games take place in June, with the 2 legs a week apart.
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Post by Panda on Apr 3, 2008 15:22:47 GMT 1
CONCACAF 1st round 2nd legs: CAYMAN ISLANDS 1-3 BERMUDA (Bermuda win 4-2 on aggregate) BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 2-2 BAHAMAS (3-3 on aggregate, Bahamas win on away goals) (played in Bahamas - British Virgin Islands forfeited home advantage. Bahamas still officially classed as the away team so they win on away goals)
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