2014 World Cup Qualifying thread

You what?.

Timor Leste and East Timor are different teams.

No they aren't.

Dan wrote:No they aren't.

You're right

I'm just very tired today.

Liar..

Who do you reckon their best goalkkeper is? My guess is Diamantino Leong or hir Brazillian name Adi.

Has played for the giant clubs in Timor Leste and is a regular in the NT. He made his debut for Rusa Fuik at the age of 18.

Results from the 2nd leg of CONCACAF qualifiers

Anguilla 0 Dominican Republic 4 0-6
US Virgin Islands 2 British Virgin Islands 1 4-1
Aruba 2 Saint Lucia 4 6-6 (4-5 pens)
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 Bahamas 6 0-10

Bahamas

I expected them to beat Turks and Caicos Islands, bit I only anticipated a narrow victory.

I thought it would be interesting to compare results for clubs that had different levels of success now and qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.
AFC

Malaysia 2010 lost 1st round now in 2nd round
Bangladesh 2010 lost 1st round now in 2nd round
Laos 2010 did not enter now 2nd round
Philippines 2010 did not enter now 2nd round
Palestine 2010 lost 1st round now 2nd round
Vietnam 2010 lost 1st round now 2nd round
Nepal 2010 lost 1st round now 2nd round
Myanmar 2010 lost 1st round now 2nd round

CONCACAF
Dominican Republic 2010 lost 1st round now 2nd round
US Virgin Islands 2010 lost 1st round now 2nd round

It should be noted that the ban on Belize was lifted and here was the result of the 2nd leg and the overall tie;

Belize 3 Montserrat 1 8-3

2nd round of AFC qualifying was held today, here are the results;

Thailand 1 Palestine 0
Lebanon 4 Bangladesh 0
China PR 7 Laos 2
Turkmenistan 1 Indonesia 1
Kuwait 3 Philippines 0
Oman 2 Myanmar 0
Saudi Arabia 3 Hong Kong 0
Iran 4 Maldives 0
Syria 2 Tajikistan 1
Qatar 3 Vietnam 0
Iraq 2 Yemen 0
Singapore 5 Malaysia 3
Uzbekistan 4 Kyrgyzstan 0
United Arab Emirates 3 India 0
Jordan 9 Nepal 0

isnt there some kind of draw later this week? what exactly is it for?

fluffy_kittens wrote:isnt there some kind of draw later this week? what exactly is it for?

Well I think there are three different draws this week. One for the 1st round ties for CAF, one for the 2nd round groups in CONCACAF, and another draw for the groups in UEFA.

Something else I find funny is that the bottom teams in OFC are so bad is they make them have a mini tournament before playing the contenders. This mini tournament will take place in November 2011 most likely in Samoa.

American Samoa
Cook Islands
Samoa
Tonga

The winner will join the top 7 OFC teams in the OFC Nations Cup which is the next round for qualifying.

I know that most of you guys are not fans of the FIFA Rankings but the ranking that determines the pots for the World Cup is out and there is big news. France have offically been moved to pot 2 for the the draw for UEFA Qualifying. This also means that Norway and Greece will be in Pot 1. I am not sure how the pots will be adjusted but UEFA has decided that Russia and Georgia cannot be drawn into the same group, and also Azerbaijan and Armenia cannot be in the same group.

Lol, Poland surpassed Armenia in the pots just barely with our 2-1 win over Argentina.

polska. wrote:Lol, Poland surpassed Armenia in the pots just barely with our 2-1 win over Argentina.

Nice going, was this Argentina's C or D team?? I know they has zero big named players that I really know.

It was a B+C team with like 3 players from the A team starting if memory serves... then again they called up a player who plays in the Polish league which says alot.

The FIFA rankings really screw over host nations.

We have an interesting format change to qualification when it comes to the interconfederation playoffs as they will be set by random draw rather than beforehand. This could be rather interesting to see how this plays out. The difference between CONCACAF v CONMEBOL and CONCACAF v OFC is huge.

Pip I need your expert OFC opinion now! Who is the favorite in the opening round between American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, and Tonga? I think Samoa is the only one of these teams who has ever won a FIFA sanctioned match.

Is the draw for the other confederations this Saturday?

ahlycotc wrote:Is the draw for the other confederations this Saturday?

It is the draw for everyone except CONMEBOL and OFC. Also the matchups for the interconfederation playoffs here is determined.



What you will see from this draw;

AFC 3rd round schedule
CAF 1st round matchups
CONCACAF 2nd round groups
UEFA 1st round groups

If I was more energetic I would list the whole AFC results here but if that happens it will be at another time. Here is a quick detail of what went on;


\Indonesia was the only team from Pot B to advanced and Turkmenistan was the only Pot A team to lose

Every 1st round winner is now out

Myanmar v Oman was abandoned due to crowd trouble and the result is being appealed by Myanmar but they were down 4-0 on aggergate when this happened. The ref awarded Oman a "questionable" penalty leading fans to throw rocks and glass bottles at the ref.



List of teams that advanced to 3rd round

Thailand
Lebanon
China PR
Indonesia
Kuwait
Oman
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Syria
Qatar
Iraq
Singapore
Uzbekistan
United Arab Emirates
Jordan

Is Palestine out?

ahlycotc wrote:Is Palestine out?

Yes. They lost 3-2 on aggregate to Thailand.

Somehow after today this thread was forgotten about with the draw. Having a CONCACAF v OFC playoff looks interesting. It would be cool if somehow one of the island nations of CONCACAF was in this so it would insure an island nation a spot in the tournament proper. Jamaica v New Zealand or anyone in OFC would be cool. I guess Cub could get there but I doubt it, I really do.

Group A: South Africa, Botswana, C.A. Republic, Somalia/Ethiopia

Group B: Tunisia, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea/Madagascar

Group C: Ivory Coast, Morocco, Gambia, Chad/Tanzania

Group D: Ghana, Zambia, Sudan, Lesotho/Burundi

Group E: Burkina Faso, Gabon, Niger, Sao Tome e Principe/Congo

Group F: Nigeria, Malawi, Seychelles/Kenya, Djibouti/Namibia

Group G: Egypt, Guinea, Zimbabwe, Comoros/Mozambique

Group H: Algeria, Mali, Benin, Eritrea/Rwanda

Group I: Cameroon, Libya, Guinea-Bissau/Togo, Swaziland/DR Congo

Group J: Senegal, Uganda, Angola, Mauritius/Liberia

egypt should qualify

First round predictions
Somalia/Ethiopia

,Equatorial Guinea/Madagascar

Chad/Tanzania

Lesotho/Burundi

, Sao Tome e Principe/Congo

Djibouti/Namibia

, Comoros/Mozambique

Eritrea/Rwanda

, Swaziland/DR Congo

, Mauritius/Liberia