Socceroos / Matildas / World Cup / Asian Cup

[cub]

What's this for and what do we need to achieve  seriously

[Fwoy3]

What's this for and what do we need to achieve  seriously

World Cup 2010 qualifiers...

[mightytiges]

What's this for and what do we need to achieve  seriously

World Cup 2010 qualifiers...

After the China game which is now a dead rubber, the Socceroos will be placed in a group of 5 Asian Confederation nations which play home and away against each other (8 games in total). The top two teams in the group will automatically qualify for the 2010 World Cup. The 3rd placed side gets another chance to still qualify via a playoff. So hopefully the Aussies will finish in the top 2 and qualify automatically. 

[cub]

So we will be one of the 5 ? right.

And I gather that the other 4 teams are going to be pretty crappy so we should get there. 

[mightytiges]

So we will be one of the 5 ? right.

And I gather that the other 4 teams are going to be pretty crappy so we should get there. 

Yep we'll be one of the 5.

The 4 other teams will come from the likes of Japan, Iran, South Korea, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, etc. Not a walk in the park by any means but teams on our level.

[one-eyed]

The Aussies lost 0 - 1 to China in the dead rubber tonight in Sydney.

[Ramps]

without South Melbourne the socceroos will be average. Soccer in Australia is going nowhere without the 4 time national champions 

[one-eyed]

Qatar beat Iraq 1-0 in the other Group 1 match so the Socceroos and Qatar go through to the final qualifying stage.

Team     Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Australia 6   3 1 2  7   3   +4  10
Qatar      6   3 1 2  5   6   -1   10
-------------------------------------
Iraq        6   2 1 3  4   6   -2    7
China PR 6   1 3 2  3   4   -1    6


The 10 remaining AFC teams are:

Australia, Qatar, Japan, Bahrain, South Korea, North Korea, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

The draw to decide the final two groups of 5 teams will be held on June 27.

[one-eyed]

The final qualifying group has been announced tonight:

Group A

Australia
Japan
Uzbekistan
Bahrain
Qatar

[mightytiges]

If we don't qualify for the World Cup now we deserve to be called a laughing stock. After all those years of tough one-off qualifiers this is a dream run. Almost as though FIFA want us to qualify.

Here's the draw for the final 8 games:

10-09-2008    Uzbekistan  v  Australia
15-10-2008    Australia  v  Qatar
19-11-2008    Bahrain  v  Australia
11-02-2009    Japan  v  Australia
01-04-2009    Australia  v  Uzbekistan
06-06-2009    Qatar  v  Australia
10-06-2009    Australia  v  Bahrain
17-06-2009    Australia  v  Japan

[mightytiges]

Socceroos 1-0 up at half-time away to Uzbekistan.

Go Aussies 

[one-eyed]

Final Score

Uzbekistan  0
Australia     1   (Chipperfield 26')

[one-eyed]

Aussies can move to the top of Group A when they play Qatar in Brisbane on Oct 15. Top 2 of the group automatically qualify for the 2010 World Cup.

Team         Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Qatar         2   1 1 0  4   1   +3  4
 Japan        1   1 0 0  3   2   +1   3
 Australia    1   1 0 0  1   0   +1   3
 Bahrain      2   0 1 1  3   4   −1   1
 Uzbekistan 2   0 0 2  0   4   −4   0

[mightytiges]

Win tonight in Brisbane and the Socceroos could already have one foot in the World Cup in South Africa. Go Aussies!

[mightytiges]

Timmy Cahill does it again 

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