QUALIFICATION NEWS
Samoa earn place in OFC Nations Cup: The last place in the OFC Nations Cup has been claimed by Samoa, winners of the OFC first round of Brazil 2014 qualifiers. Samoa capped their performance with a 1-0 win over an inspired American Samoa squad that had earlier won an international match for the first time, following 30 successive defeats. Diamond OTT nearly had a winner for Amer Samoa in the 81st minute, but his shot struck the post. Silao MALO scored in the 89th minute to secure advancement for the Samoans. Tonga claimed second place with their 2-1 win over the Cook Is. The OFC Nations Cup will be played in Fiji in JUN 2012, and the top four teams will progress to the OFC final round.
CAF matchday 2 recap: A quick summary of action around the CAF preliminary round on TUE 15-WED 16 NOV 2011. Series aggregate results are shown below.
» Togo 02-01 Guinea-Bissau: After a 1-1 first leg, Serge GAKPE scored two minutes in, and his Togolese teammates, including Emmanuel ADEBAYOR for the first time in eighteen months, held on for the win.
» Madagascar 02-03 Equatorial Guinea: Donvalla ELONGUE scored midway through the first half to mount Eq Guinea to a 3-0 aggregate lead; YVAN and Ferdinand RAMANAMAHEFA scored for the Malagasy in the second half, but they were still two more goals short of advancing.
» Burundi 02-03 Lesotho: Yamin NDIKUMANA scored on a penalty two minutes from time to level the second leg at 2-2, but Lesotho moved through having won the first leg.
» Rwanda 04-02 Eritrea: The Wasps had a successful return home with three goals in the second leg.
» Congo 06-01 São Tomé-Príncipe: Playing for little more than pride after a 5-0 home loss, São Tomé-Prín turned in a respectable performance in Pointe-Noire, as Orlando GANDO scored their first goal since returning to international football following an eight year gap.
» Tanzania 02-02 Chad [02-01 away goals]: Chad’s Mahamat AHMAT LABO scored a 48th minute goal that proved decisive in this leg. But the Taifa Stars survive thanks to their two away goals last weekend.
× Eliminated: Burundi, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, São Tomé-Prín, Seychelles, Somalia, Swaziland
» Advance to group phase: Congo, Congo DR, Eq Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo
CONCACAF matchday 8 recap: A quick summary of action around the CONCACAF first group phase on MON 14-TUE 15 NOV 2011.
» Grenada 01-04 Guatemala: The Spice Boyz were thirteen minutes away from becoming the first side to take points away from Guatemala in Group E. But four late goals sent the spectators home disappointed...
» St Vincent-Grenadines 00-02 Belize: ... as two goals from Deon MCCAULEY earned Belize a surprising second place finish.
» Haiti 02-01 Antigua-Barbuda: The Haitians, having been eliminated by the same team four days earlier, saved face by coming back from a goal down and preventing A-B from completing a perfect campaign in Group F.
» Panama 03-00 Dominica: Even on the last day, Group C held to form, with Los Cañaleros finishing with four wins in four matches and Dominica with four losses in four matches.
» Cayman Is 01-01 Dominican Rep: Both sides had reason to be pleased: the Dominican Rep finished unbeaten in their last three, whilst the Cayman Is got a late goal from Mark EBANKS to avoid a pointless campaign in Group A...
» El Salvador 04-00 Suriname: ...but the group already had Property of El Salvador stamped on it. Osael ROMERO and Rafael BURGOS each netted a brace as los Cuscatlecos finished the group with a perfect eighteen points.
× Eliminated: Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Is, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Rep, Grenada, Haiti, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent-Gren, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, US Virgin Is
» Advance to semifinal round: Antigua-Barbuda, Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Panama
CONMEBOL matchday 4 recap: A quick summary of action around CONMEBOL on TUE 15 NOV 2011.
» Colombia 01-02 Argentina: La Albiceleste recovered from their recent disappointments with a win in Barranquilla. Lionel MESSI and Sergio AGÜERO scored in the second half, neutralising Dorlan PABÓN’s free kick just before halftime.
» Chile 02-00 Paraguay: Goals in either half, from Pablo CONTRERAS and Matías CAMPOS-TORO, kept Chile a point behind the leading pack.
» Venezuela 01-00 Bolivia: Midway through the first half, Oswaldo VIZCARRONDO headed in a corner, and la Vinotinto are now tied with Argentina and idle Uruguay at the top of the CONMEBOL table.
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