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Solomons hoping to repeat upset in OFC
[SAT 30 JUL 2011 – 21:29:38 UTC]
In the qualifiers for the 2006 Men’s World Cup,
New Zealand lost to eventual last place finishers
Vanuatu, opening the door for the
Solomon Is to make the final playoff instead. This time, the Solomon Is and New Zealand are in the same qualifying group at the
OFC Nations Cup, the second round of OFC qualifying for Brazil 2014. Two teams advance from each group to the
final round, with the winner progressing to the
playoff with a CONCACAF side.
more...Playoff draw pairs AFC-CONMEBOL and CONCACAF-OFC
[SAT 30 JUL 2011 – 21:07:09 UTC]
Before any of the confederational groups were drawn, the pairings for the
playoffs were set at the qualifying draw for Brazil 2014. The winner of the
AFC playoff meets the fifth placed team in the
CONMEBOL group phase, and the fourth placed team in the
CONCACAF final round will face the winner of the
OFC final round. The matches are due to take place F
RI 15-T
UE 19 N
OV 2013.
AFC favourites face stern tests
[SAT 30 JUL 2011 – 21:01:09 UTC]
Upstart Botswana to face S Africa in CAF qualifiers
[SAT 30 JUL 2011 – 20:47:08 UTC]
Qualifying draw set to decide fates
[SAT 30 JUL 2011 – 06:37:42 UTC]
The draw for the Brazil 2014
qualifiers begins at 18:00 UTC on S
AT 30 J
UL 2011, as more than 100 nations are due to discover their path to the Men’s World Cup. The proceedings in Rio de Janeiro begin with the drawing of pairs for the intercontinental
playoffs that will involve teams from
CONCACAF,
CONMEBOL, the
AFC, and the
OFC. The teams will then be drawn into their groups one confederation at a time, beginning with
CAF and proceeding with the AFC, CONCACAF, the OFC, and finally
UEFA. See the separate news items for each confederation’s draw procedure and seedings.
UEFA qualifying draw procedure
[SAT 30 JUL 2011 – 06:37:11 UTC]
At the qualifying draw for Brazil 2014, the draw for the
UEFA group phase will be made. The teams will be drawn into nine groups. Each will contain one team from the first five pots, and all groups but one will also contain a team from Pot 6. The one constraint is that in keeping with UEFA policy dealing with political tensions,
Russia and
Georgia will be placed in separate groups. The same applies to
Armenia and
Azerbaijan, but as these two have ended up in the same pot, the job is automatically done. The nine group winners qualify, and the best eight second placed teams advance to the
playoffs, to be drawn later.
more...CAF qualifying draw procedure
[SAT 30 JUL 2011 – 06:27:36 UTC]
At the qualifying draw for Brazil 2014, the draw for the CAF
preliminary round and
group phase will be made. The 24 lowest ranked teams are assigned to Pots 5 and 6; each of the 12 preliminary round pairings will contain one team from each pot. Each series winner is assigned a slot in either Pot 3 or 4, behind the 28 teams that earned a bye into the group phase. The ten groups will each be assigned one team from each of the first four pots. Each group’s winner progresses to the
playoffs that will decide the Men’s World Cup places; these will be drawn later.
more...CONCACAF qualifying draw procedure
[SAT 30 JUL 2011 – 06:17:57 UTC]
At the qualifying draw for Brazil 2014, the draw for the CONCACAF
first group phase and
semifinal round will be made. The five winners in the
preliminary round –
Belize,
Dominican Rep,
US Virgin Is,
St Lucia, and
Bahamas – have been assigned to the lowest pot. The six groups of the first group phase will be allocated one team from each of Pots 4-7. Then, to draw the semifinal round, the three groups will each take one team from Pot 1, one from Pot 2, and two of the first group phase winners’ slots from Pot 3.
more...AFC qualifying draw procedure
[SAT 30 JUL 2011 – 06:08:50 UTC]
OFC qualifying draw procedure
[SAT 30 JUL 2011 – 06:01:32 UTC]
At the qualifying draw for Brazil 2014, the draw for the
OFC Nations Cup will be made.
American Samoa,
Cook Is,
Samoa, and
Tonga have already been assigned to the
first round. The other seven OFC members will be drawn into two groups, along with a slot for the first round winner. Each group will contain two teams from each of the two pots.
more...AFC matchday 4 recap
[SAT 30 JUL 2011 – 05:24:49 UTC]
Dates of Men’s World Cup set
[SAT 30 JUL 2011 – 05:00:00 UTC]
Sunday the 13th is due to be someone’s lucky day, as one of the 176 current hopefuls will lift the Men’s World Cup. FIFA has announced that the
final tournament will kick off on T
HU 12 J
UN 2014, with the final to be staged on S
UN 13 J
UL 2014. The full match schedule will be set later this year.
AFC matchday 3 recap
[MON 25 JUL 2011 – 08:27:22 UTC]
Belize take last spot in CONCACAF group phase
[TUE 19 JUL 2011 – 03:31:16 UTC]
With a 3-1 win over
Montserrat,
Belize won their delayed
CONCACAF preliminary round series and earned a place in the
first group phase. Deon MCCAULAY, who scored a hat trick in the first leg, added another goal to lead Belize to victory by an 8-3 aggregate scoreline. The second leg was played in Honduras because of a dispute in which the government of Belize refused to provide security, resulting in a temporary FIFA suspension.
OFC qualifying format amended
[THU 14 JUL 2011 – 05:44:30 UTC]
FIFA has approved a change to the
OFC’s qualifying process for Brazil 2014. Where the men’s football tournament at the 2011 Pacific Games was to serve as the first round, there will now be a
first round involving the four lowest ranked teams [as of the FIFA rankings for J
UL 2011], with the winner joining the other seven OFC members in the
2012 OFC Nations Cup. The semifinalists of that tournament will then play in the
final round, which will be a four team, double round robin group as before. The winner advances to the
playoffs against an opponent from another confederation.
more...Surprises avoided in CONCACAF preliminaries
[WED 13 JUL 2011 – 02:53:54 UTC]
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