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AFC matchday 7 recap
[FRI 14 OCT 2011 – 23:10:06 UTC]
Myanmar disqualified from 2018 for crowd violence
[SAT 01 OCT 2011 – 18:48:33 UTC]
FIFA has banned
Myanmar from the qualifiers for the 2018 Men’s World Cup due to the crowd violence at the match against
Oman on T
HU 28 J
UL 2011. Spectators in Yangon began throwing objects onto the pitch late in the first half after Oman took a 2-0 lead, eventually forcing the referee to abandon the match. Oman were later deemed the winners of
AFC preliminary series 6. The result eliminated Myanmar from the Brazil 2014 qualifiers, and the team now cannot compete in the qualifiers for Russia 2018.
AFC matchday 6 recap
[WED 07 SEP 2011 – 04:07:05 UTC]
AFC matchday 5 recap
[SAT 03 SEP 2011 – 16:59:52 UTC]
Syria disqualified for ineligible player, Tajikistan takes place
[SUN 21 AUG 2011 – 17:26:43 UTC]
FIFA have ruled that
Syria are disqualified from the 2014 Men’s World Cup qualifiers after fielding an ineligible player in their
AFC second preliminary round series against
Tajikistan. George MOURAD had previously played for
Sweden and therefore could not represent Syria. The decision by FIFA’s disciplinary committee is to award both legs of the series to Tajikistan by 3-0 scorelines and to reinstate the Tajiks, placing them in
first phase group C in place of Syria.
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]
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.
AFC qualifying draw procedure
[SAT 30 JUL 2011 – 06:08:50 UTC]
AFC matchday 4 recap
[SAT 30 JUL 2011 – 05:24:49 UTC]
AFC matchday 3 recap
[MON 25 JUL 2011 – 08:27:22 UTC]
AFC matchday 2 recap
[MON 04 JUL 2011 – 02:26:40 UTC]
Timor-Leste first side eliminated from 2014 qualifiers
[SAT 02 JUL 2011 – 23:55:17 UTC]
Nepal defeated
Timor-Leste 5-0 on S
AT 02 J
UL 2011 to claim a 7-1 aggregate win in their
AFC preliminary semifinal series, as Timor-Leste become the first team to be eliminated from the qualifying campaign for Brazil 2014. The match was Timor-Leste’s home leg but was played in Kathmandu, Nepal. All five goals were scored by different players, including first leg goalscorers Anil GURUNG and Ju Manu RAI. Nepal now face
Jordan in the final of
series 15. The result leaves only 202 nations to compete for the other 31 places at the Men’s World Cup.
AFC matchday 1 recap
[WED 29 JUN 2011 – 15:44:46 UTC]
AFC qualifying format
[MON 06 JUN 2011 – 02:22:30 UTC]
The
AFC qualifiers for the 2014 Men’s World Cup will proceed largely the same as for the previous tournament. 38 teams compete in the
preliminary rounds, of which 16 are unseeded and must play a semifinal series first. The 15 winners of the final serieses then proceed to the
first group phase with five teams that received byes. These teams compete in five groups of four; the top two advance to the
second group phase and form two groups of five. The top two in each group qualify, and the third placed teams face one another in the
playoffs. The winner then meets an opponent from another confederation.
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