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Post by epjr on Oct 11, 2009 13:38:58 GMT -6
Nineteen national teams have qualified for sure for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in 2010 after Saturday’s qualifiers.
Europe:
Germany,
Denmark,
Serbia,
current world champion Italy,
England,
Spain,
The Netherlands
Africa:
Republic of South Africa,
Ghana,
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
South America:
Brazil,
Paraguay,
Chile;
Asia:
Australia,
Japan,
South Korea (RSK)
North Korea (PRK)
North and Central America:
USA,
Mexico
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Post by epjr on Oct 13, 2009 14:39:14 GMT -6
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Post by epjr on Oct 14, 2009 20:27:45 GMT -6
USA 2:2 CRC
MEX 2:2 T&T
HON 1:0 ELS
1. USA
2. MEX
3. HON
4. CRC
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Post by acdc on Oct 14, 2009 21:28:57 GMT -6
usa top of the table..unbelievable goal at the end!
South America
Argentina Qualifies
Uruguay vs Costa Rica playoff
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Post by epjr on Oct 15, 2009 13:17:53 GMT -6
TEAMS THAT HAVE QUALIFIED
CONCACAF
United States, qualified Oct. 10
Mexico, qualified Oct. 10
Honduras, qualified Oct. 14
Playoff berth: Costa Rica V. Uruguay
CAF
Ghana, qualified Sept. 6
Ivory Coast, qualified Oct. 10
AFC
Australia, qualified June 6
Japan, qualified June 6
North Korea, qualified June 17
South Korea, qualified Sept. 6
Playoff berth: Bahrain V. New Zealand
UEFA
Netherlands, qualified June 6
England, qualified Sept. 9
Spain, qualified Sept. 9
Denmark, qualified Oct. 10
Germany, qualified Oct. 10
Italy, qualified Oct. 10
Serbia, qualified Oct. 10
Slovakia, qualified Oct. 14
Switzerland, qualified Oct. 14
Playoff berth: (4 comes out of group)
France
Russia
Portugal
Greece
Ireland
Bosnia
Ukraine
Slovenia
OFC
Playoff berth: New Zealand v. Bahrain
CONMEBOL
Brazil, qualified Sept. 5
Paraguay, qualified Sept. 9
Chile, qualified Oct. 10
Argentina, qualified Oct. 14
Playoff berth: Uruguay V. Costa Rico
HOST
South Africa
...9 slots (3 in Africa, 4 in UEFA, and the 2 intercontinental playoffs) left to fill.
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Post by epjr on Oct 15, 2009 18:47:53 GMT -6
European World Cup teams to be seeded
Playoff berth: (4 comes out of group)
France
Russia
Portugal
Greece
Ireland
Bosnia
Ukraine
Slovenia
The eight teams will be seeded according to the Fifa rankings, the governing body's president Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday.
There will also be a separate draw to determine which teams play the second legs at home, Blatter told a news conference after a Fifa executive committee meeting in Rio de Janeiro.
"We have decided on seeding the teams into two groups of four, taking the Fifa world rankings into account, with the top four in one pot and the others in another pot," Blatter said.
"There will be a separate draw to decide home and away," he added of the two-leg ties to determine four European berths at the 2010 finals in South Africa.
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Post by epjr on Oct 16, 2009 20:52:44 GMT -6
ZURICH (AP) - France, Portugal, Russia and Greece will be seeded in the playoffs to decide the final four European spots at the 2010 World Cup.
They were the four highest-ranked of the playoff teams in the FIFA world rankings published Friday, meaning they cannot face each other in the two-legged playoffs on Nov. 14 and 18.
Instead they will be paired against the four non-seeded teams - Ukraine, Ireland, Bosnia and Slovenia - with the draw to be announced Monday.
FIFA was criticized for waiting until last month before deciding to seed the playoffs
European World Cup teams seeded
France
Russia
Portugal
Greece
Ireland
Bosnia
Ukraine
Slovenia
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Post by epjr on Oct 24, 2009 22:24:46 GMT -6
Reports: USA to face Slovakia in Nov. 14 friendly
The U.S. national team has yet to announce a second November friendly to go along with its match against Denmark, but reports out of Europe, including ones out of Slovakia, suggest that the Americans will take on Slovakia on Nov. 14.
Slovakian national team head coach Vladimir Weiss is quoted confirming the USA friendly in Slovakia, but U.S. Soccer would not confirm the friendly as of Friday afternoon.
Slovakia qualified for the World Cup after topping a qualifying group that included Slovenia, Czech Republic and Poland. The Slovak squad features several top European players, including Napoli star Marek Hamsik, Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel and qualifying scoring leader and VFL Bochum midfielder Stanislav Sestak.
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