World Cup 2014 Qualification

roanoke

Good result for Montenegro there, equalising to get the draw v England and stay top.

ctrl-alt-delete

Just watched Strachan give a press conference on sky sports news, going on about his players being surprised by the pitch, the fact the Serbians were bigger lads and that he didn't have any bigger lads on the bench except for Charlie Adam, then some crap about having bigger hearts.

One of the worst interviews I have ever seen.

NIMAN

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Just watched Strachan give a press conference on sky sports news, going on about his players being surprised by the pitch, the fact the Serbians were bigger lads and that he didn't have any bigger lads on the bench except for Charlie Adam, then some crap about having bigger hearts.

One of the worst interviews I have ever seen.

= idiot.

Nuri Sahin

Mexico v USA on in just under an hour if anyone is still up.

markie29

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Mexico v USA on in just under an hour if anyone is still up.

yeah i will watch!.....and Uruguay lost which means Chile go ahead of them in the table.

citytillidie

Updated Results and table for North and South America

Costa Rica 2 V 0 Jamaica
Mexico 0 V 0 USA
Panama 2 V 0 Honduras

Panama p3 gd2 pts5
Costa Rica p3 gd1 pts4
USA p3 gd0 pts4
Honduras p3 gd0 pts4
Mexico p3 gd0 pts3
Jamaica p3 gd-2 pts2



Ecuador 4 V 1 Paraguay
Bolivia 1 V 1 Argentina
Venezuela 1 V 0 Colombia
Chile 2 V 0 Uruguay


Argentina p11 gd16 pts24
Ecuador p10 gd6 pts20
Colombia p10 gd12 pts19
Chile p11 gd-3 pts15
Venezuela p11 gd-3 pts15
Uruguay p11 gd-4 pts13
Peru p10 gd-4 pts11
Bolivia p11 gd-7 pts9
Paraguay p11 gd-13 pts8

Charisteas

Anyone hear an attendance for the Mexico/USA match? They were anticipating over 100,000.

Professional Griefer

Attendance: 105,000, according to ESPN.

I remember watching the Gold Cup final in 2011 between the 2, attendance was 93,420, finished 4-2, dos Santos scored a unreal goal.

Nuri Sahin

Was certainly over 100K in attendance anyway. The game was very disappointing. Mexico v USA games usually were always highly entertaining in the past, last couple have been poor.

citytillidie

June Qualification games

Asia Zone
4th June
Qatar V Iran
Lebanon V South Korea
Oman V Iraq
Japan V Australia

11th June
Iraq V Japan
Australia V Jordan
South Korea V Uzbekistan
Iran V Lebanon

18th June
Uzbekistan V Qatar
Jordan V Oman
Australia V Iraq
South Korea V Iran

North America Zone
4th June
Jamaica V Mexico

8th June
Costa Rica V Honduras
Jamaica V USA
Panama V Mexico

12th June
Mexico V Costa Rica
Honduras V Jamaica
USA V Panama

19th June
USA V Honduras
Costa Rica V Panama

Africa
5th June
Malawi V Namibia
Kenya V Nigeria

7th June
Libya V Congo DR
Sudan V Ghana

8th June
Botswana V Ethiopia
Central African Republic V South Africa
Zambia V Lesotho
Gabon V Congo
Angola V Senegal
Uganda V Liberia
Sierra Leone V Tunisia
Cape Verde Islands V Equatorial Guinea
Gambia V Ivory Coast
Morocco V Tanzania

9th June
Zimbabwe V Egypt
Togo V Cameroon
Niger V Burkina Faso
Benin V Algeria
Guinea V Mozambique
Mali V Rwanda

12th June
Malawi V Kenya
Namibia V Nigeria

14th June
Libya V Togo

15th June
Botswana V Central African Republic
Zambia V Sudan
Congo V Burkina Faso
Gabon V Niger
Uganda V Angola
Liberia V Senegal
Cape Verde Islands V Sierra Leone
Morocco V Gambia

16th June
Tanzania V Ivory Coast
Lesotho V Ghana
Mozambique V Egypt
Rwanda V Algeria
Congo DR V Cameroon
Ethiopia V South Africa
Equatorial Guinea V Tunisia
Guinea V Zimbabwe
Mali V Benin

Europe
7th June
Iceland V Slovenia
Finland V Belarus
Latvia V Bosnia-Herzegovina
Republic of Ireland V Faroe Islands
Armenia V Malta
Liechtenstein V Slovakia
Croatia V Scotland
Albania V Norway
Montenegro V Ukraine
Belgium V Serbia
Czech Republic V Italy
Austria V Sweden
Portugal V Russia
Azerbaijan V Luxembourg
Moldova V Poland
Lithuania V Greece

8th June
Switzerland V Cyprus

11th June
Sweden V Faroe Islands
Belarus V Finland
Denmark V Armenia

South America
7th June
Bolivia V Venezuela
Argentina V Colombia

8th June
Paraguay V Chile
Peru V Ecuador

11th June
Colombia V Peru
Ecuador V Argentina

12th June
Venezuela V Uruguay
Chile V Bolivia

Oat23

citytillidie wrote: »

June Qualification games

Asia Zone
4th June

Lebanon V South Korea

Lebanon are beating Korea in the most one sided game ever. Korea should have 5 or 6 goals by now but the ball just wont go in! It's unbelievable..5 minutes to rescue it.

..and Kim Chi-woo scores from a freekick in the 96th minute. They've managed a draw.

The Korea - Iran game in 14 days will be very interesting if both teams win their next matches. Winner goes to the WC, loser has to go through a play off.

citytillidie

Asia Zone
4th June Results
Qatar 0 V 1 Iran
Lebanon 1 V 1 South Korea
Oman 1 V 0 Iraq
Japan 1 V 1 Australia

Japan have now officially joined Brazil at 2014 World Cup

North America Zone
4th June Result
Jamaica 0 V 1 Mexico

Africa
5th June Results
Malawi 0 V 0 Namibia
Kenya 0 V 1 Nigeria

Amirani

citytillidie wrote: »

Japan have now officially joined Brazil at 2014 World Cup

I think Japan could cause some surprises this time round if they get a good draw. They've a few very talented players.

Nuri Sahin

Jamaica v Mexico in 25 mins if anyone needs their fix.

GTR63

Argentina vs Colombia is on Friday night at 11 on Setanta, should be a good game to watch that.

citytillidie

June 7th Results
African zone
Sudan 1 V 3 Ghana
Libya 0 V 0 DR Congo

European zone
Croatia 0 V 1 Scotland
Belgium 2 V 1 Serbia
Armenia 0 V 1 Malta
Czech Republic 0 V 0 Italy
Austria 2 V 1 Sweden
Republic of Ireland 3 V 0 Faroe Islands
Albania 1 V 1 Norway
Iceland 2 V 4 Slovenia
Azerbaijan 1 V 1 Luxembourg
Portugal 1 V 0 Russia
Latvia 0 V 5 Bosnia - Herzegovina
Liechtenstein 1 V 1 Slovakia
Lithuania 0 V 1 Greece
Moldova 1 V 1 Poland
Montenegro 0 V 4 Ukraine
Finland 1 V 0 Belarus

South America
Bolivia 1 V 1 Venezuela
Argentina 0 V 0 Colombia
Paraguay 1 V 2 Chile
Peru 1 V 0 Ecuador

North America
Jamaica 1 V 2 USA
Panama 0 V 0 Mexico
Costa Rica 1 V 0 Honduras

ebbsy

Will the 2nd placed team from our group make the playoffs ?

citytillidie

ebbsy wrote: »

Will the 2nd placed team from our group make the playoffs ?

At the moment it is 2nd lowest ranked group, group f is the lowest one at the min

Nuri Sahin

The ref has gone full loco in the Argentina - Columbia game Both Zapata and Higuain sent off. Been chances at both ends.

GTR63

Its a shame the reds happened it was such an open game beforehand. It still is but at the rate he is going there will be another one coming.

retalivity

ref has lost it completely....lol my stream has gone hardcore pr0n

GTR63

Messi on now the game needs a lift but how fit is he?

Jelle1880

Argentina ****ed me over for €100, they should have had a goal allowed (Messi was never offside) but all in all a quite average game from them, like they weren't interested.

citytillidie

8th June
Africa
Botswana 1 V 2 Ethiopia
Central African Republic 0 V 3 South Africa
Zambia 4 V 0 Lesotho
Gabon 0 V 0 Congo
Angola 1 V 1 Senegal
Uganda 1 V 0 Liberia
Sierra Leone 2 V 2 Tunisia
Cape Verde Islands 2 V 1 Equatorial Guinea
Gambia 0 V 3 Ivory Coast
Morocco 2 V 1 Tanzania

Europe
Switzerland 1 V 0 Cyprus

9th June
Africa
Zimbabwe 2 V 4 Egypt
Togo 2 V 0 Cameroon
Niger 0 V 1 Burkina Faso
Benin 1 V 3 Algeria
Guinea 6 V 1 Mozambique
Mali 1 V 1 Rwanda

Rekop dog

Big night in South American qualification tonight, Columbia and Chile should strengthen their automatic qualification positions with handy enough home games. Key tie is Venezuela vs Uruguay, you'd think if Uruguay are going to have any hope of rescuing a spot they need an away win tonight, not an easy task though, Venezuela are the most improved SA side considering their usual whipping boys status they've come a long way of late and boast a very good home record.

citytillidie

June 11th Results
Asia
South Korea 1 V 0 Uzbekistan
Iran 4 V 0 Lebanon
Australia 4 V 0 Jordan
Iraq 0 V 1 Japan

Europe
Denmark 0 V 4 Armenia
Sweden 2 V 0 Faroe Islands
Belarus 1 V 1 Finland

Since its Europe last games of this series here is the current groups

Group A
Belgium PL 7 GD 11 Pts 19
Croatia PL 7 GD 6 Pts 16
Serbia PL 7 GD 0 Pts 7
Wales PL 6 GD -8 Pts 6
Scotland PL 7 GD -5 Pts 5 - Out
Macedonia PL 6 GD -4 Pts 4

Group B
Italy PL 6 GD 8 Pts 14
Bulgaria PL 6 GD 7 Pts 10
Czech Republic PL 6 GD 2 Pts 9
Armenia PL 6 GD -2 Pts 6
Denmark PL 6 GD -3 Pts 6
Malta PL 6 GD -12 Pts 3

Group C
Germany PL 6 GD 15 Pts 16
Austria PL 6 GD 10 Pts 11
Sweden PL 6 GD 4 Pts 11
Republic of Ireland PL 6 GD 2 Pts 11
Kazakhstan PL 6 GD -13 Pts 1
Faroe Islands PL 6 GD -16 Pts 0 - Out

Group D
Netherlands PL 6 GD 18 Pts 18
Hungary PL 6 GD 13 Pts 11
Romania PL 6 GD 0 Pts 10
Turkey PL 6 GD 0 Pts 7
Estonia PL 6 GD -6 Pts 6
Andorra PL 6 GD -17 Pts 0

Group E
Switzerland PL 6 GD 7 Pts 14
Albania PL 6 GD 1 Pts 10
Iceland PL 6 GD -1 Pts 9
Norway PL 6 GD 0 Pts 8
Slovenia PL 6 GD -2 Pts 6
Cyprus PL 6 GD -5 Pts 4

Group F
Portugal PL 7 GD 6 Pts 14
Russia PL 5 GD 7 Pts 12
Israel PL 6 GD 7 Pts 11
Azerbaijan PL 7 GD -6 Pts 4
Northern Ireland PL 5 GD -4 Pts 3
Luxembourg PL 6 GD -10 Pts 3

Group G
Bosnia and Herzegovina PL 6 GD 20 Pts 16
Greece PL 6 GD 3 Pts 13
Slovakia PL 6 GD 2 Pts 9
Lithuania PL 6 GD -4 Pts 5
Latvia PL 6 GD -8 Pts 4
Liechtenstein PL 6 GD -13 Pts 2

Group H
Montenegro PL 7 GD 7 Pts 14
England PL 6 GD 18 Pts 12
Ukraine PL 6 GD 6 Pts 11
Poland PL 6 GD 5 Pts 9
Moldova PL 7 GD -7 Pts 5
San Marino PL 6 GD -29 Pts 0 - Out

Group I
Spain PL 5 GD 6 Pts 11
France PL 5 GD 4 Pts 10
Finland PL 5 GD 0 Pts 6
Georgia PL 5 GD -4 Pts 4
Belarus PL 6 GD -6 Pts 4

England is the 2nd placed team outside of the play offs

markc91

Is it goal diff or h2h that will decide who gets 2nd between ourselves,sweden and austria?

citytillidie

markc91 wrote: »

Is it goal diff or h2h that will decide who gets 2nd between ourselves,sweden and austria?

I think its back to Goal Difference

Amirani

Crazy defeat for Denmark.

gustafo

NiallSparky wrote: »

Crazy defeat for Denmark.

was watching that game denmark are shocking,

watching ecuador v argentina now...good game 1-1 at the minute, ecuador look handy.

Hammer Archer

Even crazier to think that Armenia just lost at home to Malta on Friday.

Amirani

gustafo wrote: »

was watching that game denmark are shocking,

watching ecuador v argentina now...good game 1-1 at the minute, ecuador look handy.

Ecuador are a good side alright. South American international football is very good the moment. Some good sides outside the traditional powerhouses. Uruguay's positioning in the qualifying table is testament to the competitiveness.

Rekop dog

Admittedly it's a step up from playing Franco Di Santo but I'd still start about 10 Argentine players ahead of Rodrigo Palacio.

GTR63

Rekop dog wrote: »

Admittedly it's a step up from playing Franco Di Santo but I'd still start about 10 Argentine players ahead of Rodrigo Palacio.

Does Lamela get any game time for them?

Headshot

Argentines are really nutters, there's no other words for them

a few screws missing

Oat23

hahahahaha

Oh my god. Mascherano sent off for kicking a medic.

gustafo

Good game

Mascherano has always been a bit of a scumbag.

Headshot

Here's a video of the incident

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3v-VgYMEwk

How bad is he that he kicks someone trying to help him. I also had a big laugh at his face when he got sent off, right up their with Jones face

Oat23

Ethiopia beat South Africa today to win their group and knock out SA. They have advanced to the last qualifying round. Hopefully they get a good draw and have a chance of qualifying for the finals!

citytillidie

Updated scores and tables for those that have finished for this series of games

12th June
Malawi 2 V 2 Kenya
Namibia 1 V 1 Nigeria

14th June
Libya 2 V 0 Togo

15th June
Botswana 3 V 2 Central African Republic
Zambia 1 V 1 Sudan
Congo 0 V 1 Burkina Faso
Gabon 4 V 1 Niger
Uganda 2 V 1 Angola
Cape Verde Islands 1 V 0 Sierra Leone
Morocco 2 V 0 Gambia

16th June
Tanzania 2 V 4 Ivory Coast
Lesotho 0 V 2 Ghana
Mozambique 0 V 1 Egypt
Rwanda 0 V 1 Algeria
Congo DR 0 V 0 Cameroon
Ethiopia 2 V 1 South Africa
Equatorial Guinea 1 V 1 Tunisia
Guinea 2 V 0 Zimbabwe
Mali 2 V 2 Benin
Liberia 0 V 2 Senegal

All Played 5
Group A
Ethiopia GD 5 Pts 13 - Through to Round 3
South Africa GD 4 Pts 8 - Out
Botswana GD -3 Pts 4 - Out
Central African Republic GD -6 Pts 3 - Out

Group B
Tunisia GD 4 Pts 11 - Through to Round 3
Cape Verde GD -1 Pts 6 - Out
Sierra Leone GD -1 Pts 5 - Out
Equatorial Guinea GD -2 Pts 5 - Out


Group C
Ivory Coast GD 10 Pts 13 - Through to Round 3
Morocco GD 1 Pts 8 - Out
Tanzania GD -2 Pts 6 - Out
Gambia GD -9 Pts 1 - Out

Group D
Ghana GD 14 Pts 12
Zambia GD 8 Pts 11
Sudan GD -9 Pts 2 - Out
Lesotho GD -13 Pts 2 - Out

Group E
Congo GD 4 Pts 10
Burkina Faso GD 2 Pts 9
Gabon GD 0 Pts 7
Niger GD -6 Pts 3 - Out

Group F
Nigeria GD 2 Pts 9
Malawi GD 1 Pts 7
Namibia GD -1 Pts 5 - Out
Kenya GD -2 Pts 3 - Out

Group G
Egypt GD 7 Pts 15 - Through to Round 3
Guinea GD 7 Pts 10 - Out
Mozambique GD -8 Pts 2 - Out
Zimbabwe GD -6 Pts 1 - Out

Group H
Algeria GD 8 Pts 12 - Through to Round 3
Mali GD 1 Pts 8 - Out
Benin GD -3 Pts 5 - Out
Rwanda GD -6 Pts 2 - Out

Group I
Libya GD 3 Pts 9
Cameroon GD -1 Pts 7
Congo DR GD 1 Pts 6 - Out
Togo GD -3 Pts 4 - Out

Group J
Senegal GD 4 Pts 9
Uganda GD 0 Pts 8
Angola GD -1 Pts 4 - Out
Liberia GD -3 Pts 4 - Out



11th June
Colombia 2 V 0 Peru
Ecuador 1 V 1 Argentina
Venezuela 0 V 1 Uruguay
Chile 3 V 1 Bolivia


Argentina PL 13 GD 16 Pts 26
Colombia PL 12 GD 14 Pts 23
Ecuador PL 12 GD 5 Pts 21
Chile PL 13 GD 0 Pts 21
Uruguay PL 12 GD -3 Pts 16
Venezuela PL 13 GD -4 Pts 16
Peru PL12 GD -5 Pts 14
Bolivia PL 13 GD -9 Pts 10
Paraguay PL 12 GD -14 Pts8


12th June
Mexico 0 V 0 Costa Rica
Honduras 2 V 0 Jamaica
USA 2 V 0 Panama

Oat23

Ethiopia aren't through yet and South Africa still have a chance. FIFA announced tonight that Ethiopia being investigated for fielding an ineligible player against Botswana on June 8th, which they did, and they will lose the 3 points meaning their lead is cut to 2. CA Republic vs Ethiopia & South Africa vs Botswana are the final games of the group on September 6th.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC)#Groups_2

South Korea and Iran are playing now, it's live on Eurosport 2. Draw for Korea guarantees 1st spot, win for Iran guarantees 1st spot. Draw should put both through unless Uzbekistan get a big win against Qatar. Nicely set up.

Xavi6

Australia just qualified but are utter shit and will get hammered in the finals if they keep playing like they have been.

LETS BE AVN IT

Xavi6 wrote: »

Australia just qualified but are utter shit and will get hammered in the finals if they keep playing like they have been.

I watched the game and I agree , tbh it annoys me they are there when they get such a handy route to the WC 2014 when teams in Europe have such a hard task . Same with New Zealand route but that's geography I suppose.

citytillidie

LETS BE AVN IT wrote: »

I watched the game and I agree , tbh it annoys me they are there when they get such a handy route to the WC 2014 when teams in Europe have such a hard task . Same with New Zealand route but that's geography I suppose.

New Zealand still have to play a team from North America that always changes.

Last time it was a team from Asia and the last time Australia where in that zone they had to play Uruguay

LETS BE AVN IT

citytillidie wrote: »

New Zealand still have to play a team from North America that always changes.

Last time it was a team from Asia and the last time Australia where in that zone they had to play Uruguay

Ye Oceania haven't played the south America 5th place team since 06 didn't New Zealand beat Bahrain to get to last world cup?

TaosHum

Xavi6 wrote: »

Australia just qualified but are utter shit and will get hammered in the finals if they keep playing like they have been.

Just had a look at the team. Still relying on the likes of Schwarzer, Neill, Bresciano, Cahill, Wilkshire, etc. Not going to pretend I know what quality is in the A-League, but the Aussie's seem to be struggling to produce talented young players these days. That team is a far cry to what pushed Italy all the way in the World Cup in 06.

citytillidie

LETS BE AVN IT wrote: »

Ye Oceania haven't played the south America 5th place team since 06 didn't New Zealand beat Bahrain to get to last world cup?

Yea the Asian team

Oat23

South Korea 0-1 Iran, Iran have qualified for the World Cup.

Uzbekistan have not scored enough goals so Korea finish 2nd and qualify too. Uzbekistan go through to the next round of qualifying and will play Jordan or Oman.

Queiroz and his coaching staff acted like proper tits at FT, shouting and jumping in the direction of the Korea bench because of what was said after the last game between them.

Xavi6

LETS BE AVN IT wrote: »

I watched the game and I agree , tbh it annoys me they are there when they get such a handy route to the WC 2014 when teams in Europe have such a hard task . Same with New Zealand route but that's geography I suppose.

Asia isn't *that* handy, there's some very good teams in there. More competitive than Oceania was by some distance anyway.

TaosHum wrote: »

Just had a look at the team. Still relying on the likes of Schwarzer, Neill, Bresciano, Cahill, Wilkshire, etc. Not going to pretend I know what quality is in the A-League, but the Aussie's seem to be struggling to produce talented young players these days. That team is a far cry to what pushed Italy all the way in the World Cup in 06.

The A-League is actually producing players good enough to play, the manager just won't play them.

Robbie Kruse started against Jordan and had a goal and two assists for example, it took a move to Germany for him to get a run.

Same for Tom Rogic who moved to Celtic in January, he only came off the bench though tonight and should've started instead of Brett Holman.

The old guard have done well but they're on their last legs. Many said that after 2010 though too.