Football friendly between Socceroos v South Africa in London
AUSTRALIAN football blockbusters are set to continue when the Socceroos are set to face off against 2010 World Cup hosts, South Africa. The match is scheduled for Craven Cottage in London on August 19, 2008.
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AFC World Cup Qualifying fourth and final round explained
In the fourth and final round of the Asian World Cup qualifying there will be 10 teams.
From these remaining nations:
- 2 groups of 5 teams will be drawn
- each team will will play each other in that group twice, in home and away matches
- the top 2 countries in each group will go straight to the world cup
- the 2 third placed countries in each group will play-off in a home and away series to get the right to play-off against the winner of Oceania. This game will also be played in a home and away series.
Seeding
The qualifiers will be split into 3 pots of 2 teams, with the bottom 4 ranked nations grouped together in a separate pot. Due to Saudi Arabia and Japan being seeded equal 4th, there will be a random draw held to determine which pots they go into. Note that teams in the same pot are not able to be grouped together.
The four seeding Pots are:
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Each group will include 1 team from each of Pots 1, 2 and 3, and 2 teams from Pot 4.
Australia: Watch Socceroos v China World Cup football qualifying highlights in Sydney
Watch the full highlights package from the World Cup qualifier between Australia and China.
Verbeek decided to give his stars an early holiday as they had already qualified for the next phase. He chose a mostly Olyroo XI for this dead-rubber clash.
This was a World Cup qualifying match played on Saturday 22 June, 2008 in Sydney.
China too good for future Socceroos
AUSTRALIA has been defeated 1-0 in their final group 1 World Cup qualifying match against China in front of over 70,000 Sydney-Siders. China’s Sun Xiang 12th-minute shot from outside the box was the only goal of the entertaining dead-rubber football match.
AFC: Complete and final Group Standings
Final round of qualifying explained
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Watch live online streaming of Australia v China World Cup qualifier
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Free agent Harry Kewell transfer saga nears the end
NEW Socceroos Captain Harry Kewell looks to have perhaps sorted out his playing future with reports coming out of the UK and Italy that AS Roma are on the verge of signing the Australian.
Kewell has gone on the record by stating that he would like to one day play on the European continent before his career ends and the Italian capital looks like the next stop.
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Australia: Watch Socceroos v Qatar World Cup football qualifying highlights in Doha
Watch the full highlights package from the World Cup qualifier between Australia and Qatar.
Verbeek’s men did it comfortably against the Qatari’s with a cracking 3-1 win in the desert heat.
This was a World Cup qualifying match played on Saturday 14 June, 2008 in Doha.
Emerton double enough for Socceroos against Qatar
AUSTRALIA have made it to the final round of qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup with a dominant performance against home team Qatar. The Socceroos won the game 3-1 at the Al Sadd Stadium in Doha.
Brett Emerton was the man of the moment as he scored two goals either side of half-time while the lone striker Kewell made the points safe with his second goal in three games for the Green and Gold.
Highlights: Australia v Qatar in Doha
Tables: AFC complete standings after 5 games
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Australia: Watch Socceroos v Iraq World Cup football qualifying highlights in Dubai
Watch the full highlights package from the World Cup qualifier between Australia and Iraq.
Things didn’t go as planned for Verbeek’s men as they suffered their first loss in of the qualifying campaign thanks to a wonder strike from Emad Mohammed
This was a World Cup qualifying match played on Saturday 7 June, 2008 in Dubai.
Socceroos can’t handle the heat against Iraq
AUSTRALIA has gone down 1-0 to Iraq this morning in their World Cup qualifying match but they still remain top of Group A alongside Qatar who earlier defeated China by the same scoreline.
Highlights: Australia v Iraq in Duabi
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