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            <title>world cup 2014 draw</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3057173</link>
            <description>world cup 2014 draw&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Group A&lt;/b&gt; - Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Cameroon. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Group B&lt;/b&gt; - Spain, Netherlands, Chile, Australia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Group C&lt;/b&gt; - Colombia, Greece, Cote D&amp;#39;Ivoire, Japan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Group D&lt;/b&gt; - Uruguay, Costa Rica, England, Italy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Group E&lt;/b&gt; - Switzerland, Ecuador, France, Honduras.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Group F&lt;/b&gt; - Argentina, Bosnia, Iran, Nigeria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Group G&lt;/b&gt; - Germany, Portugal, Ghana, USA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Group H&lt;/b&gt; - Belgium, Algeria, Russia, South Korea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group of Death - B, D, G&lt;br /&gt;Group of Life - C, E, H</description>
            <author>effhedge</author>
            <category>Football Lounge</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2013 00:59:29 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>2014 World Cup qualifying draw</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1978801</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;2014 World Cup qualifying draw&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;INTERCONTINENTAL PLAY-OFF DRAW&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asia v South America&lt;br /&gt;CONCACAF v Oceania&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;AFRICAN ZONE DRAW&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group A: South Africa, Botswana, Central African Republic, Somalia or Ethiopia&lt;br /&gt;Group B: Tunisia, Cape Verde Islands, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea or Madagascar&lt;br /&gt;Group C: Cote d&amp;#39;Ivoire, Morocco, Gambia, Chad or Tanzania&lt;br /&gt;Group D: Ghana, Zambia, Sudan, Lesotho or Burundi&lt;br /&gt;Group E: Burkina Faso, Gabon, Niger, Sao Tome e Principe or Congo&lt;br /&gt;Group F: Nigeria, Malawi, Seychelles or Kenya, Djibouti or Namibia&lt;br /&gt;Group G: Egypt, Guinea, Zimbabwe, Comoros or Mozambique&lt;br /&gt;Group H: Algeria, Mali, Benin, Eritrea or Rwanda&lt;br /&gt;Group I: Cameroon, Libya, Guinea-Bissau or Togo, Swaziland or Congo DR&lt;br /&gt;Group J: Senegal, Uganda, Angola, Mauritius or Liberia &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The winners of those groups will be paired off into five two-legged ties. The five winners go to Brazil&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;ASIAN ZONE DRAW&lt;/b&gt; (3rd round)&lt;br /&gt;Group A: China, Jordan, Iraq, Singapore&lt;br /&gt;Group B: Korea Republic, Kuwait, UAE, Lebanon&lt;br /&gt;Group C: Japan, Uzbekistan, Syria, Korea DPR&lt;br /&gt;Group D: Australia, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Thailand&lt;br /&gt;Group E: Iran, Qatar, Bahrain, Indonesia &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4th round&lt;br /&gt;The fourth round will see the group winners and runners-up from the third round play in two groups of five.&lt;br /&gt;The top two teams from each group will advance to the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil, while the two third-placed teams advance to the fifth round.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5th round&lt;br /&gt;Teams finishing 3rd in the fourth round groups will play each other to determine a possible 5th qualifier from Asia and the winner will play 5th placed team from South America (as mentioned above)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;CONCACAF Zone Draw&lt;/b&gt; (2nd round)&lt;br /&gt;Group A: El Salvador, Surinam, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic&lt;br /&gt;Group B: Trinidad &amp;amp; Tobago, Guyana, Barbados, Bermuda&lt;br /&gt;Group C: Panama, Dominica, Nicaragua, Bahamas&lt;br /&gt;Group D: Canada, St. Kitts &amp;amp; Nevis, Puerto Rico, St Lucia&lt;br /&gt;Group E: Grenada, Guatemala, St Vincent/ Grenadines, Belize&lt;br /&gt;Group F: Haiti, Antigua and Barbuda, Curacao, US Virgin Island&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The group winners advance to the 3rd round and will join the top 6 seed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(3rd round)&lt;br /&gt;Group A: USA, Jamaica, Winner of R2 Grp E, Winner of R2 Grp F&lt;br /&gt;Group B: Mexico, Costa Rica, Winner of R2 Grp A, Winner of R2 Grp B&lt;br /&gt;Group C: Honduras, Cuba, Winner of R2 Grp D, Winner of R2 Grp C&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The top two teams from each group will advance to the fourth round&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(4th round)&lt;br /&gt;The fourth round will see the 3 group winners and 3 runners-up from the third round compete in a single group.&lt;br /&gt;The top three teams will qualify directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals, while the fourth-placed team will play with the Oceania winner in Intercontinenal Play-off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;OCEANIA ZONE DRAW&lt;/b&gt; (1st round)&lt;br /&gt;American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa andTonga will play in single round-robin tournament. The winner will advance to 2nd round&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(2nd round):&lt;br /&gt;Group A: Vanuatu, New Caledonia, 1st round winner, Tahiti&lt;br /&gt;Group B: Fiji, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea&lt;br /&gt;The top 2 teams from each group advance to 3rd round&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(3rd round)&lt;br /&gt;The four remaining teams will play a double round-robin , with the top team will play with the 4th placed team from Concacaf in inter-confederation play-off&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;EUROPEAN ZONE DRAW&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group A: Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, Scotland, Macedonia, Wales.&lt;br /&gt;Group B: Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Armenia, Malta.&lt;br /&gt;Group C: Germany, Sweden, Republic of Ireland, Austria, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan.&lt;br /&gt;Group D: Netherlands, Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Estonia, Andorra.&lt;br /&gt;Group E: Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Albania, Cyprus, Iceland.&lt;br /&gt;Group F: Portugal, Russia, Israel, Northern Ireland, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg.&lt;br /&gt;Group G: Greece, Slovakia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lithuania, Latvia, Lichtenstein. &lt;br /&gt;Group H: England, Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, San Marino. &lt;br /&gt;Group I: Spain, France, Belarus, Georgia, Finland. &lt;br /&gt;The nine group winners will qualify automatically. The eight best group runners-up will contest play-offs for the four remaining places. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;CONMEBOL 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As Brazil automatically qualified as hosts, the other nine CONMEBOL national teams will compete for the 4.5 places available, with all competing nations playing each other home and away in a single group.&lt;br /&gt;The top four will qualify to World Cup, the 5th placed team will play with the winner team from AFC play-off in inter-confederation play-off</description>
            <author>effhedge</author>
            <category>Football Lounge</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 03:10:11 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Qatar to host World Cup 2022</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1662170</link>
            <description>the 2018 &amp;amp; 2022 world cup host revealed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2018 wc host: russia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2022 wc host: qatar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;source: &lt;a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9247651.stm' target='_blank'&gt;http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9247651.stm&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>effhedge</author>
            <category>Football Lounge</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:49:01 +0800</pubDate>
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