The new comers

[zzgloo]

OK............seems like we got pretty settled situation with teams qualified for the next and final round of qualification to Brazil...
The new comers...
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1-Lebanon
2-Jordan
3-Qatar,
4-Possibly Oman
and old timers
4-Japan
5-S.Korea
6-Australia
7-IRAN
8-Saudi/Oman
9-Uzbakistan
10-China/Iraq
........
so a possible pairing..could be:
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Group A :
............
1-Japan
2-IRAN
3-Saudi/Oman
4-Lebanon
5-Jordan
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Group B :
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1-Australia
2-S.Korea
3-Uzbakistan
4-Qatar
5-China/Iraq.

[Paradigm]

Saudi seems to be in trouble, they have to play their last match away in Australia and if they lose or tie, Oman or Thailand can leap frog them with a win. Oman particularly has that chance since they will play Thailand at home.

Also South Korea is not through yet, they have to get at least a tie against Kuwait in the last match day (at home). Kuwait *might* get lucky, lol...

[Doctor DOOM]

^ khoda az dahanet beshnaveh

ksa's fate depends on aussies taking the game seriously or not.
I think oman can defeat the thais at home so we may see oman advance. poor raijkard

kuwait winning at korea? mathematically it is possible.
but realistically probable? not so much. however this is football and anything might happen

a WCQ final round without skorea dn ksa?
that would be just too D.I.L.I.C.I.O.U.S. hahahahahha

[Kaiser Amir]

ksa's fate depends on aussies taking the game seriously or not.

The best Saudi Arabia can do against Australia is a draw.
And thats because Australia is already qualified.
They won't win there.

Also, I'm pretty sure Australia will take the game seriously.
Why?
Because the'd also want to eliminate Saudi Arabia, a potential danger in the next round.


About South Korea, don't get your hopes up.
They're as good as through.
They are professional enough and techinally good enough to beat Kuwait easily at home.

[yashar_fasihnia]

meanwhile, guess in whose hand's does bahrain's fate lie?

[Nokhodi]

I'm very cynical when it comes to football, especially in Asia.

Saudi will make it, Korea will make it.
The teams that did well in this round (Iraq, Jordan, Uzbekistan...) will collapse in the next stage. They've already peaked.
In 2006 Korea nearly got eliminated from the WC when they were in a group with Maldives, and sucked in the final qualifying round but eventually were the best Asian team in Germany.

I still fear these little Arab countries. Its a matter of pride for them to beat us and our players always have to watch out for them.