Today's WCQ results

[tashakor]

Here are the results of some of the matches that were played today.

Europe

Israel 2 - 2 Switzerland
Malta 0 - 4 Portugal
Liechtenstein 0 - 6 Germany
Spain 1 - 0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Austria 3 - 1 France
Cyprus 1 - 2 Italy
Sweden 0 - 0 Albania

South America

Argentina 1 - 1 Paraguay
Ecuador 3 - 1 Bolivia

Asia

Bahrain 2 - 3 Japan
Qatar 3 - 0 Uzbekistan
U.A.E. 1 - 2 North Korea

Friendlys

Oman 0 - 0 Morocco
Holland 1 - 2 Australia

Africa

Lybia 1 - 0 Ghana
Algeria 3 - 2 Senegal

[milad]

haha domenech soorakhe.

[Darvish11]

what a friggin goal by villa

and you all laughed when i said he was the best striker in the world

[persian boy]

Qatar 3-0 over Uzbeks ?!

FIRE DOMENECH!!! BRING DIDIER DESCHAMPS

[Demis-11]

how about
...
romania - Lithuania 0-3!!!! what the heck lol

[Pharaoh]

Here are the results of some of the matches that
Spain 1 - 0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Austria 3 - 1 France

I picked Austria to win in that FIFA prediction contest. South Africa here I come .

Africa
Lybia 1 - 0 Ghana
Algeria 3 - 2 Senegal

These matches were actually played Friday.

Saturday's results:

Mauritius 0:4 Tanzania
Seychelles 1:2 Burundi
South Africa 0:1 Nigeria
Kenya 1:0 Namibia
Sierra Leone 2:1 Equatorial Guinea
Gambia 3:0 Liberia
Cape Verde 1:2 Cameroon
Mauritania 0:1 Rwanda
Burkina Faso 0:0 Tunisia
Sudan 1:2 Chad

...plenty more on Sunday, including Egypt needing a draw in Kinshasa

[PersianMadrid7]

what a friggin goal by villa
and you all laughed when i said he was the best striker in the world

lol... currently he might be, with Eto'o out of form and Van Nistlerooy not scoring as much into the beginning of the season.

but he's certainly the most wanted striker, Madrid was refused a big offer by Valencia.

[yashar_fasihnia]

holland lost 1-2 to australia???

anyone knows if holland had all their stars??

[1Heesham1]

I picked Austria to win in that FIFA prediction contest. South Africa here I come .
These matches were actually played Friday.
Saturday's results:
Mauritius 0:4 Tanzania
Seychelles 1:2 Burundi
South Africa 0:1 Nigeria
Kenya 1:0 Namibia
Sierra Leone 2:1 Equatorial Guinea
Gambia 3:0 Liberia
Cape Verde 1:2 Cameroon
Mauritania 0:1 Rwanda
Burkina Faso 0:0 Tunisia
Sudan 1:2 Chad
...plenty more on Sunday, including Egypt needing a draw in Kinshasa

didnt south africa get automatic qualification as they're the host nation?

[KC McElroy]

They play in these qualification matches as they also count for the qualification for the 2010 African Championship.

[shayan20]

holland lost 1-2 to australia???
anyone knows if holland had all their stars??

Australia is a strong team with verbick as their coach who knows the holland team inside out.

here is the report of the game from sbs

Dutch delight for Socceroos

Australia have come from behind to clinch a 2-1 victory against 10-man Netherlands in their friendly international in Eindhoven.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar gave the Oranje the lead in just the sixth minute, but the game was turned on its head when home goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg was given his marching orders on the stroke of half-time.

Harry Kewell converted the resultant penalty and Josh Kennedy produced the winner on 76 minutes to ensure the Socceroos a winning preparation ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan in Tashkent on Wednesday (Thursday morning AEST).

Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk opted to start with Robin van Persie, despite his injury worries, as he sought to give the Arsenal forward some match practice ahead of their World Cup opener away to FYR Macedonia in midweek. Real Madrid midfielder Arjen Robben, however, was not called upon.

The only surprise in Australia's starting XI was AZ Alkmaar forward Brett Holman's inclusion in the midfield ahead of Mark Bresciano, while Carl Valeri filled in for injured defensive midfielder Vince Grella.

The Dutch wasted little time to grab the lead, converting from their first opportunity of the match after just over five minutes.

A long ball down the left opened up for Ryan Babel to run on to and his cut-back into the box found Huntelaar, who struck a low shot past Mark Schwarzer.

Australia responded with some good attacks on the counter, including Brett Emerton's clever cross for Jason Culina who could only head wide.

Schwarzer did well to thwart Johnny Heitinga after 20 minutes with the Atletico Madrid defender put through from a quick free-kick, but unable to get past the veteran Australian goalkeeper.

The home side continued to probe away with Van Persie shooting just over from a free-kick while Rafael van der Vaart did the same when well fed by Babel.

Holman should have equalised in the 37th minute when a gentle header from Kewell set him through on Stekelenburg, who managed to deflect the Australian's low shot.

But the real drama for the Dutch keeper came in the 44th minute. A horrible back pass from Heitinga forced Stekelenburg into a reckless lunge on Kennedy and he brought the big Australian down.

Referee Martin Atkinson pointed to the spot and then handed the keeper a red card. Kewell slotted the penalty past substitute stopper Henk Timmer and it was 1-1 at the break.

Bresciano and Mile Sterjovski replaced Kewell and Emerton at half-time as Australia coach Pim Verbeek looked to save his most influential players for the Tashkent match.

Van Persie departed as well, with Dirk Kuyt on as the lone front man after Huntelaar had gone off for Timmer before the break.

With both teams having more important games on their plates this week, there was no great hurry to find a winner and despite having an extra man Australia preferred the long ball.

The away side's persistence was eventually rewarded when former FC Twente midfielder Luke Wilkshire provided an excellent cross for Kennedy, who jumped above Andre Ooijer and headed well to beat Timmer.

Pride wounded, the home side searched hard for an equaliser, but substitute Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink headed wide from a corner and then failed to connect to Ibrahim Afellay's cross.

Kuyt forced Schwarzer to save in injury-time, but the Socceroos held on and will head to central Asia full of confidence.

[Darvish11]

didnt south africa get automatic qualification as they're the host nation?

i think this is for the african cup of nations

[Pharaoh]

Yes, as KC and NYPP said the the 2010 World Cup qualifying tournament in Africa doubles as 2010 African Cup of Nations (to be held in Angola) qualifying. 20 teams will advance from this round to comprise 5 groups of 4 teams each. The group winners ONLY will advance to the World Cup. The top 3 in each group will advance to the African Cup of Nations.

[Super Shojaei]

They play in these qualification matches as they also count for the qualification for the 2010 African Championship.

lol.

[The Joker]

France better sack domenech. They lost to Austria 3-1