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Saturday, 5 September
Colombia v Ecuador
Peru v Uruguay
Paraguay v Bolivia
Argentina v Brazil
Chile v Venezuela
Wednesday, 9 September
Bolivia v Ecuador
Uruguay v Colombia
Paraguay v Argentina
Venezuela v Peru
Brazil v Chile
New Zealand have already qualified from the ‘ten nation’ Oceania continental zone, and will face an inter-continental play-off against the winners of a play-off in the Asian zone between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
The winners of the inter-continental play-off will qualify for South Africa 2010. The dates of the two-legged play-off are October 10 and November 14, with the first leg in Asia and the second leg in New Zealand.
Saturday 5 September
USA v El Salvador
Honduras v Trinidad & Tobago
Costa Rica v Mexico
Wednesday, 9 September
El Salvador v Costa Rica
Trinidad & Tobago v USA
Mexico v Honduras
Saturday, 5 September
GROUP 1
Denmark v Portugal
Hungary v Sweden
GROUP 2
Moldova v Luxembourg
Switzerland v Greece
Israel v Latvia
GROUP 3
Slovakia v Czech Republic
Poland v Northern Ireland
GROUP 4
Russia v Liechtenstein
Azerbaijan v Finland
GROUP 5
Armenia v Bosnia Herzegovina
Turkey v Estonia
Spain v Belgium
GROUP 6
Ukraine v Andorra
Croatia v Belarus
GROUP 7
Austria v Faroe Islands
France v Romania
GROUP 8
Bulgaria v Montenegro
Cyprus v Republic of Ireland
Georgia v Italy
GROUP 9
Scotland v FYR Macedonia
Iceland v Norway
Wednesday, 9 September
GROUP 1
Malta v Sweden
Albania v Denmark
Hungary v Portugal
GROUP 2
Israel v Luxembourg
Moldova v Greece
Latvia v Switzerland
GROUP 3
Czech Republic v San Marino
Northern Ireland v Slovakia
Slovenia v Poland
GROUP 4
Liechtenstein v Finland
Wales v Russia
Germany v Azerbaijan
GROUP 5
Bosnia Herzegovina v Turkey
Armenia v Belgium
Spain v Estonia
GROUP 6
Andorra v Kazakhstan
Belarus v Ukraine
England v Croatia
GROUP 7
Faroe Islands v Lithuania
Romania v Austria
Serbia v France
GROUP 8
Montenegro v Cyprus
Italy v Bulgaria
GROUP 9
Norway v FYR MacedoniaScotland v Holland
Saturday, 5 September
Bahrain v Saudi Arabia
Wednesday, 9 September
Saudi Arabia v Bahrain
This is a two-legged playoff, with the winners advancing to an inter-continental playoff with New Zealand to decide who goes to South Africa 2010.
Australia, Japan, South Korea and Korea DPR (North Korea) have all qualified for the finals next summer.
Saturday, 5 September
GROUP A
Gabon v Cameroon
GROUP C
Rwanda v Egypt
GROUP E
Malawi v Guinea
Ivory Coast v Burkina Faso
Sunday, 6 September
GROUP A
Togo v Morocco
GROUP B
Mozambique v Kenya
Nigeria v Tunisia
GROUP C
Algeria v Zambia
GROUP D
Benin v Mali
Ghana v Sudan
Wednesday, 9 September
GROUP A
Cameroon v Gabon
Hi there! With the European domestic seasons now in full swing, the World Cup is now visible on the horizon. Just 282 days away in fact.
For all newcomers to my blog, firstly let me give you a warm welcome and let you know what to look out for this month:
1 Sept Monthly newsletter (This is it by the way!)
1 Sept All the World Cup qualifying/play-off fixtures for this month (and I mean all – a global list).
1 Sept “Dates for the diary” – a Regular Feature, listing all the key dates of World Cup related events for the month ahead.
4 Sept Previews of all the key games and how the groups are shaping up.
6 Sept Results, Views and Reactions.
8 Sept Previews of all the key games and how the group standings are looking.
10 Sept Results, Views and Reactions.
15 Sept “Ten quick questions”... A Regular Feature, on day 15 of each month – how well do you really know your World Cup History?
20 Sept “The Top Ten”... A Regular Feature, on day 20 of each month, World Cup related themes.
25 Sept “Player focus”... A Regular Feature, on day 25 of each month.
30 Sept “Country Profile” ... A Regular Feature, on day 30 or 31 of each month, in the months leading up to next summer’s World Cup Finals this feature will focus on each of the top ten FIFA ranked countries.
Apart from regular posts, there will also be news and views on all the stories as they break. Make SURE you keep up with all the latest news here with me, on:
www.worldcup-latest.blogspot.com
The Qualifying groups are reaching their conclusions, and it’s crunch time for the dreams of many nations. Over the next few days the likes of Portugal and Sweden may see their World Cup dream come to an end. There is one huge match which will be grabbing the attention of the world on Saturday, 5 September, when Argentina play Brazil. It will be the first time that Maradona has faced Brazil as coach of the national side, and Argentina need a result Big Time, as their qualification hopes for South Africa will be seriously derailed if they lose to the Samba stars.
Because it is such a high profile game with so much at stake, I will be providing special coverage and posting blog entries throughout the match to give “live updates” on how it progresses. See my blog entry from a few days ago for my prediction of what will happen..
So, there’s loads to look forward to, and I hope you’ll join me for all the action.
Saturday, 5 September
