Final World Cup qualifying groups

[Holyjoe]

2006 FIFA World Cup - Asian Qualifiers draw

Group A Korea Republic, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Kuwait
Group B Japan, Iran, Bahrain, Korea DPR


Match Schedule
Matchday 1 - February 9, 2005
Group A Korea Republic v Kuwait, Uzbekistan v Saudi Arabia
Group B Japan v Korea DPR, Bahrain v Iran

Matchday 2 - March 25, 2005
Group A Kuwait v Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia v Korea Republic
Group B Korea DPR v Bahrain, Iran v Japan

Matchday 3 - March 30, 2005
Group A Kuwait v Saudi Arabia, Korea Republic v Uzbekistan
Group B Korea DPR v Iran, Japan v Bahrain

Matchday 4 - June 3, 2005
Group A Saudi Arabia v Kuwait, Uzbekistan v Korea Republic
Group B Iran v Korea DPR, Bahrain v Japan

Matchday 5 - June 8, 2005
Group A Kuwait v Korea Republic, Saudi Arabia v Uzbekistan
Group B Korea DPR v Japan, Iran v Bahrain

Matchday 6 - August 17
Group A Korea Republic v Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan v Kuwait
Group B Japan v Iran, Bahrain v Korea DPR

[Ed.]

I reckon apart from getting Saudi instead of Iran, that's about as tricky as it could have got.

[Holyjoe]

Yeah, pretty tricky. Even though the historical records aren't too much to go by, they've struggled against these sides in the past.

Saudi Arabia
Won: 3
Drawn: 5
Lost: 3

Last win: 2-0 win in a 1989 World Cup qualifier.
Last game: 1-2 defeat in 2000 Asian Cup.

Uzbekistan
Won: 2
Drawn: 0
Lost: 1

Last win & last game: 5-1 win in a 1997 World Cup qualifier

Kuwait
Won: 6
Drawn: 3
Lost: 8

Last win & last game: 4-0 win in 2004 Asian Cup.

[w0lfwood]

i cant see korea losing but they do manage to screw up somehow dam

[SteveW]

Ah no big Korean derby match then? Still that means we could have NK and SK at the World Cup.

Hopefully then they would compete as a joint team and give the spare finals place to Scotland on the 'you have jolly drunken fans but have no chance of qualifying on merit rule'

Sweet!

[nyujeelandsaram]

Piss off, NZers drink more than Scots.

[SteveW]

nyujeelandsaram said:

Piss off, NZers drink more than Scots.

But you're not jolly and you don't have any footy fans:P

End of debate!

[nyujeelandsaram]

True. We would have to trick NZers into thinking that it was in fact the rugby world cup to get them to go.

[KiwiForSeoulFC]

Can't wait for the Japan v DPRK match. Maybe Nakata will go missing and turn up in Pyongyang!