There's a full slate of 2010 World Cup Qualifiers in all of the regions on Saturday September 5,
2009. The biggest matchup this weekend has to be in South America (CONMEBOL) as Argentina hosts
Brazil. In CONCACAF, Mexico and the United States look to get wins to inch closer towards automatic
qualification.
Qualifying for the FIFA 2010 World Cup continues on Wednesday with matches in most of the
regions. There are only three matches left for most countries as there are several spots still up
for grabs in every region. In CONCACAF and CONMEBOL it's still very close and top countries such as
Argentina are on the fringe.
The World Cup of 2010 is already taking shape, with seven of the 32 teams on offer having already
staked a claim towards a tournament berth.
In trouble...
The teams who have already qualified:
South Africa (CAF - as hosts)
Japan (AFC)
Australia (AFC)
South Korea (AFC)
Netherlands (UEFA)
North Korea (AFC)
Brazil (CONMEBOL)
Ghana (CAF)
So, that leaves space for 24 more countries.
In this interview (originally published on A Liverpool Thing) with their new chairman Chris
Stirrup, Paul Grech asks a few questions about AFC Liverpool's progress after a couple of seasons,
including the $64,000 question of whether the club has become to close to the club that it was
supposed to formed as a reaction to.
I came across this article on SBS recently. It relates to an old interview they had with the head
of the AFC Mohamed Bin Hammam and I was particularly struck by this comment.
He said, among other things, that the FFA has been given until 2011 to continue its inclusion
of a foreign team – the Wellington Phoenix – in its domestic competition, after which, so
far as the AFC is concerned, there will be no non-Australian clubs permitted in the
A-League.
The World Cup of 2010 is already taking shape, with eleven of the 32 teams on offer having already
staked a claim towards a tournament berth.
The teams who have already qualified:
South Africa (CAF - as hosts)
Japan (AFC)
Australia (AFC)
South Korea (AFC)
Netherlands (UEFA)
North Korea (AFC)
Brazil (CONMEBOL)
Ghana (CAF)
England (UEFA)
Spain (UEFA)
Paraguay (CONMEBOL)
