With most attention on the exploits of Pohang Steelers in the Asian Champions League and the
national team's friendly matches in Europe against Denmark and Serbia, the fact that the K-League
is about to embark upon its championship play-off series has almost gone unnoticed.
Six teams are still in with a chance of the domestic title.
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HexagonalBlog 18 November @ 12:39 AM EST
The announcement of the draw for the FIFA Club World Cup was actually last week, but got buried in
my run-up to the first leg of the CONCACAF/CONMEBOL playoff. Atlante, the 2008-09 CONCACAF
Champions League winners, received a beneficial draw when they were paired with the winners of the
Al Ahli (UAE) - Auckland City (New Zealand) match.
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Este día ha quedado establecido el calendario de la Copa Mundial de Clubes de la FIFA
UAE 2009, llevándose acabo el sorteo en Hotel Emirates Palace de Abu
Dabi.
Los partidos quedaron de la siguiente forma:
- Partido 1, 9 de diciembre: Al Ahli FC – Auckland City FC
- Partido 2, 11 de diciembre: TP Mazembe – Pohang Steelers FC
- Partido 3, 12 de diciembre: Ganador partido 1 – Atlante FC
- Partido 4, 15 de diciembre: Ganador partido 2 – Estudiantes de La
Plata
- Partido 5, 16 de diciembre: Ganador partido 3 – FC Barcelona
- Partido 6, 16 de diciembre: Perdedor partido 2 – Perdedor partido 3
(partido por el 5º lugar)
- Partido 7, 19 de diciembre: Perdedor partido 4 – Perdedor partido 5
(partido por el 3er lugar)
- Partido 8, 19 de diciembre: Ganador partido 4 – Ganador partido
5
En términos más claros para nosotros los aficionados mexicanos, el seguimiento que debe tener
Atlante es el siguiente.
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En nombre del Manchester United, último campeón, Bobby Charlton sacó las pelotitas de la pecera
para anunciar que
Estudiantes debuta por las semifinales del Campeonato Mundial de Clubes,
el
15 de diciembre de 2009 con el ganador del partido entre TP Mazembe (Congo) y Pohang
Steelers FC (Corea del Sur) a jugarse el día 11.
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Romantic results in the oldest football tournament in the world and giant-killing in Spain,
Asian champions, diving in England and violence in the women's game in the USA all feature in this
week's good, the bad and the ugly. Vocabulary support can be found for the words in
bold at the foot of the post.
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Foi sorteado hoje, o mundial de clubes de 2009. Será a primeira vez que o torneio será disputado
nos Emirados Arábes.
Play-off InicialJogo 1 - 09/12/2009 - Auckland City (Nova Zelândia) x Al-Ahli (Emirados
Arábes).
Quartas-de-FinalJogo 2 - 11/12/2009 - TP Mazembe (RD Congo) x Pohang Steelers (Coréia do Sul)
Jogo 3 - 12/12/2009 - Atlante (México) x Vencedor do Jogo 1
SemifinalJogo 4 - 15/12/2009 - Vencedor do Jogo 2 x Estudiantes (Argentina)
Jogo 5 - 16/12/2009 - Vencedor do Jogo 3 x Barcelona (Espanha)
Decisão do 5º LugarJogo 6 - 16/12/2009 - Perdedor do jogo 2 x Perdedor do jogo 3
Decisão do 3º LugarJogo 7 - 19/12/2009 - Perdedor do Jogo 4 x Perdedor do Jogo 5
FinalJogo 8 - 19/12/2009 - Vencedor do Jogo 4 x Vencedor do Jogo 5
Todos os jogos, serão em Abu Dhabi, nos Emirados Arábes.
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Con la conquista de la Copa Africana de parte del Tout Puissant Mazembe, de Lumumbashi, República
Democrática del Congo (ex Zaire) se completaron los seis campeones continentales que disputarán
el Mundial de Clubes de la FIFA en Abu Dhabi, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, entre el 9 y el 19 de
diciembre.
El cuadro lo componen entonces Barcelona, de España, ganador de la UEFA Champions League;
Estudiantes de La Plata, de Argentina, conquistador de la Copa Libertadores de América; Atlante,
de la capital de México mudado a Cancún, monarca de la Concacaf; Auckland City, de Nueva Zelanda,
vencedor en la O-League de Oceanía; Pohang Steelers, de Pohang, Corea del Sur; y el mencionado
equipo congoleño.
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Estamos ya por iniciar el próximo mes el mundial de clubes, para estar al tanto y al pendiente
de los resultados aqui les compartimos el calendario de juegos.
El campeonato se compone de una ronda preeliminar para despues pasar a
cuartos de final, despues las semifinales donde Estudiantes de la Plata y
Barcelona califican directamente.
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Estamos ya a nada de iniciar el Mundial de clubes 2009 donde participarán los clubes campeones de
cada confederación.
UEFA (Europa)
Barcelona
Campeón de la Liga de Campeones de la UEFA (2008-09)
Conmebol (Sudamérica)
Estudiantes de La Plata
Campeón de la Copa Libertadores de América (2009)
Concacaf (Norte, Centroamérica y
Caribe)
Atlante
Campeón de la Concacaf Liga Campeones (2008-09)
AFC (Asia)
Pohang Steelers
Campeón de la Liga de Campeones de la AFC (2009)
CAF (África)
TP Mazembe
Campeón de la Liga de Campeones de la CAF (2009)
OFC (Oceanía)
Auckland City
Campeón de la Liga de Campeones de la OFC (2009) Emiratos Árabes Unidos (
AFC)
Al-Ahli Dubai
Campeón de la UAE League (2008-09)
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The AFC Region (Asia) wraps up its 2009 season of the Champions League on Saturday, November 7,
2009. The final has Saudi Arabian side Al Ittihad facing South Korean side Pohang Steelers. Live
coverage of the match will be provided at Free Live Sports TV. The link is below and the match is
set to start at 05:00 EST, 10:00 GMT, or 19:00 JST.
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We start off this week's predictions with the Asian Champions League final as football increases
in popularity in Asia this competition is going to get a bigger and bigger profile. Staying in
Asia, we have a crunch game for the leaders of J-league, then some big games involving some the
front runners in England, France and Spain, before we go south to a basement battle in
Argentina.
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Situado en la capital de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, Abu Dhabi, el Zayed Stadium es el estadio
más grande del país, con un aforo de más de 50.000 espectadores.
Fue creado por el difunto presidente de los EAU, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, a fin de
proporcionar un complejo deportivo dedicado que pudiera ser anfitrión de importantes eventos
deportivos árabes e internacionales.
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Pohang Steelers are just 90 minutes away from making soccer history. On Saturday night, the team
from Gyeongsang province could become the most successful club in Asia – ever.
The South Koreans meet Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad in Tokyo in the final of the Asian Champions
League. The opposition also has two wins under its belt.
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With the Chuseok holidays in South Korea over, it is traditionally time for local fans to put down
their overheated chopsticks and check out the race for the play-offs.
Past battles have been thrilling and this season is no different. As always, we teams that have
long forgotten thoughts of merely finishing in the top six to book a place in the championship
play-off series and have eyes on top spot.
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A burning sense of injustice could spur on South Korea's two teams remaining in the Asian Champions
League. In the first leg of their respective quarter finals, both Pohang Steelers and FC Seoul
suffered defeats on their travels to Uzbekistan and Qatar respectively.
The K-League clubs have a chance to right the perceived wrongs on Wednesday evening in the second
leg of their encounters.
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SoccerLens 27 August @ 02:35 PM EST
On the other side of the world to the eupohoria filled European Champions League, there is
another ‘Champions League'. The AFC Champions League. For those of you unaware of this league, 35
teams participate, either though direct qualification, or if you're from the UAE, Indonesia,
Singapore, Thailand or India, you have the arduous task of a playoff.
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As the rainy season, hopefully, comes to an end, the football season in South Korea is just past
the halfway stage. It has been a very interesting and unusual campaign so far with some big fish
struggling down in the murky waters while minnows play around in unfamiliar waters near the
surface.
Usually, there is no smaller catch in the K-League than Gwangju Sangmu.
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The Central Coast Mariners will not advance to the knockout stages of the Asian Champions League
after losing to the Pohang Steelers, 3-2, in Korea -- Read On -- ACL: Pohang Steelers End Central
Coast Mariners' Asian Campaign
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For at least two of South Korea's four representatives in the Asian Champions League, this week is
make or break time. The quartet stands at the halfway point of the group stage with three games
gone and three to go. With the top two in each group of four progressing to the second round, now
is the time to start picking up points.
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The displays in this week's AFC Champions League openers have prompted much speculation about
whether Australian clubs can reproduce Adelaide United's 2008 form and progress all the way to the
'09 final.
In fairness neither the Central Coast nor Newcastle convinced in their maiden continental outings.
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It is a fact, and perhaps not an ideal one, that as soon as the K-League starts its new season, the
Asian Champions League also gets into gear. Clubs that don't hit the ground running can often find
that before they know what is happening, they are hotfooting it out of Asia's premier club
competition.
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Suwon Samsung Bluewings
It has been an up and down close-season for the champs.
(Major) Departures: It was no surprise to lose defender Mato Neretljak, though it was expected he
would return to Europe and not go to Japan. Defensive partner Lee Jang-soo has also headed east.
Midfielder Cho Won-hee is now at Wigan and Shin Young-rok is in Turkey.
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Kwak Hee-ju rescued a 1-1 draw for
Suwon Bluewings against K-League rivals
FC Seoul in the contest to be crowned champions of South Korea. The two-legged
Championship playoff will be concluded on Sunday 7th December in the return leg at the
43,288-capacity Suwon World Cup Stadium following on from the deadlock in Seoul.
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The regular season of the K-League has come to an end; now six teams are standing and dusting
themselves down in preparation for the championship play-off series.
Despite a mid-season dip that threatened to go the way of Seoul's KOSPI index and head into a
plunge, Suwon Samsung Bluewings bounced back to finish in first – just.
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"Seongnam are the second strongest team in the league but we are the strongest," said
Pohang Steelers boss Sergio Farias after his team defeated the K-League leaders 2-1 last Saturday.
The Brazilian is exaggerating his team's abilities but at the moment in Korea, just as the weather
finally settles into seasonable temperatures, the football scene has gone haywire.
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SoccerLens 23 July @ 03:52 AM EST
South Korea's Olympic Football squad for Beijing 2008: Coach: Park Sung-Hwa Goalkeepers: Jung
Sung-Ryong (23) (Seongnam Ilhwa) Song Yoo-Geol (23) (Incheon United) Defenders: Shin Kwang-Hoon
(21) (Pohang Steelers) Kim Dong-Jin (26) (Zenit St. Petersburg, Russia) Kang Min-Soo (22) (Jeonbuk
Hyundai Motors) Kim Chang-Soo (23) (Busan I'Park) Kim Jin-Kyu (23) (FC Seoul) Kim Geun-Hwan (22)
(Kyung Hee University) Midfielders: Oh Jang-Eun (23) (Ulsan Hyundai) Kim Jung-Woo (26) (Seongnam
Ilhwa) Lee Chung-Yong [.
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South Korean football fans have been following the progress of Manchester United and Park Ji-sung
to the UEFA Champions League final with great interest. On May 21, the English champions will meet
Chelsea in Moscow in the biggest club match on the planet and if Park features, and as he played
every minute of the quarter and semifinals there is no reason to suggest he won't, he will become
the first Asian to play in Europe's showpiece.
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Adelaide United FC continued their strong showing in the 2008 AFC Champions League with yet another
victory in the group stage. Adelaide United FC defeated fellow Group E foe Binh Duong FC of Viteman
by a score of 4-1 at the Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide.
The victory now propels Adelaide United FC to the top of the group with two matches left to play.
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2007 K-League champions Pohang Steelers have no stars. That is the official line in South Korean
football but it is one that it is only partly true.
The south-eastern outfit may have lacked a big-name player since Lee Dong-gook left for
Middlesbrough at the start of the year but there have been some big performances from those in red
and black in recent weeks as the team powered through the play-offs to take the title.
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It was surprisingly easy in the end. Pohang Steelers defeated Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1-0 in the
second leg of the final of the 2007 K-League championship play-off series to add to their 3-1 win a
week previously.
As Kim Ki-dong lifted the golden trophy on a chilly November afternoon at Seongnam's Tancheon
Stadium, he became the fourth Pohang captain to do so but the first in 15 years.
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Just as the weather was turning cold in South Korea, the action on the pitch got hot as the
play-off series kicked off. Some of the fans kicked off too. Ulsan Hyundai Horang-I goalkeeper Kim
Young-kwang got involved with Daejeon Citizen supporters.
Anybody who has been to a few K-League games will be familiar with the scene. Fans disapprove of a
refereeing decision and vent by throwing plastic water bottles on the pitch.
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The system has its critics but the play-offs gave the K-League regular season a final day to
remember. Six teams out of 14 doing battle in the championship deciders may be a high percentage
but without the games, we would have just been treated to the sight of Seongnam strolling to
another title.
It is partly Seongnam's fault that the system was reinstalled.
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