Monday, June 08, 2009

Scores From Last Weekends World Cup Qualifiers & Friendlies Around The World

Here are all the scores from matches that went on around the world last weekend, for World Cup qualifying or just friendlies. And don't forget, the Confederations Cup is just a few days away.

Netherlands, South Korea, Japan & Australia all join host South Africa as the first teams qualified for the 2010 World Cup! 27 more to go.

CONCACAF

Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jun 6
Trinidad & Tobago 2-3 Costa Rica - TnT goals by Carlos Edwards & Collin Samuel. CR goals by Alvaro Saborio & Celso Borges(2).
El Salvador 2-1 Mexico - ElS goals by Julio Martinez & Eliseao Quintanilla(PK). Mex goal by Cuauhtemoc Blanco(PK).
USA 2-1 Honduras - USA goals by Landon Donovan(PK) & Carlos Bocanegra. Hon goal by Carlos Costly.

Standings (after 4 of 10 rounds):
12 Costa Rica (5 played)
10 USA (5 played)
5 El Salvador
- - (Playoff) - -
4 Honduras
- - (Out) - -
3 Mexico
2 Trinidad & Tobago

Top 3 go to World Cup - 4th place team has a home and away playoff against CONMEBOL 5th place team.

AFRICA

Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jun 6
Zambia 1-0 Rwanda
Malawi 0-1 Burkina Faso
Gabon 3-0 Togo
Tunisia 2-0 Mozambique
-Sun Jun 7
Algeria 3-1 Egypt
Guinea 1-2 Cote d'Ivoire
Benin 1-0 Sudan
Cameroon 0-0 Morocco

Standings:
5 group stage winners advance to World Cup
See full standings here

CONMEBOL

Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jun 6
Uruguay 0-4 Brazil
Bolivia 0-1 Venezuela
Argentina 1-0 Colombia
Paraguay 0-2 Chile
-Sun Jun 7
Peru 1-2 Ecuador

Standings (after 13 of 18 rounds):
24 (+18) Brazil
24 (+8) Paraguay
23 Chile
22 Argentina
- - (Playoff) - -
17 (+7) Uruguay
- - Out - -
17 (-4) Ecuador
16 Venezuela
14 Colombia
12 Bolivia
7 Peru

Top 4 go to World Cup - 5th place team has a home and away playoff against CONCACAF 4th place team.

ASIA

Australia, Japan & South Korea have all qualified for the World Cup! Huge congrats to them.

Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jun 6
North Korea 0-0 Iran
Qatar 0-0 Australia
Uzbekistan 0-1 Japan
United Arab Emirates 0-2 South Korea

Standings (after 6 of 8 rounds):
Group 1
14 Australia - Advanced
14 Japan - Advanced
- - (Playoff) - -
7 Bahrain
- - Out - -
4 Uzbekistan (7 played)
5 Qatar (7 played)
Group 2
14 South Korea - Advanced
11 North Korea (7 played)
- - (Playoff) - -
10 Saudi Arabia (7 played)
- - Out - -
7 Iran
1 United Arab Emirates (6 played)

Top 2 from each group advance to World Cup - 3rd place teams in each group play home and away with winner playing home and away with Oceania winner for spot in World Cup.

UEFA

Netherlands becomes the first European team to qualify for the World Cup. Congrats!

Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jun 6
Slovakia 7-0 San Marino
Macedonia 0-0 Norway
Iceland 1-2 Netherlands
Belarus 5-1 Andorra
Finland 2-1 Liechtenstein
Sweden 0-1 Denmark
Azerbaijan 0-1 Wales
Croatia 2-2 Ukraine
Serbia 1-0 Austria
Bulgaria 1-1 Ireland
Cyprus 2-2 Montenegro
Albania 1-2 Portugal
Kazakhstan 0-4 England
Lithuania 0-1 Romania

Standings:
9 group stage winners advance to World Cup - 8 best runners up are paired into home and away series with 4 winners advancing to the World Cup.
See full standings here

OCEANIA

All matches are complete.

Standings (after 6 of 6 rounds):
- - (Playoff) - -
15 New Zealand
- - (Out) - -
8 New Caledonia
7 Fiji
4 Vanuatu

Top team moves to home and away playoff with 5th place Asia team for a spot in the World Cup.

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES

Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jun 5
Czech Republic 1-0 Malta
France 1-0 Turkey
Syria 6-0 Sierra Leone
-Sat Jun 6
South Africa 1-0 Poland
Georgia 1-2 Moldova
Botswana 0-0 New Zealand
Estonia 3-0 Equatorial Guinea
Namibia 4-0 Congo DR
Italy 3-0 Northern Ireland
-Sun Jun 7
Jamaica 3-2 Panama

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