Friday, June 05, 2009

World Cup Qualifying & Friendlies Around The World This Weekend

Here are all the matches going on around the world this weekend, for World Cup qualifying or just friendlies. And don't forget, the Confederations Cup is just a week away.

CONCACAF

Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jun 6
Trinidad & Tobago v Costa Rica
El Salvador v Mexico
USA v Honduras

Standings (after 3 of 10 rounds):
9 Costa Rica (4 played)
7 USA (4 played)
4 Honduras
- - (Playoff) - -
3 Mexico
- - (Out) - -
2 El Salvador
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 v Rwanda
Malawi v Burkina Faso
Gabon v Togo
Tunisia v Mozambique

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

CONMEBOL

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

Standings (after 12 of 18 rounds):
24 Paraguay
21 Brazil
20 Chile
19 Argentina
- - (Playoff) - -
17 Uruguay
- - Out - -
14 Colombia
14 Ecuador
13 Venezuela
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

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

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

Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jun 6
Slovakia v San Marino
Macedonia v Norway
Iceland v Netherlands
Belarus v Andorra
Finland v Liechtenstein
Sweden v Denmark
Azerbaijan v Wales
Croatia v Ukraine
Serbia v Austria
Bulgaria v Ireland
Cyprus v Montenegro
Albania v Portugal
Kazakhstan v England
Lithuania v 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 v Malta
France v Turkey
Syria v Sierra Leone
-Sat Jun 6
South Africa v Poland
Georgia v Moldova
Botswana v New Zealand
Estonia v Equatorial Guinea
Namibia v Congo DR
Italy v Northern Ireland
-Sun Jun 7
Jamaica v Panama

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