From: harin@iti.gov.sg (Harinderpal Singh)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: World Cup Qualifying Results
Date: 28 Sep 92 03:47:10 GMT
Reply-To: harin@iti.gov.sg
Organization: Information Technology Institute, National Computer Board, S'pore

Results of matches played over the weekend :

Oceania Group 1
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Australia - Solomon Islands
    6              1

		P W D L  F  A Pts
Australia       4 4 0 0 13  2  8
Tahiti          3 0 1 2  1  6  1
Solomon Islands 3 0 1 2  3  9  1


The fixture was already meaningless even before the kick-off and the match was only a matter of national pride. Australia completed its group fixtures with a convincing victory to make it 4 wins out of 4. The only remaining fixture in the group is ( 9 Oct : Tahiti - Solomon Islands )


Oceania Group 2
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Vanuatu - Fiji
   0        3

		P W D L  F  A Pts
New Zealand 	4 3 1 0 15  1  7
Fiji		4 2 1 1  6  3  5
Vanuatu		4 0 0 4  1 18  0

Once again, the match was only a matter of national pride. New Zealand had already wrapped up the group last week.



What now for Australia and New Zealand
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Both Australia and New Zealand have done well in the first round, but qualification for WC 94 is still some way away.

If either of these teams is going to make it to the USA in 1994, it still has to get past 3 opponents. Each of these 3 matches will be a 2-leg home and away playoff.

This means that from now on, its a knock-out competition. The winner moves on to the next playoff and the loser has to wait for the next World Cup to try again.

The 3 playoffs are:

Playoff 1 (Oceania Group 1 winner vs Oceania Group 2 winner)
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Australia vs New Zealand - sometime in May 1993


Playoff 2 (Playoff 1 winner vs Concacaf runner-up)
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Its hard to say at this stage who the Concacaf runner-up will be, but considering that the favourites for the top two spots are Mexico and Canada, it is likely to be either of these countries.


Playoff 3 (Playoff 2 winner vs S. American Group A runner-up)
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Once again, its impossible to say who will be the runner up in South American Group A. The best that I can do is to tell you that it will be one of the following Group A teams (Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay or Peru).



Sorry for the length of the posting. I get carried away sometimes...


Cheers,
	Harin
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                         Harinderpal Singh Grewal
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