From: halchuk@seismo.emr.ca (Steve Halchuk)
Subject: WC Qualifying dates for ASIA
Reply-To: halchuk@seismo.emr.ca
Organization: Dept. of Energy, Mines & Resources, Canada
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:36:05 GMT

Here are the qualifying dates for the six groups in Asia. Group winners 
play a round robin tournament in November/December 1993. Each group is
played in the form of two mini-tournaments at locations within the group.
Source is the January 1993 issue of World Soccer, so perhaps these dates
should be taken with a grain of salt (judging by their insistence that
Cyprus and Belgium were to play on January 2 :-)). Note that two matches 
are missing from Group C in the mini-tournament in Doha, Qatar. These
are Qatar v North Korea and Indonesia v Singapore. World Soccer does not
list them but my guess is they will be played April 18. 

Congratulations should be given to the organizers of these tournaments.
Over 100 matches will be played in less than 100 days, with less than a
week's space between any two matches and very little overlap between the 
groups. This was either extremely nice coincidence or brilliant 
logistical planning. I'm looking forward to getting a steady stream of 
results over the next few months

Stephen  


Asia Group A

*  93/05/22  Jordan    Yemen
*  93/05/22  Pakistan  China
*  93/05/24  Jordan    Iraq
*  93/05/24  Yemen     Pakistan
*  93/05/26  Jordan    China
*  93/05/26  Yemen     Iraq
*  93/05/28  Pakistan  Iraq
*  93/05/28  Yemen     China
*  93/05/30  Jordan    Pakistan
*  93/05/30  Iraq      China

!  93/06/12  Yemen     Jordan
!  93/06/12  China     Pakistan
!  93/06/14  Iraq      Jordan
!  93/06/14  Pakistan  Yemen
!  93/06/16  China     Jordan
!  93/06/16  Iraq      Yemen
!  93/06/18  Iraq      Pakistan
!  93/06/18  China     Yemen
!  93/06/20  Pakistan  Jordan
!  93/06/20  China     Iraq

*  matches played in Amman, Jordan
!  matches played in Beijing, China

Asia Group B (Myanmar withdrew)

*  93/06/28  Iran    Oman
*  93/06/28  Taiwan  Syria
*  93/06/30  Oman    Syria
*  93/06/30  Iran    Taiwan
*  93/07/02  Oman    Taiwan
*  93/07/02  Iran    Syria

!  93/07/07  Oman    Iran
!  93/07/07  Syria   Taiwan
!  93/07/09  Syria   Oman
!  93/07/09  Taiwan  Iran
!  93/07/11  Taiwan  Oman
!  93/07/11  Syria   Iran

*  matches played in Tehran, Iran
!  matches played in Damascus, Syria

Asia Group C

*  93/04/09  Qatar        Indonesia
*  93/04/09  North Korea  Vietnam
*  93/04/11  North Korea  Singapore
*  93/04/11  Qatar        Vietnam
*  93/04/13  North Korea  Indonesia
*  93/04/13  Vietnam      Singapore
*  93/04/16  Qatar        Singapore
*  93/04/16  Vietnam      Indonesia

!  93/04/24  Indonesia    Qatar
!  93/04/24  Vietnam      North Korea
!  93/04/26  Singapore    North Korea
!  93/04/26  Vietnam      Qatar
!  93/04/28  Indonesia    North Korea
!  93/04/28  Singapore    Vietnam
!  93/04/30  Singapore    Qatar
!  93/04/30  Indonesia    Vietnam
!  93/05/02  Singapore    Indonesia
!  93/05/02  North Korea  Qatar


*  matches played in Doha, Qatar
!  matches played in Singapore

Asia Group D

*  93/05/07  Lebanon      India
*  93/05/07  Hong Kong    Bahrain
*  93/05/09  Bahrain      South Korea
*  93/05/09  Lebanon      Hong Kong
*  93/05/11  India        Hong Kong
*  93/05/11  Lebanon      South Korea
*  93/05/13  Lebanon      Bahrain
*  93/05/13  India        South Korea
*  93/05/15  Hong Kong    South Korea
*  93/05/15  Bahrain      India

!  93/06/05  South Korea  Hong Kong
!  93/06/05  Bahrain      Lebanon
!  93/06/07  India        Bahrain
!  93/06/07  South Korea  Lebanon
!  93/06/09  Hong Kong    Lebanon
!  93/06/09  South Korea  India
!  93/06/11  India        Lebanon
!  93/06/11  Bahrain      Hong Kong
!  93/06/13  South Korea  Bahrain
!  93/06/13  Hong Kong    India

*  matches played in Beirut, Lebanon
!  matches played in Seoul, South Korea


Asia Group E

*  93/05/01  Suadi Arabia  Macau
*  93/05/01  Malaysia      Kuwait
*  93/05/03  Kuwait        Macau
*  93/05/03  Malaysia      Suadi Arabia  
*  93/05/05  Suadi Arabia  Kuwait
*  93/05/05  Malaysia      Macau

!  93/05/14  Malaysia      Kuwait
!  93/05/14  Suadi Arabia  Macau
!  93/05/16  Macau         Kuwait
!  93/05/16  Suadi Arabia  Malaysia
!  93/05/18  Malaysia      Macau
!  93/05/18  Suadi Arabia  Kuwait

*  matches played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
!  matches played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia


Asia Group F

*  93/04/08  Japan        Thailand
*  93/04/08  Sri Lanka    UAE
*  93/04/11  Japan        Bangladesh
*  93/04/11  Thailand     Sri Lanka
*  93/04/13  Sri Lanka    Bangladesh
*  93/04/13  UAE          Thailand
*  93/04/15  Japan        Sri Lanka
*  93/04/15  UAE          Bangladesh
*  93/04/18  Japan        UAE
*  93/04/18  Thailand     Bangladesh

!  93/04/28  Thailand     Japan
!  93/04/28  UAE          Sri Lanka    
!  93/04/30  Bangladesh   Japan
!  93/04/30  Thailand     UAE
!  93/05/03  Bangladesh   UAE
!  93/05/03  Sri Lanka    Thailand
!  93/05/05  Bangladesh   Thailand
!  93/05/05  Sri Lanka    Japan
!  93/05/07  Bangladesh   Sri Lanka
!  93/05/07  UAE          Japan


*  matches played in Tokyo, Japan
!  matches played in Dubai, United Arab Emirates



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