From: desert@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu (Desert Man...)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: WC Asia Fixtures?
Date: 1 Sep 92 19:44:10 GMT
Distribution: world,local
Organization: Univ. of Arizona...,TSN, AZ...
Nntp-Posting-User: desert

In article <2AA3AFFC.4685@orion.oac.uci.edu>, cheu@venus.its.uci.edu (Kelvin Cheu) writes:
> In article <hamlet.715367820@milton>, hamlet@milton.u.washington.edu (Mitch McGowan) writes:
> |> Does anyone have a list of fixtures for the Asia groups
> |> competing for WC '94?  I have a list of the groups but no
> |> indication of when the will be playing.
> |> 
> |> Thanks in advance.
> |> 
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> 
> I'm interested to know what are the grouping this time.  I am from
> Malaysia, but I'm sick of being grouped together with South Korea
> every time, as long as my memory can afford.
> 
> Kelvin

Well here is a repost of the file I posted a fews months ago... 

			   World Cup Draw
			   ==============

The draw for the 1994 World Cup preliminary rounds were done yesterday in NYC.
The teams qualified will play in the '94 World Cup held here in the USA...

NOTE:	United States (host) and Germany (World Cup Champs of '90) have a by and
	quailfy automatically into the final rounds to be played in the USA.


			     EUROPE
			     ======
REMARKS:

32 Teams entered, 13 teams qualify... Germany qualifies automatically...
Format: The top two teams qualify from each group...
Dates:  March 1 '92, to Nov. 17, '93...

	Groupe 1		Group 2			Groupe 3
	--------		-------			--------
	Italy			England			Spain
	Scotland		Netherlands		Ireland
	Portugal		Poland			Denmark
	Switzerland		Norway			Northern Ireland
	Malta			Turkey			Albania
	Estonia			San Marino		Lithuania
							Lativa

	Group 4			Group 5			Group 6
	-------			-------			-------
	Belgium			Soviet Union		France
	Czechoslovakia		Yugoslavia		Austria
	Romania			Hungary			Sweden
	Wales			Greece			Bulgaria
	Cyprus			Iceland			Finland
	Faroe Islands		Luxembourg		Israel



			      SOUTH AMERICA
			      =============
REMARKS:

9 teams entered... 3 teams qualify...
Format:	The winners of each group qualify plus the 2nd place team in Group B.
	The 2nd place team in Group A plays against winner of a playoff between
	the Oceania winner and the 2nd place team in the North and Central
	American and Caribbean region.
Dates:	March 1, '92 - Sept. 30, '93 (Goupe A).  March 1, '92 - Nov. 17, '93
	(Group B).  Playoff will be between Oct. 1, '93 and Nov. 17, '93.

			Group A			Group B
			-------			--------
			Argentina		Brazil
			Colombia		Uruguay
			Paraguay		Ecuador
			Peru			Bolivia
						Venezuela

				ASIA
				====
REMARKS:

29 teams entered... 2 teams qualify...

			F I R S T    R O U N D
			- - - - -    - - - - -
Format:	The top team in each group advances to the 2nd round.
Dates:	Jan. 1, '93  -  June 31, '93...

	Group A			Group B			Group C
	-------			-------			-------
	China			Iran			North Korea
	Iraq			Syria			Qatar
	Jordan			Oman			Singapore
	Yeman			Taiwan			Vietnam
	Pakistan		Myanmar			Indonesia

	Group D			Group E			Group F
	-------			-------			-------
	South Korea		Saudi Arabia		United Arab Emirates
	Bahrain			Kuwait			Japan
	Hong Kong		Malaysia		Thailand
	Lebanon			Macao			Sri Lanka
	India						Bangladesh

			S E C O N D	R O U N D
			- - - - - -	- - - - -
Format:	Six 1st round winners play in a group and the 1st and 2nd  place teams
	qualify...
Dates:	Aug. 1, '93  -  Oct. 31, '93...


				OCEANIA
				=======
REMARKS:

7 teams entered... 0 teams qualify automatically...

			F I R S T    R O U N D
			- - - - -    - - - - -
Format:	Group winners advance to the 2nd round...
Dates:	March 1, '92  -  Dec. 31, '92...

		      Group A			Group B
		      -------			-------
		      Austalia			New Zealand
		      Western Samoa		Tahiti
		      Solomon Islands		Fiji
						Vanuatu

			S E C O N D	R O U N D
			- - - - - -   	- - - - -
Two 1st round winners play home-and-home series between Jan. 1, '93, and May 31,
'93... The 2nd round winner plays home-and-home series against the North and
Central America and Caribbean 2nd place team between Aug. 1, '93, and Sept. 30,
'93... The winner of that series plays home-and-home series against South
American Group A 2nd place team from Oct. 1, '93, to Nov. 17, '93...


				AFRICA
				======
REMARKS:

37 teams entered... 3 teams qualify...

		   P R E L I M I N A R Y	R O U N D
		   - - - - - - - - - - -	- - - - -
Format:	Home-and-home, total goals...
Dates:	June 12-14, '92, and June 26-28, '92...

	           Togo   vs   Sao Tome and Principe

			F I R S T    R O U N D
			- - - - -    - - - - -
Format:	Group winners advance to the 2nd round...
Dates:	Oct. 9-11, '92  -  Feb. 28, '93...

	Group A		Group B		Group C		Group D
	-------		-------		-------		-------
	Algeria		Cameroon	Egypt		Nigeria
	Ghana		Zaire		Zimbabwe	Congo
	Uganda		Liberia		Sierra Leone	Libya
	Burundi		Swaziland	Angola		Togo - Sao Toma winner

Group E		Group F		Group G		Group H		Group I
-------		-------		-------		-------		-------
Ivory Coast	Morocco		Senegal		Zambia		Kenya
Sudan		Tunisia		Gabon		Madagascar	Guinea
Niger		Malawi		Mozambique	Burkina Faso	Mali
Botswana	Ethiopia	Mauritania	Tanzania	Gambia

		     S E C O N D	R O U N D
		     - - - - - -	- - - - -
Format:	The nine 1st round winners will be drawn into 3 groups of 3 teams and
	the 1st place teams in each group qualifies...
Dates:	April 16, '93  to  Oct. 10, '93...


		   NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
		   =====================================
REMARKS:

23 teams entered... 2 teams qualify... United States qualifies automatically...

			     CARIBBEAN REGION
			     ----------------
			   Pre-Preliminary Round
			   ---------------------
Format:	Home-and-home, total goals...
Dates:	March 1, '92, to March 31, '92...
	Series 1:	St. lucia   	vs	Vincent...
	Series 2:	Dominican Rep.	vs	Puerto Rico...

				Preliminary Round
				-----------------
Format:	Home-and-home, total goals...
Dates:	April 1, '92, to May 31, '92...

		NORHT					SOUTH
		-----					-----
Series A:  Bermuda   vs   Haiti	      Series D:	Netherlands Antilles vs Antigua
Series B:  Dom Rep-P.Ric winner	      Series E:	Guyana     vs  Surinam
	    	     vs   Jamiaca    
Series C:  St. Lucia-St. Vincent      Series F:	Barbados   vs  Trinidad & Tobago
	   winner    vs   Cuba

			F I R S T	R O U N D
			- - - - -	- - - - -
			     CENTRAL REGION
			     --------------
Format:	Home-and-home, total goals...
Dates:	April 1, '93, to July 31, '93...

	Series 1:	Guatamala	vs	honduras
	Series 2:	Panama		vs	Puetro Rico
	Series 3:	Nicaragua	vs	El Salvador

			      CARIBBEAN REGION
			      ----------------
Format:	Home-and-home, total goals...
Dates:	June 1, '93, to July 31, '93...

Series 1:	Guyana-Surinam winner    vs  St. lucia-St. Vincent-Cuba winner
Series 2:	Bermuda-Haiti winner     vs  Netherlands Antilles-Antigua winner
Series 3:	Barbados-Trinidad winner vs  Dom. Rep.-Puerto R.-Jamiaca winner


			S E C O N D	R O U N D
			- - - - - -	- - - - -
Format:	The 1st and 2nd place teams in each group advance...
Dates:	Aug. 1, '92 to Dec. 31, '92...

		Group A				Group B
		-------				-------
		Mexica				Canada
		Central Series 1 winner		Carribean Series 2 winner
		Caribbean Series 1 winner	Central Series 3 winner
		Central Series 2 winner		Carribean Series 3 winner


			T H I R D	R O U N D
			- - - - -	- - - - -
Format:	The four 2nd round winners play in a group... The 1st place team 
	qualifies... The 2nd place team plays the OCEANIA winner as above...
Dates:	Jan. 1, '93, to May 1, '93...

    
D Man...
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