FIFA finally cracking down on people being paid money for favours...

FINALLY!

A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION!!!

FIFA not taking any crap from ZIFA

Glad NZ featured in the write up. Will be sweating our potential opponents.

Joachim Löw extends contract as Germany coach

DEUTSCHLAND!!!

tried to wipe this account off the face of the earth but too lazy to go into the actual modding thing and do it. oh well

Just give him a doucheland under title

What kind of odds can I get on Germany not qualifying?

USA#1

First Round of AFC and CONCACAF qualifying done.

AFC:

India 2-0 Nepal (2-0, 0-0)
Yemen 3-1 Pakistan (3-1, 0-0)
Timor-Leste 5-1 Mongolia (4-1, 1-0)
Cambodia 4-1 Macau (3-0, 1-1)
Chinese Taipei 2-1 Brunei (0-1, 2-0)
Sri Lanka 1-3 Bhutan (0-1, 1-2)

Only real surprise is the win of Bhutan. The six winners will join the 34 other teams in Round 2. Eight groups of five, draw will be on the 14th of April.

CONCACAF:
Bahamas 0–8 Bermuda (0–5, 0–3)
British Virgin Islands 2–3 Dominica (2–3, 0–0)
Barbados 4–1 U.S. Virgin Islands (0–1, 4–0)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 12–4 Turks and Caicos Islands (6–2, 6–2, no they didn't play tennis)
Nicaragua 8–0 Anguilla (5–0, 3–0)
Belize 1–1 (a) Cayman Islands (0–0, 1–1)
Curaçao 4–3 Montserrat (2–1, 2–2)

2nd round: (8th/16th of June)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines vs. Guyana
Antigua and Barbuda vs. Saint Lucia
Puerto Rico vs. Grenada
Canada vs. Dominica
Dominican Republic vs. Belize
Guatemala vs. Bermuda
Aruba vs. Barbados
Saint Kitts and Nevis vs. El Salvador
Curaçao vs. Cuba
Nicaragua vs. Suriname

lol @ pakistan

180 million inhabitants, already eliminated from 1028 world cup

You know you REALLY suck when St. Kitts and Nevis put 12 past you.

LÖL CONCACAF

Would be nice to make the Hex and actually entertain the idea of qualifying for once.

<---- Hoopie1 fanboi

Pots for Round 2 draw in Asia. Draw is on the 14th. Bhutan made it into Pot 4

I live in Perth. For those who have seen a map of Australia, it is the most isolated city in the world, and we rarely get Australia home games, and have to travel 2000km+ to Melbourne or Sydney for games.

We have been promised a game for the next round of qualifiers. Unfortunately, it is against the pot 5 team and on a Thursday night. I can't wait until this game gets 12,000 only, and the Socceroos don't play in Perth for another ten years.

Home game against Cambodia yay!!!

Also, the Asian Cup is expanding to 24 teams for the next edition (I can't for the life of me understand why, 16 was perfect) and this group stage doubles as qualification for the 2019 Asian Cup to be held in the UAE. Teams that make the third round (group winners plus four runner ups) will automatically qualify to the Asian Cup. If UAE aren't one of the twelve teams, which is probably a 50-50 chance, then 11 spots will be available for direct qualification.

I for one am happy that we have to play less games against those weaker teams having to do two lots of qualifying ever four years, and can instead have a longer qualifying for the WC to reduce variance.

fyp.

Round 2 Draw - AFC qualification:

A: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Timor-Leste, Malaysia
B: Australia, Jordan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh
C: China, Qatar, Maldives, Bhutan, Hong Kong
D: Iran, Oman, India, Turkmenistan, Guam
E: Japan, Syria, Afghanistan, Singapore, Cambodia
F: Iraq, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan
G: South Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Myanmar, Laos
H: Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Philippines, North Korea, Yemen

Group winners and four best second-placed teams advance to Round 3. First matches mid-June.

Cant wait for the Bangers mashed jokes

AFC WOAT

Germany couldn't beat Australia at home a few weeks ago

UEFA WOAT :/

Bump. Canada will play their first WCQ match @Dominica in just over three hours from this post.

Also, the first matchday of AFC qualifying borought a few surprises, like the 1-0 of Guam against Turkmenistan and the 2-1 of Philippines against Bahrain, and Timor-Leste getting a 1-1 draw in Malaysia.

Why the **** are you even following this

ashley is trying to paint this like you should feel sorry for Perth. If you've been there, you will understand why nobody ever goes there and why this is completely normal and just.