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Ludahai
21 May 2006, 07:10 AM
All 32 teams are playing friendlies in preparation for the World Cup. Six have already played at least one match. Saudi Arabia is playing the most with six scheduled matches, while Brazil and Serbia (and Montenegro?) are only playing one each.

Here is the schedule for each of the teams that I compiled from the FIFA website. Matches denoted with an asterisk are those against other World Cup competitors. If I missed any matches, please feel free to add them.

Angola
May 30 v. Argentina*
June 2 v. Turkey

Argentina
May 30 v. Angola*
June 4 v. Saudi Arabia*

Australia
May 25 v. Greece
June 4 v. Netherlands*
June 7 v. Liechtenstein

Brazil
June 4 v. New Zealand

Croatia
May 23 v. Austria
May 28 v. Iran*
June 3 v. Poland*
June 7 v. Spain

Cote d’Ivoire
May 27 v. Switzerland*
May 30 v. Chile
June 4 v. Slovenia

Costa Rica
May 28 v. Ukraine*
May 30 v. Czech Republic*

Czech Republic
May 26 v. Saudi Arabia*
May 30 v. Costa Rica*
June 3 v. Trinidad and Tobago*

Ecuador
May 25 v. Colombia
May 28 v. Macedonia

England
May 30 v. Hungary
June 3 v. Jamaica

France
May 27 v. Mexico*
May 31 v. Denmark
June 7 v. China

Germany
May 27 v. Luxembourg
May 30 v. Japan*
June 2 v. Colombia

Ghana
May 26 v. Turkey
May 29 v. Jamaica
June 4 v. Korea

Iran
May 28 v. Croatia
May 31 v. Bosnia

Italy
May 31 v. Switzerland*
June 2 v. Ukraine*

Japan
May 9 v. Bulgaria L 1-2
May 13 v. Scotland D 1-1
May 30 v. Germany*
June 4 v. Malta

Korea
May 23 v. Senegal
May 26 v. Bosnia
June 1 v. Norway
June 4 v. Ghana

Mexico
May 6 v. Venezuela W 1-0
May 13 v. Congo DR W 2-1
May 27 v. France*
June 1 v. Netherlands*

Netherlands
May 27 v. Cameroon
June 1 v. Mexico*
June 4 v. Australia*

Paraguay
May 24 v. Norway
May 27 v. Denmark
May 31 v. Georgia

Poland
May 2 v. Lithuania L 0-1
May 14 v. Faroe Islands W 4-0
May 30 v. Colombia
June 3 v. Croatia*

Portugal
May 27 v. Cape Verde
June 3 v. Luxembourg

Saudi Arabia
May 11 v. Belgium L 1-2
May 14 v. Togo* W 1-0
May 26 v. Czech Republic*
May 31 v. Turkey
June 4 v. Argentina
June 7 v. Bosnia

Serbia (and Montenegro?)
May 27 v. Uruguay

Spain
May 27 v. Russia
June 3 v. Egypt
June 7 v. Croatia

Sweden
May 25 v. Finland
June 2 v. Chile

Switzerland
May 27 v. Cote d’Ivoire*
May 31 v. Italy*
June 3 v. China

Togo
May 14 v. Saudi Arabia* L 0-1
June 2 v. Liechtenstein

Trinidad and Tobago
May 11 v. Peru D 1-1
May 27 v. Wales
May 31 v. Slovenia
June 3 v. Czech Republic

Tunisia
May 30 v. Belarus

Ukraine
May 28 v. Costa Rica*
June 2 v. Italy*
June 5 v. Libya
June 8 v. Luxembourg

United States
May 23 v. Morocco
May 26 v. Venezuela
May 29 v. Latvia

Jay510
21 May 2006, 08:23 PM
apparently S. Arabia wants to be very tired so they can lose 8-0 again, but this time to Spain

fresh aah
22 May 2006, 11:58 AM
USA will play Angola on June 5 at the HSV-Trainingszentrum/Edmund-Plambeck-Stadion in Norderstedt near Hamburg - BUT: will be behind closed doors.
:(

nido33
22 May 2006, 04:41 PM
apparently S. Arabia wants to be very tired so they can lose 8-0 again, but this time to Spain

lol

ShaRule
22 May 2006, 04:47 PM
portugal has 2 friendlies who are extremely easy!

and I though Tunisia is playing Uruguay?

Rakim_22
22 May 2006, 08:14 PM
http://www.unbsj.ca/arts/english/jones/mt/images/preparation-h.gif

1800-WorldCup
23 May 2006, 12:47 PM
Tuesday 23rd May
Austria vs Croatia (Vienna)
South Korea vs Senegal (Seoul)
USA vs Morocco (Nashville)

Wednesday 24th May
Ecuador vs Colombia (East Rutherford, USA)
Norway vs Paraguay (Oslo)

Thursday 25th May
Australia vs Greece (Melbourne)
Sweden vs Finland (Gothenburg)

Friday 26th May
Czech Republic vs Saudi Arabia (Innsbruck)
Ghana vs Turkey (Bochum)
South Korea vs Bosnia-Herzegovina (Seoul)
USA vs Venezuela (Cleveland)

Saturday 27th May
Denmark vs Paraguay (Aarhus)
France vs Mexico (Paris)
Germany vs Luxembourg (Freiburg)
Holland vs Cameroon (Rotterdam)
Portugal vs Cape Verde Islands (Evora, Portugal)
Serbia-Montenegro vs Uruguay (Belgrade)
Spain vs Russia (Albacete)
Switzerland vs Côte d'Ivoire (Basle)
Trinidad and Tobago vs Wales (Graz, Austria)

Sunday 28th May
Croatia vs Iran (Osijek)
Ecuador vs Macedonia (Madrid)
Ukraine vs Costa Rica (Kiev)
USA vs Latvia (Hartford)

Monday 29th May
Ghana vs Jamaica (Leicester)

Tuesday 30th May
Argentina vs Angola (Salerno)
Côte d'Ivoire vs Chile (Vittel)
Czech Republic vs Costa Rica (Jablonec)
England vs Hungary (Old Trafford)
Germany vs Japan (Leverkusen)
Luzern XI vs Brazil (Basle)
Poland vs Colombia (Chorzow)
Tunisia vs Belarus (Tunis)

Wednesday 31st May
France vs Denmark (Lens)
Georgia vs Paraguay (Tbilisi)
Iran vs Bosnia-Herzegovina (Mashad)
Saudi Arabia vs Turkey (Offenbach)
Slovenia vs Trinidad and Tobago (Celje, Slovenia)
Switzerland vs Italy (Geneva)

Thursday 1st June
Holland vs Mexico (Eindhoven)
Norway vs South Korea (Oslo)

Friday 2nd June
Angola vs Turkey (Berlin)
Germany vs Colombia (Mönchengladbach)
Liechtenstein vs Togo (Vaduz)
Sweden vs Chile (Stockholm)
Tunisia vs Libya or Uruguay (Tunis)
Ukraine vs Italy (Lausanne)

Saturday 3rd June
Croatia vs Poland (Wolfsburg)
Czech Republic vs Trinidad & Tobago (Prague)
England vs Jamaica (Old Trafford)
Luxembourg vs Portugal (Metz)
Spain vs Egypt (Elche)
Switzerland vs China (Hardturm, Zurich)

Sunday 4th June
Argentina vs Saudi Arabia (in Germany)
Brazil vs New Zealand (Geneva)
Côte d'Ivoire vs Slovenia (Evry-Bondoufle, France)
Ghana vs South Korea (Glasgow)
Holland vs Australia (Rotterdam)
Japan vs Malta (Dusseldorf)

Monday 5th June
Angola vs USA (Hamburg)
Ukraine vs Libya (Gossau, Switzerland)

Wednesday 7th June
Australia vs Liechtenstein (Ulm)
Croatia vs Spain (Geneva)
France vs China (St Etienne)
Saudi Arabia vs Bosnia-Herzegovina (Munich)

Thursday 8th June
Luxembourg vs Ukraine (Luxembourg)

Friday 9th June....... It gets serious!

usscouse
23 May 2006, 01:41 PM
England will play a "Friendly" with Belarus Thursday 25th May. Not in the same context but I want to see how Sven trots out the team.
He says he's going to show off Walcott and give Owen a run.

Fox Soccer Channel 12 noon PST

Solid444
23 May 2006, 01:49 PM
Does anyone have a TV schedule for these games in the US?

todd2MFLS
23 May 2006, 09:33 PM
Does anyone have a TV schedule for these games in the US?

All US games are on ESPN2.