2004 Olympic Qualifying [R]

Canadian_Supporter · Apr 11, 2003

First Round -- 1st leg home team listed first

Apr 5 Chinese Taipei vs Singapore (postponed)
Apr 5 Iraq vs Vietnam (in Syria -- postponed)
Apr 5 Turkmenistan 2 India 0
Apr 5 Oman 8 Cambodia 0
Apr 5 Lebanon 0 Jordan 0
Apr 5 Krygyzstan vs Yemen (Yemen w/d)
Apr 12 Hong Kong vs Sri Lanka (postponed)
Apr 12 Nepal vs Palestine
Apr 12 Myanmar vs Bangladesh
Apr 12 Iran vs Maldives (postponed)
Apr 16 Syria vs Pakistan
Apr 19 UAE vs Tajkistan

First Round -- 2st leg home team listed first

Apr 9 Oman 9 Cambodia 0 (Oman advances 17-0 on agg)
Apr 14 Nepal vs Palestine (in Kathmandu)
Apr 19 Pakistan vs Syria (in Damascus)
Apr 19 Maldives vs Iran (postponed)
Apr 19 India vs Turkmenistan
Apr 19 Jordan vs Lebanon
Apr 19 Vietnam vs Iraq (postponed)
Apr 19 Bangladesh vs Myanmar
Apr 19 Sri Lanka vs. Hong Kong (postponed)
Apr 19 Singapore vs. Chinese Taipei (postponed??)
Apr 26 Tajikistan vs. United Arab Emirates

Second Round

First leg to be played in early May. Second leg to be played in early June.

Malaysia vs. Winner TKM/IND
Korea Republic vs. Winner HKG/SRI
Indonesia vs. Winner LIB/JOR
Saudi Arabia vs. Winner TPE/SIN
Bahrain vs. Kyrgyzstan
Korea DPR vs. Winner IRQ/VIE
Japan vs. Winner MYA/BAN
Kuwait vs. Winner NEP/PAL
Uzbekistan vs. Winner IRN/MDV
Qatar vs. Oman
China PR vs. Winner SYR/PAK
Thailand vs. Winner UAE/TJK

Final Round
Three groups of four teams. Home and away?

Round 1 30 August 2003
Round 2 13 September 2003
Round 3 20 September 2003
Round 4 27 September 2003
Round 5 4 Octoberber 2003
Round 6 18 October 2003

ForzaGrifo · Apr 11, 2003

Thanks for the post, fellow Canadian.

So many matches have been postponed because of the war and SARS.

K_19 · Apr 11, 2003

Originally posted by ForzaGrifo
Thanks for the post, fellow Canadian.

So many matches have been postponed because of the war and SARS.
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Yeah with the frigid weather we had (although it's easening up now), all kinds of war protests and SARS going on, it's been really stressful in Toronto lately... well, I can only hope for the Leafs to do well and finally give us Torontonians something to cheer about!

Anyways, back on topic, good luck to Hong Kong and Taiwan as the tournament resumes... I'd love to see Hong Kong to come and face Korea in the second round!

ForzaGrifo · Apr 11, 2003

Originally posted by K_19
Yeah with the frigid weather we had (although it's easening up now), all kinds of war protests and SARS going on, it's been really stressful in Toronto lately... well, I can only hope for the Leafs to do well and finally give us Torontonians something to cheer about!

Anyways, back on topic, good luck to Hong Kong and Taiwan as the tournament resumes... I'd love to see Hong Kong to come and face Korea in the second round!
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hey fellow Torontonian. Yeah it freaked me out when it was snowing like crazy last week. It's April for christ's sake. But today's been REAALL nice and over the weekend it's gonna be warm as well. I'm planning to play some OUTDOOR soccer tomorrow, if we get enough guys together.

Not really a big hockey fan, although I was about 10, 15 years ago when the Flames were good. Since the Raps have sucked big time, let's hope the Leafs can win something for us.

HK will beat SRi Lanka without much problem. But Korea will probably kick their asses without much problem, if HK is to face SK in the 2nd round.

btw, how many teams will qualify to the Olympics from Asia? I suppose it's the 3 group winners?

Canadian_Supporter · Apr 12, 2003

Two results from today

Myanmar 3 Bangladesh 0
Palestine 1 Nepal 0 (played in Kathmandu)

Canadian_Supporter · Apr 13, 2003

Interesting little story out of Nepal from the first game...

A few of the best Nepali players were not allowed to play because they didn't have documents proving that they were underage (an hour before the game). According to the a Nepali fan site, this is nothing new from the ANFA. The ANFA claimed that the players were injured, but it is common knowledge that they players were probably overage. The fan site also states that this is not the first time that the ANFA has tried to field overage players.

The second leg of Nepal-Palestine will be played on April 15th and not April 14th (in Nepal).

The second leg will be considered an away game for Nepal and thus Palestine scored a crucial away goal in the first game.

http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2003/apr/apr13/sports.htm#1

Canadian_Supporter · Apr 15, 2003

Palestine 2 Nepal 1
(Palestine advances 3-1 on agg)

Palestine will now play Kuwait in the next round.

arefmusa · Apr 15, 2003

Originally posted by Canadian_Supporter
Palestine 2 Nepal 1
(Palestine advances 3-1 on agg)

Palestine will now play Kuwait in the next round.
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Cant wait for this game, its very special if we can kick out the Kuwaities out of this Qualification.

Canadian_Supporter · Apr 17, 2003

April 16th (1st leg)

Syria 2 Pakistan 0

The second leg will be played on April 19th (also in Damascus).

Canadian_Supporter · Apr 17, 2003

More postponed games because of SARS

"The other four matches which were supposed to be
played on May 3 and June 7 are:

Saudi Arabia v winner of Taiwan/Singapore;
North Korea v winner of Iraq/Vietnam;
Thailand v winner of UAE/Tajikistan;
China v winner of Syria/Pakistan."

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-postponed&prov=reuters&type=lgns

Canadian_Supporter · Apr 19, 2003

According to rsssf, the AFC Vietnam has advanced (by a walkover) against Iraq. Although, I haven't been able to find any confirmation....

Canadian_Supporter · Apr 19, 2003

1st leg

April 19th

UAE 3 Tajikstan 0
(Faisal Khalil 50, Rami Yaslem 56, Salah Abbas 85)

2nd leg

India 1 Turkmenistan 0
(Turkmenistan advances 2-1 on agg)

Canadian_Supporter · Apr 20, 2003

Some other scores from April 19th...

2nd leg

Jordan 1 Lebanon 1
(Lebanon advances on the away goal rule)

Pakistan 1 Syria 6 (played in Damascus)
(Syria advances 8-1)

Here are some articles about the games played this weekend.

Turkmenistan at India

"The goal predictably sparked an Indian onslaught but Turkmenistan held on, visiting coach Muhadov Rovshan delighted to have escaped both the India challenge as well as the unfamiliar humid conditions at the end of the game."

http://www.asian-football.com/mrel/news_53579_E.html

Tajikstan at UAE

"Despite the result, Tajikistan coach Boir Igamberdiev believes his side still have a chance of making the second round when the return leg goes to the former USSR state next week."

http://www.asian-football.com/mrel/news_53580_E.html

Canadian_Supporter · Apr 22, 2003

Friendly (U-23)

Kuwait 1 Bahrain 1

http://www.asian-football.com/mrel/news_53597_E.html

DennisM · May 2, 2003

Palestine is now ranked 147th. The victors of Vaduz will probably surpass them for next month after that win over Saudi Arabia. Anyway, this is quite a feat to win any match. However, even with a younger squad Kuwait will probably crush them. Here's some of what the Post said about the second leg against Nepal:

" Palestine entered the second round of the 2004 Olympics’ Asian-zone Qualifiers after they beat Nepal 2-1 in an ill-tempered second-leg battle held at the Dashrath Stadium on Monday. The aggregate score of 3-1 earned them a meeting with Kuwait next month.

Match referee Alghafary Naser of Jordan showed a total of 12 cards including one red card to Nepali striker Jibesh Pandey in the match. The match was halted for four minutes after players from both the sides were engaged in a physical brawl prompting referee Naser to issue marching order to Pandey in the 73rd minute. Six Palestine players were booked while five Nepali players were cautioned in the match.
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Canadian_Supporter · May 2, 2003

Lebanon wanted the games vs Indonesia to be postponed because of SARS, but the AFC decided that the games could go ahead as scheduled.

Canadian_Supporter · May 2, 2003

April 19th
Bangladesh 0 Myanmar 0
(Myanmar advances 3-0 on agg)

April 26th
Uzbekistan 0 UAE 1
(UAE advances 4-0 on agg)

The games that were cancelled because of SARS have been rescheduled.

1st leg - September 10 - Singapore at Taiwan
2nd leg - September 17 - Taiwan at Singapore

1st leg - September 10 - Sri Lanka at Hong Kong
2nd leg - September 17 - Hong Kong at Sri Lanka

The games in the second round which involve countries affected by SARS have been bumped back to October.

2nd round -- 1st leg

Japan 3 Myanmar 0

DennisM · May 2, 2003

I would love to know the ruling that allowed for Vietnam to get a walkover against Iraq. Not even a simple 2-0 forfeit.

n00bie deluxe · May 2, 2003

Originally posted by DennisM
I would love to know the ruling that allowed for Vietnam to get a walkover against Iraq. Not even a simple 2-0 forfeit.
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Probably the rule that their country no longer exists!
It's essentially a state without a government right now, recognized by virtually no other nation in the world.

Besides, football is definitely the least of their worries right now.

DennisM · May 2, 2003

That's what I thought but the majority of the world's countries probably won't recognize a government from there for about two years or so.

Canadian_Supporter · May 3, 2003

2nd round 1st leg

Malaysia 3 Turkmenistan 0 (w/o)
- Turkmenistan refused to travel to Malaysia because of SARS. The second leg should be played on June 7th.

Bahrain 1 Kyrgyzstan 0

arefmusa · May 3, 2003

At Kuwait

Palestine 1 - Kuwait 1

Second leg to be played June 7 in Jordan

ausood babil · May 3, 2003

Iraq Vs. Vietnam

Actually the AFC just posted the match schedule for Iraq Vs. Vietnam on their web site....

1st Leg is on 09-10-03 and it will b in the Al-Abbasiyin Std, Damascus.
And for the 2nd Leg we will b played in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi on the 9-17-03.

http://www.footballasia.com/scripts/runisa.dll?s7.262814:GP::39913+oq/04/results+1101+2004+11+E

Canadian_Supporter · May 3, 2003

Originally posted by arefmusa
At Kuwait

Palestine 1 - Kuwait 1

Second leg to be played June 7 in Jordan
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So, Palestine scored an important away goal... correct?

Iranian-Striker · May 3, 2003

Iran 3 - Uzbekistan 1