I'm going to post the leg 2 matches only because they are all going to be played right after the first legs. So here are the second legs: Tajikistan vs Bangladesh Afghanistan vs Turkmenistan Macao vs Chinese Taipei Kyrgyzstan vs Pakistan Sri Lanka vs Laos Maldives Rep. vs Mongolia Nepal vs Guam You don't have to post your predictions right now, but if you want to wait until the first legs have been played, I would advise posting them right after the first legs. Here is a very tentative schedule of the matches: Nov. 19th Turkmenistan vs Afghanistan (Leg 1) Nov. 21st Guam vs Nepal (Leg 1) Laos vs Sri Lanka (Leg 1) Mongolia vs Maldives Rep. (Leg 1) Pakistan vs Kyrgyzstan (Leg 1) Nov. 22nd Afghanistan vs Turkmenistan (Leg 2) Nov. 23rd Chinese Taipei vs Macao (Leg 1) Nov. 28th Kyrgyzstan vs Pakistan (Leg 2) Bangladesh vs Tajikistan (Leg 1) Maldives Rep. vs Mongolia (Leg 2) Nepal vs Guam (Leg 2) Sri Lanka vs Laos (Leg 2) Nov. 29th Macao vs Chinese Taipei (Leg 2) Dec. 2nd Tajikistan vs Bangladesh (Leg 2) I will post my own predictions at a later time. Good luck everyone!
I reserve the right to change my leg 2 predictions, but someone has to start this off. GO Afghanistan! Nov. 19th Turkmenistan 1-1 Afghanistan (Leg 1) Nov. 21st Guam 0-2 Nepal (Leg 1) Laos 1-2 Sri Lanka (Leg 1) Mongolia 1-0 Maldives Rep. (Leg 1) Pakistan 2-0 Kyrgyzstan (Leg 1) Nov. 22nd Afghanistan 2-1 Turkmenistan (Leg 2) Nov. 23rd Chinese Taipei 2-0 Macao (Leg 1) Nov. 28th Kyrgyzstan 0-0 Pakistan (Leg 2) Bangladesh 3-0 Tajikistan (Leg 1) Maldives Rep. 2-0 Mongolia (Leg 2) Nepal 4-0 Guam (Leg 2) Sri Lanka 2-0 Laos (Leg 2) Nov. 29th Macao 1-2 Chinese Taipei (Leg 2) Dec. 2nd Tajikistan 1-2 Bangladesh (Leg 2)
Nov. 22nd Afghanistan vs Turkmenistan 0-6 I'll post the other games after the other 1st legs have been played.
Leg 2 Predictions Sheeeshhhhhh, this is getting cornfooosing! Only doing this before the first round is completed, as might not be able to access the net later in time. Reserve the right to change, of course! Nov. 22nd Afghanistan 1 vs Turkmenistan 3 (Leg 2) ('cause it's in Kabul, and ythe visitors will want to be gracious) Nov. 28th Kyrgyzstan 6 vs Pakistan 0 (Leg 2) Maldives Rep. 2 vs Mongolia 0 (Leg 2) Nepal 6 vs Guam 0(Leg 2) Sri Lanka 5 vs Laos 1 (Leg 2) Nov. 29th Macao 1 vs Chinese Taipei 2 (Leg 2) Dec. 2nd Tajikistan 1 vs Bangladesh 2 (Leg 2)
Just to let you all know, Nepal has withdrawn from the tournament and Guam has advanced out of Round 1. Anyways, here are my 2nd leg predictions: Kyrgyzstan 5-0 Pakistan Tajikistan 7-1 Bangladesh Maldives Rep. 6-0 Mongolia Sri Lanka 3-1 Laos Chinese Taipei 2-4 Macao
The Mongolia-Maldives series might also be in doubt. Mongolia can't afford to travel to the Maldives and they have asked if the Maldvies want to play both games in Mongolia. Maldives wants their away game in Mongolia moved to a neutral venue.
MONGOLIA If Mongolia can't pay this first round, how would they ever have enough money for the next rounds. By the way, from where did you get this information?
Jeez, the schedules on these games change every few days it seems. Here's the dates / schedule on FIFA now. Notice that Guam v. Nepal isn't listed any longer. These Leg 1 games were previously predicted in the other thread. Nov. 19th Turkmenistan 3-0 Afghanistan (Leg 1) Nov. 23rd Afghanistan n/a Turkmenistan (Leg 2) Chinese Taipei 2-0 Macao (Leg 1) Nov. 26th Bangladesh 3-0 Tajikistan (Leg 1) Nov. 29th Laos 1-1 Sri Lanka (Leg 1) Mongolia 1-3 Maldives Rep. (Leg 1) Pakistan 2-1 Kyrgyzstan (Leg 1) Macao 1-1 Chinese Taipei (Leg 2) Nov. 30th Tajikistan 2-1 Bangladesh (Leg 2) Dec. 3rd Kyrgyzstan 1-1 Pakistan (Leg 2) Maldives Rep. 2-0 Mongolia (Leg 2) Sri Lanka 2-0 Laos (Leg 2) On off chance that Guam v. Nepal is still being played despite not being listed on FIFA.com... Guam 0-4 Nepal (Leg 1) Nepal 6-0 Guam (Leg 2)
Nov. 29th Macao 3-1 Chinese Taipei (Leg 2) Nov. 30th Tajikistan 5-1 Bangladesh (Leg 2) Dec. 3rd Kyrgyzstan 3-0 Pakistan (Leg 2) Maldives Rep. 5-0 Mongolia (Leg 2) Sri Lanka 3-0 Laos (Leg 2) Just in case... Nepal 6-0 Guam (Leg 2)
Actually, Guam has now also withdrawn from the tournament even though they advanced to Round 2. FIFA and AFC (though I highly disagree) have decided to take the best loser of the other 6 series and they will also advance. The tiebreaking is as follows: 1. Points 2. Goal Difference 3. Goals Scored 4. FIFA ranking as of October 22nd, 2003 I will have the Asian standings up shortly.
Results so far: Turkmenistan 11-0 Afghanistan (Leg 1) Afghanistan 0-2 Turkmenistan (Leg 2)(Turkmenistan advances) Chinese Taipei 3-0 Macao (Leg 1) Bangladesh 2-0 Tajikistan (Leg 1) Updated Standings (Asia) 1-eldiablito..............................4pts 1-miko....................................4pts 1-gt76....................................4pts 4-beachesl..............................3pts 4-kevbrunton...........................3pts 6-desertfox2............................2pts 6-Canadien_Supporter...............2pts 6-ForzaAz................................2pts 6-Bauvafa................................2pts 6-The Creeper..........................2pts 6-Saltenya94...........................2pts 6-WuTang2002.........................2pts 6-argentina soccer fan...............2pts 6-IASocFan..............................2pts Congrats to eldiablito, miko, and gt76 for leading after the first 4 matches! Many of you didn't predict for the second legs, so if you haven't already, hurry up cause time is running out and there are points up for grabs!
Nov. 29th Macao 0-1 Chinese Taipei (Leg 2) Nov. 30th Tajikistan 3-0 Bangladesh (Leg 2) I'll post the remaining 3 2nd legs after the weekend.
Dec. 3rd Kyrgyzstan 4-0 Pakistan (Leg 2) Maldives Rep. 4-2 Mongolia (Leg 2) Sri Lanka 1-1 Laos (Leg 2)
Dec. 3rd Kyrgyzstan 6-2 Pakistan (Leg 2) Maldives Rep. 4-1 Mongolia (Leg 2) Sri Lanka 2-1 Laos (Leg 2)
According to FIFA.Com, you have the Bangladesh v. Takikistan result backwards -- it should be 0-2. Some further results... Laos 0-0 Sri Lanka (Leg 1) Mongolia 0-1 Maldives Rep. (Leg 1) Pakistan 0-2 Kyrgyzstan (Leg 1) Macao 1-3 Chinese Taipei (Leg 2) Chinese Taipei advances 6-1. Tajikistan 2-0 Bangladesh (Leg 2) Tajikistan advances 4-0 Here's my picks for the Dec 3rd games... Kyrgyzstan 2-0 Pakistan Maldives Rep. 2-0 Mongolia Sri Lanka 2-0 Laos Actually, Kyr v. Pak is the only change. The other two stay the same for me.
Yes, thanks kev, I've been meaning to change that scoreline. I'll wait until the final 3 qualifiers of this round are over before posting the standings.
Here's the final results for this round... Kyrgyzstan 4-0 Pakistan (Kyrgyzstan advances 6-0) Maldives Rep. 12-0 Mongolia (Maldives advances 13-0) Sri Lanka 3-0 Laos (Sri Lanka advances 3-0) On top of that, Laos advances as the "we suck least" team due to both Nepal and Guam dropping out.
Standings Here are the Asian Standings after Round 1: 1-gt76..........................................10pts 2-beachesl.....................................9pts 2-Forza AZ.....................................9pts 2-miko...........................................9pts 5-desertfox2...................................8pts 5-kevbrunton..................................8pts 7-Bauvafa......................................5pts 7-WuTang2002...............................5pts 9-Canadien_Supporter......................4pts 9-eldiablito.....................................4pts 9-IASocFan....................................4pts 12-The Creeper...............................3pts 12-Saltenya94................................3pts 12-argentina soccer fan...................3pts Congrats to gt76 as he leads the pack after Round 1 in the AFC region! (Also, keep writing those articles on planetworldcup.com, they're great!) Just to let you all know, Round 2 will begin on February 18th, 2003 and I will post those fixtures when they become available. I will also post the overall standings soon in the main thread.