Qantas Australian Men’s Beach Football Team ready for Asian Qualifiers
Japan, Bahrain and Uzbekistan have been drawn in Group A of the tournament.
From the seven-nation tournament, the top two teams from each group will enter the semi-finals phase, with the winners of the semi-finals progressing to the final and will also qualify for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009.
The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009 will be played in Dubai from 16 to 22 November 2009 and involves 16 nations including United Arab Emirates, Portugal, Uruguay, Solomon Islands, Spain, C?te d’Ivoire, El Salvador, Russia, Costa Rica, Argentina, Italy, Brazil, Nigeria and Switzerland.
The Qantas Australian Men?s Beach Football Team landed in the UAE on Monday and overnight played a friendly match against the African Beach Soccer Champions, Nigeria. The Qantas Australian Men?s Beach Football Team took an early 2-0 lead but then conceded three goals in succession, before equalising. Late in the game Nigeria again took the lead and then extended it to eventually run out 5-3 victors.
The Qantas Australian Men?s Beach Football team will face the Bahrain National Beach Soccer Team in their final friendly match on Wednesday 4 November at Jumeirah Beach, before their opening match of the tournament against Iran on Saturday 7 November.
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009 Asian Qualifiers
Jumeirah Beach, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
7-11 November 2009
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Group A |
Group B |
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Japan |
Iran |
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Bahrain |
China |
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Uzbekistan |
Oman |
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*UAE/France |
Australia |
* UAE and France will play friendly matches against the Group A team who will not play
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GROUP STAGE |
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Date |
Match |
Pitch |
Time (local) |
Fixture |
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Sat 07/11/09 |
1 |
2 |
3:00pm |
China v Oman |
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Sat 07/11/09 |
2 |
3 |
3:00pm |
Australia v Iran |
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Sat 07/11/09 |
3 |
2 |
Followed by |
Bahrain v Uzbekistan |
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Sat 07/11/09 |
4 |
3 |
Followed by |
UAE v Japan |
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Sun 08/11/09 |
5 |
2 |
3:00pm |
Iran v Oman |
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Sun 08/11/09 |
6 |
3 |
3:00pm |
China v Australia |
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Sun 08/11/09 |
7 |
2 |
Followed by |
Bahrain v UAE |
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Sun 08/11/09 |
8 |
3 |
Followed by |
Japan v Uzbekistan |
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Mon 09/11/09 |
9 |
2 |
3:00pm |
Oman v Australia |
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Mon 09/11/09 |
10 |
3 |
3:00pm |
Iran v China |
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Mon 09/11/09 |
11 |
2 |
Followed by |
Uzbekistan v France |
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Mon 09/11/09 |
12 |
3 |
Followed by |
Japan v Bahrain |
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SEMI FINALS |
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Date |
Match |
Pitch |
Time (local) |
Fixture |
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Tue 10/11/09 |
13 |
2 |
3:00pm |
1st Group B v 2nd Group A |
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Tue 10/11/09 |
14 |
2 |
Followed by |
1st Group A v 2nd Group B |
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FINALS |
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Date |
Match |
Pitch |
Time (local) |
Fixture |
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Wed 11/11/09 |
3rd/4th Play-Off |
Stadium |
4:00pm |
Loser Match 13 v Loser Match 14 |
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Wed 11/11/09 |
Final |
Stadium |
Followed by |
Winner Match 13 v Winner Match 14 |
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WC Test |
Stadium |
8:00pm |
UAE v France |
Qantas Australian Men?s Beach Football Squad
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009 Asian Qualifiers
Jumeirah Beach, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
7-11 November 2009.
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Player |
Club |
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Stacy Alogdellis |
PCYC Parramatta Eagles |
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Jim Bakis |
Sutherland Sharks |
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Jonathon Cook |
South Adelaide Panthers |
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Peter Crevani |
St George |
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Joshua Da Palma |
Uncontracted |
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Ivo De Jesus |
Sydney Wanderers |
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Steve Karavatakis |
Sutherland Sharks |
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Andrew Mailer |
Manly United |
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Danny Martinez |
Sydney Wanderers |
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Michael Matricciani |
Campbelltown City |
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Khalil Popal |
Uncontracted |
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George Souris |
Sutherland Sharks |
