World Cup 2006 qualifying predictions - November

[Paul]

You can find the rules here. This month qualifying in South America and Africa continues. We also start with the preliminary round in Asia, so you will have to predict the Asian and North- and Central American qualifying countries. Asia gets 4 spots, CONCACAF gets 3 spots and there will be a spot for the winner of the play-off between the 5th Asian country and the 4th CONCACAF country. I don't have the dates for all the Asian matches yet, but I will fill them in when I find them.

South America:
Saturday, 15-11-2003 and Sunday, 16-11-2003
Paraguay - Ecuador
Uruguay - Chile
Peru - Brazil
Argentina - Bolivia
Colombia - Venezuela

Tuesday, 18-11-2003 and Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Venezuela - Bolivia
Brazil - Uruguay
Ecuador - Peru
Chile - Paraguay
Colombia - Argentina


Africa:
Qualifying round, first leg:
Sunday, 16-11-2003:
Ghana - Somalia

Qualifying round, second leg:
Friday, 14-11-2003 - Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Togo - Equatorial Guinea
Mauritania - Zimbabwe
Ghana - Somalia
Zambia - Seychelles
Angola - Chad
Mali - Guinea Bissau
Libya - Sao Tome and Principe
Algeria - Niger
Kenya - Tanzania
Benin - Madagascar
Malawi - Ethiopia
Mozambique - Guinea
Lesotho - Botswana
Sierra Leone - Congo-Brazzaville
Eritrea - Sudan
Cape Verde - Swaziland
Mauritius - Uganda
Namibia - Rwanda
Liberia - Gambia
Gabon - Burundi


Asia:
Preliminary round, first leg:
26-11 Bangladesh - Tajikistan
Guam - Nepal (Nepal withdrew)
27-11 Laos - Sri Lanka
29-11 Mongolia - Maldives
29-11 Pakistan - Kyrgyzstan
23-11 Taiwan - Macao
19-11 Turkmenistan - Afghanistan

Preliminary round, second leg:
30-11 Tajikistan - Bangladesh
Nepal - Guam (Nepal withdrew)
03-12 Sri Lanka - Laos
03-12 Maldives - Mongolia
03-12 Kyrgyzstan - Pakistan
29-11 Macao - Taiwan
22-11 Afghanistan - Turkmenistan

The current standings:

 1 Kitschum           25
 1 Paul               25
 3 Fergus Horkan      23
 4 Big Crunch         19
 4 Bas                19
 6 Zopperoni          18
 6 MikeH              18
 8 Wernazuma III      16
 8 Al'Kimiya          16
10 Locutus            15
11 Kaos XIII          11
12 Chilean President   9
12 OneFootInTheGrave   9
14 JCG                 8
15 Wille               6

[Paul]

My predictions:
Asian qualifiers:
Japan
South Korea
China
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates

CONCACAF qualifiers:
Mexico
United States
Costa Rica

South America:
Saturday, 15-11-2003 and Sunday, 16-11-2003
Paraguay - Ecuador 2-1
Uruguay - Chile 1-0
Peru - Brazil 0-2
Argentina - Bolivia 3-0
Colombia - Venezuela 2-0

Tuesday, 18-11-2003 and Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Venezuela - Bolivia 0-1
Brazil - Uruguay 2-0
Ecuador - Peru 2-1
Chile - Paraguay 2-0
Colombia - Argentina 0-1


Africa:
Qualifying round, first leg:
Sunday, 16-11-2003:
Ghana - Somalia 3-0

Qualifying round, second leg:
Friday, 14-11-2003 - Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Togo - Equatorial Guinea 0-0
Mauritania - Zimbabwe 0-1
Ghana - Somalia 3-0
Zambia - Seychelles 5-0
Angola - Chad 1-1
Mali - Guinea Bissau 2-0
Libya - Sao Tome and Principe 3-0
Algeria - Niger 2-0
Kenya - Tanzania 2-1
Benin - Madagascar 1-0
Malawi - Ethiopia 3-0
Mozambique - Guinea 1-0
Lesotho - Botswana 0-2
Sierra Leone - Congo-Brazzaville 1-0
Eritrea - Sudan 0-2
Cape Verde - Swaziland 2-1
Mauritius - Uganda 0-1
Namibia - Rwanda 0-2
Liberia - Gambia 1-1
Gabon - Burundi 2-0


Asia:
Preliminary round, first leg:
Bangladesh - Tajikistan 1-0
Guam - Nepal 0-5
Laos - Sri Lanka 0-3
Mongolia - Maldives 0-2
Pakistan - Kyrgyzstan 0-4
Taiwan - Macao 2-0
Turkmenistan - Afghanistan 5-0

Second leg predictions will follow later.

[Wernazuma III]

South America:
Saturday, 15-11-2003 and Sunday, 16-11-2003
Paraguay - Ecuador 2-0
Uruguay - Chile 1-0
Peru - Brazil 0-4
Argentina - Bolivia 4-0
Colombia - Venezuela 3-1

Tuesday, 18-11-2003 and Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Venezuela - Bolivia 0-2
Brazil - Uruguay 1-0
Ecuador - Peru 2-1
Chile - Paraguay 1-0
Colombia - Argentina 1-1


Africa:
Qualifying round, first leg:
Sunday, 16-11-2003:
Ghana - Somalia 4-0

Qualifying round, second leg:
Friday, 14-11-2003 - Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Togo - Equatorial Guinea 1-0
Mauritania - Zimbabwe 0-2
Ghana - Somalia 3-0
Zambia - Seychelles 8-0
Angola - Chad 2-1
Mali - Guinea Bissau 2-0
Libya - Sao Tome and Principe 4-0
Algeria - Niger 3-0
Kenya - Tanzania 1-1
Benin - Madagascar 2-0
Malawi - Ethiopia 2-0
Mozambique - Guinea 3-0
Lesotho - Botswana 0-1
Sierra Leone - Congo-Brazzaville 1-1
Eritrea - Sudan 0-3
Cape Verde - Swaziland 1-0
Mauritius - Uganda 0-2
Namibia - Rwanda 0-2
Liberia - Gambia 1-2
Gabon - Burundi 1-0


Asia:
Preliminary round, first leg:
Bangladesh - Tajikistan 0-1
Guam - Nepal 0-3
Laos - Sri Lanka 0-3
Mongolia - Maldives 2-0
Pakistan - Kyrgyzstan 0-5
Taiwan - Macao 4-0
Turkmenistan - Afghanistan 6-0

Preliminary round, second leg:
Tajikistan - Bangladesh 2-0
Nepal - Guam 5-0
Sri Lanka - Laos 3-0
Maldives - Mongolia 1-1
Kyrgyzstan - Pakistan 6-0
Macao - Taiwan 0-1
Afghanistan - Turkmenistan 0-3

[Wernazuma III]

Just figuered out that I'd bettter change:
Bangladesh - Tajikistan 2-0
Tad-Bang 0-1

[Al'Kimiya]

South America:
Saturday, 15-11-2003 and Sunday, 16-11-2003
Paraguay - Ecuador 1-1
Uruguay - Chile 2-0
Peru - Brazil 0-4
Argentina - Bolivia 3-1
Colombia - Venezuela 2-0

Tuesday, 18-11-2003 and Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Venezuela - Bolivia 1-0
Brazil - Uruguay 1-0
Ecuador - Peru 2-1
Chile - Paraguay 0-1
Colombia - Argentina 1-2


Africa:
Qualifying round, first leg:
Sunday, 16-11-2003:
Ghana - Somalia 2-0

Qualifying round, second leg:
Friday, 14-11-2003 - Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Togo - Equatorial Guinea 3-0
Mauritania - Zimbabwe 0-2
Ghana - Somalia 3-0
Zambia - Seychelles 2-0
Angola - Chad 2-0
Mali - Guinea Bissau 4-0
Libya - Sao Tome and Principe 3-0
Algeria - Niger 3-0
Kenya - Tanzania 2-0
Benin - Madagascar 2-1
Malawi - Ethiopia 1-0
Mozambique - Guinea 0-2
Lesotho - Botswana 1-1
Sierra Leone - Congo-Brazzaville 0-1
Eritrea - Sudan 0-1
Cape Verde - Swaziland 1-1
Mauritius - Uganda 0-2
Namibia - Rwanda 0-3
Liberia - Gambia 0-1
Gabon - Burundi 2-0


Asia:

Qualifiers:
South Korea
Japan
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Iran

Preliminary round, first leg:
Bangladesh - Tajikistan 3-0
Guam - Nepal 0-3
Laos - Sri Lanka 1-0
Mongolia - Maldives 1-1
Pakistan - Kyrgyzstan 2-0
Taiwan - Macao 1-0
Turkmenistan - Afghanistan 2-0

Preliminary round, second leg:
Tajikistan - Bangladesh 0-2
Nepal - Guam 2-0
Sri Lanka - Laos 1-1
Maldives - Mongolia 1-0
Kyrgyzstan - Pakistan 0-2
Macao - Taiwan 1-1
Afghanistan - Turkmenistan 2-0

North America:

Qualifiers:
Mexico
United States
Costa Rica

[Paul]

Wernazuma, don't forget to post which countries will qualify from Asia (4 or 5) and CONCACAF (3 or 4).

[MikeH]

1-0 home wins for all these.

Asia Qualifiers:
South Korea
Japan
Saudi Arabia
China
Iraq

CONCACAF
Mexico
United States
Costa Rica

[Laertes]

Hmm Mongolia-Maldives. How to predict this one????

My predictions:
Asian qualifiers:
Japan
South Korea
China
Thailand
Iran

CONCACAF qualifiers:
United States
Mexico
Costa Rica

South America:
Saturday, 15-11-2003 and Sunday, 16-11-2003
Paraguay - Ecuador 1-0
Uruguay - Chile 2-1
Peru - Brazil 1-2
Argentina - Bolivia 4-0
Colombia - Venezuela 1-1

Tuesday, 18-11-2003 and Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Venezuela - Bolivia 0-0
Brazil - Uruguay 1-1
Ecuador - Peru 2-0
Chile - Paraguay 1-0
Colombia - Argentina 2-2


Africa:
Qualifying round, first leg:
Sunday, 16-11-2003:
Ghana - Somalia 4-0

Qualifying round, second leg:
Friday, 14-11-2003 - Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Togo - Equatorial Guinea 2-2
Mauritania - Zimbabwe 1-0
Ghana - Somalia 3-0 is this a duplicate???? of Sunday 16th
Zambia - Seychelles 4-0
Angola - Chad 1-1
Mali - Guinea Bissau 1-0
Libya - Sao Tome and Principe 6-0
Algeria - Niger 4-0
Kenya - Tanzania 2-0
Benin - Madagascar 4-3
Malawi - Ethiopia 3-3
Mozambique - Guinea 3-1
Lesotho - Botswana 0-3
Sierra Leone - Congo-Brazzaville 0-2
Eritrea - Sudan 0-3
Cape Verde - Swaziland 0-3
Mauritius - Uganda 0-3
Namibia - Rwanda 0-1
Liberia - Gambia 2-1
Gabon - Burundi 2-0


Asia:
Preliminary round, first leg:
Bangladesh - Tajikistan 0-2
Guam - Nepal 0-2
Laos - Sri Lanka 1-5
Mongolia - Maldives 2-0
Pakistan - Kyrgyzstan 0-1
Taiwan - Macao 4-0
Turkmenistan - Afghanistan 3-0

[Paul]

Originally posted by Fergus Horkan
Ghana - Somalia 3-0 is this a duplicate???? of Sunday 16th

No. Both the first and second leg will be played in Ghana. The first leg on Sunday, and the second leg on the following Wednesday.

[Paul]

The first matches in Africa will be played tomorrow. Don't forget to post your predictions.

[Kaos XIII]

I’m picking the 4th team from CONCACAF over the 5th team from Asia. And I think I’m the only one.


Asian qualifiers:
Japan
South Korea
Iran
China

CONCACAF qualifiers:
United States
Mexico
Costa Rica
Honduras


My predictions:
South America:
Saturday, 15-11-2003 and Sunday, 16-11-2003
Paraguay – Ecuador 3-0
Uruguay – Chile 2-1
Peru – Brazil 0-1
Argentina – Bolivia 4-0
Colombia – Venezuela 2-0

Tuesday, 18-11-2003 and Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Venezuela – Bolivia 1-0
Brazil – Uruguay 2-0
Ecuador – Peru 2-1
Chile – Paraguay 2-2
Colombia – Argentina 1-1


Africa:
Qualifying round, first leg:
Sunday, 16-11-2003:
Ghana – Somalia 5-0

Qualifying round, second leg:
Friday, 14-11-2003 - Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Togo - Equatorial Guinea 3-0
Mauritania – Zimbabwe 0-2
Ghana – Somalia 2-0
Zambia – Seychelles 3-0
Angola – Chad 1-1
Mali - Guinea Bissau 2-0
Libya - Sao Tome and Principe 3-0
Algeria – Niger 3-0
Kenya – Tanzania 1-0
Benin – Madagascar 1-0
Malawi – Ethiopia 1-1
Mozambique – Guinea 1-0
Lesotho – Botswana 0-1
Sierra Leone - Congo-Brazzaville 1-0
Eritrea – Sudan 0-1
Cape Verde – Swaziland 1-0
Mauritius – Uganda 0-2
Namibia – Rwanda 0-1
Liberia – Gambia 1-0
Gabon – Burundi 1-0

I’ll throw in Asia predictions later on, hopefully they aren’t playing anytime soon.

[Locutus]

I found a schedule for the World Cup qualifiers, which seems accurate (i.e. other sources give the same data), at least for the rest of this (calendar) year: http://www.eifl.org.uk/wc2006/wccalendar.htm

Please note that the Asian matches between Turkmenistan and Afghanistan are only played 3 days apart: on the 19th and the 22nd. The rest of the Asian sides play the first leg somewhere between 21 and 23 November and the 2nd one on the 28th or 29th (except for Tajikistan and Bangladesh, they play on 28 November and 2 December).


Asian qualifiers:
Japan
South Korea
China
Saudi Arabia
Iran

CONCACAF qualifiers:
Mexico
United States
Costa Rica

South America:
Saturday, 15-11-2003 and Sunday, 16-11-2003
Paraguay - Ecuador 2-0
Uruguay - Chile 1-0
Peru - Brazil 0-2
Argentina - Bolivia 3-0
Colombia - Venezuela 2-0

Tuesday, 18-11-2003 and Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Venezuela - Bolivia 0-1
Brazil - Uruguay 2-0
Ecuador - Peru 2-1
Chile - Paraguay 1-1
Colombia - Argentina 1-2


Africa:
Qualifying round, first leg:
Sunday, 16-11-2003:
Ghana - Somalia 3-0

Qualifying round, second leg:
Friday, 14-11-2003 - Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Togo - Equatorial Guinea 1-0
Mauritania - Zimbabwe 0-1
Ghana - Somalia 3-0
Zambia - Seychelles 4-0
Angola - Chad 1-1
Mali - Guinea Bissau 2-0
Libya - Sao Tome and Principe 4-0
Algeria - Niger 3-0
Kenya - Tanzania 2-0
Benin - Madagascar 2-1
Malawi - Ethiopia 1-0
Mozambique - Guinea 2-1
Lesotho - Botswana 0-3
Sierra Leone - Congo-Brazzaville 0-1
Eritrea - Sudan 0-2
Cape Verde - Swaziland 1-2
Mauritius - Uganda 0-1
Namibia - Rwanda 0-1
Liberia - Gambia 1-1
Gabon - Burundi 2-0


Asia:
Preliminary round, first leg:
Bangladesh - Tajikistan 1-0
Guam - Nepal 0-3
Laos - Sri Lanka 0-2
Mongolia - Maldives 0-2
Pakistan - Kyrgyzstan 1-3
Taiwan - Macao 2-0
Turkmenistan - Afghanistan 3-0

Preliminary round, second leg:
Afghanistan - Turkmenistan 0-2

Rest of the 2nd leg will follow later (might change my mind on the this match as well, depending on the outcome of the first leg and assuming I don't forget).

[Zopperoni]

My predictions:
Asian qualifiers:
Japan
South Korea
China
Saudi Arabia
Iran

CONCACAF qualifiers:
United States
Mexico
Costa Rica

South America:
Saturday, 15-11-2003 and Sunday, 16-11-2003
Paraguay - Ecuador 1-1
Uruguay - Chile 2-0
Peru - Brazil 0-2
Argentina - Bolivia 2-0
Colombia - Venezuela 2-0

Tuesday, 18-11-2003 and Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Venezuela - Bolivia 0-1
Brazil - Uruguay 2-1
Ecuador - Peru 2-1
Chile - Paraguay 1-0
Colombia - Argentina 1-2


Africa:
Qualifying round, first leg:
Sunday, 16-11-2003:
Ghana - Somalia 2-0

Qualifying round, second leg:
Friday, 14-11-2003 - Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Togo - Equatorial Guinea 0-1
Mauritania - Zimbabwe 0-1
Ghana - Somalia 2-0
Zambia - Seychelles 3-0
Angola - Chad 1-1
Mali - Guinea Bissau 1-0
Libya - Sao Tome and Principe 2-0
Algeria - Niger 2-0
Kenya - Tanzania 1-0
Benin - Madagascar 0-0
Malawi - Ethiopia 1-0
Mozambique - Guinea 2-0
Lesotho - Botswana 0-1
Sierra Leone - Congo-Brazzaville 1-0
Eritrea - Sudan 0-2
Cape Verde - Swaziland 2-1
Mauritius - Uganda 0-1
Namibia - Rwanda 2-1
Liberia - Gambia 1-1
Gabon - Burundi 1-0


Asia:
Preliminary round, first leg:
Bangladesh - Tajikistan 2-0
Guam - Nepal 0-2
Laos - Sri Lanka 0-2
Mongolia - Maldives 0-1
Pakistan - Kyrgyzstan 0-1
Taiwan - Macao 1-0
Turkmenistan - Afghanistan 2-0

[Kitschum]

Qs:

USA
Mexico
Costa Rica
Honduras

Japan
S Korea
Iran
China

Africa:
Qualifying round, first leg:
Sunday, 16-11-2003:
Ghana - Somalia 3-0

Friday, 14-11-2003 - Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Togo - Equatorial Guinea 2-0
Mauritania - Zimbabwe 0-2
Ghana - Somalia 2-0
Zambia - Seychelles 3-0
Angola - Chad 2-0
Mali - Guinea Bissau 2-0
Libya - Sao Tome and Principe 1-0
Algeria - Niger 1-0
Kenya - Tanzania 3-0
Benin - Madagascar 2-1
Malawi - Ethiopia 2-0
Mozambique - Guinea 0-0
Lesotho - Botswana 1-1
Sierra Leone - Congo-Brazzaville 2-0
Eritrea - Sudan 2-1
Cape Verde - Swaziland 1-0
Mauritius - Uganda 1-1
Namibia - Rwanda 0-1
Liberia - Gambia 1-0
Gabon - Burundi 2-0

I'll do the rest later.

[Footie Mad]

South America:
Saturday, 15-11-2003 and Sunday, 16-11-2003
Paraguay - Ecuador 1-0
Uruguay - Chile 2-2
Peru - Brazil 1-2
Argentina - Bolivia 3-0
Colombia - Venezuela 1-0

Tuesday, 18-11-2003 and Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Venezuela - Bolivia 2-0
Brazil - Uruguay 3-1
Ecuador - Peru 1-1
Chile - Paraguay 2-0
Colombia - Argentina 1-2


Africa:
Qualifying round, first leg:
Sunday, 16-11-2003:
Ghana - Somalia

Qualifying round, second leg:
Friday, 14-11-2003 - Wednesday, 19-11-2003:
Togo - Equatorial Guinea 2-0
Mauritania - Zimbabwe 0-0
Ghana - Somalia 2-0
Zambia - Seychelles 3-0
Angola - Chad 2-0
Mali - Guinea Bissau 1-0
Libya - Sao Tome and Principe 1-0
Algeria - Niger 2-0
Kenya - Tanzania 2-1
Benin - Madagascar 1-0
Malawi - Ethiopia 1-0
Mozambique - Guinea 1-1
Lesotho - Botswana 0-1
Sierra Leone - Congo-Brazzaville 1-2
Eritrea - Sudan 1-0
Cape Verde - Swaziland 1-0
Mauritius - Uganda 0-2
Namibia - Rwanda 1-0
Liberia - Gambia 1-2
Gabon - Burundi 1-0


Asia:
Preliminary round, first leg:
Bangladesh - Tajikistan 1-0
Guam - Nepal 1-0
Laos - Sri Lanka 1-1
Mongolia - Maldives 2-0
Pakistan - Kyrgyzstan 1-0
Taiwan - Macao 2-0
Turkmenistan - Afghanistan 1-0