2010 FIFA World Cup: Vietnam to play UAE
The home leg will kick off on November 9 and the away leg, nine days later.
Vietnam will replay the United Arab Emirates in the first round of Asian qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, according to the draw in Kuala Lumpur.
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| Vietnam (red) beat UAE (white) at the AFC Asian Cup 2007. (Photo:VTC). |
Accordingly, Vietnam, seeded 25, will play the home match on October 8 and will play the away match 20 days later.
Vietnam and the UAE played at the group stage of the AFC Asian Cup 2007 in Hanoi, in whichVietnam won 2-0 through goals by Huynh Quang Thanh and Le Cong Vinh.
If Vietnam beat the UAE, Vietnam will enter the third qualification round, the draw of which will take place in Durban, South Africa, on November 25, 2007.
The seedings are:
1. Australia 2. Korea Republic 3. Saudi Arabia 4. Japan 5. IR. Iran 6. Bahrain 7. Uzbekistan 8.Kuwait 9. DPR Korea 10. China 11. Jordan 12. Iraq 13. Lebanon 14. Oman 15. UAE 16. Qatar17. Syria 18. Palestine 19. Thailand 20. Turkmenistan 21. Tajikistan 22. Indonesia 23. Hong Kong 24. Yemen 25. Vietnam 26. Kyrgyzstan 27. Maldives 28. India 29. Singapore 30. Sri Lanka 31. Malaysia 32. Chinese Taipei 33. Bangladesh 34. Macau 35. Pakistan 36.Afghanistan 37. Mongolia 38. Guam 39. Nepal 40. Cambodia 41. Bhutan 42. Myanmar 43.Timor Leste
The five top seeds, including Australia, the Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Iran, join the qualification process in the third round.
The remaining 38 countries were drawn for the first round and the results are as follows:
1) Pakistan vs Iraq 2) Uzbekistan vs Chinese Taipei 3) Thailand vs Macau 4) Sri Lanka vs Qatar 5) China vs Myanmar 6) Bhutan vs Kuwait 7) Kyrgyzstan vs Jordan 8) Vietnam vs UAE 9) Bahrain vs Malaysia 10) Timor Leste vs Hong Kong | 11) Syria vs Afghanistan 12) Yemen vs Maldives 13) Bangladesh vs Tajikistan 14) Mongolia vs DPR Korea 15) Oman vs Nepal 16) Palestine vs Singapore 17) Lebanon vs India 18) Cambodia vs Turkmenistan 19) Guam vs Indonesia |
From the 19 teams that clear this round, the lowest eight based on ranking move on to the second round and the other 11 to round three.
The first round home-and-away knockout round will take place on October 8 and October 28 while the second round is scheduled for November 9 and November 18.
While the draw results for the second round are as follows:
1) Seed 17 vs Seed 14 2) Seed 16 vs Seed 12 | 3) Seed 19 vs Seed 15 4) Seed 18 vs Seed 13 |
