The campaign for the 2014 World Cup got underway in Europe with the rest of the world
already deeply involved. Wales began with a 2-0 home defeat to Belgium and suffered
6-1 in Serbia 4 days later while England got off to a good start with 5 goals
in Moldova but were then held to a 1-1 draw by Ukraine at Wembley and the
Hungarians who started with a 5 goal win in Andorra where taken apart 4-1 by
the Dutch in Budapest. Iceland
hosted and beat Norway 2-0
before losing to a single goal in Cyprus
while there were 2-0 wins for Romania
in Estonia and Switzerland in Slovenia. Israel fell 4-0 at home to Russia and Liechtenstein
were battered 8-1 by Bosnia
& Herzegovina in Vaduz while Luxembourg
picked up a 1-1 draw in Northern Ireland
as did Macedonia in Scotland. In South America, Colombia
shot up the rankings after demolishing visiting South American champions Uruguay 4-0 and returning from Chile with a 3-1 victory 4 days later while Venezuela also enjoyed success on their travels
with a 2-0 win in Paraguay.
In Asia Iran were upset 1-0 in Lebanon
and Jordan celebrated a 2-1
victory over the visiting Aussies while in Oceania Tahiti fell 2-0 at the Solomon Islands before being thumped 4-0 at home
to New Caledonia.
In the North American section USA were defeated 2-1 in Jamaica and Panama
suffered a 1-0 loss in Canada while Mexico were victorious 2-0 in Costa Rica
and Guyana enjoyed a 2-2 draw in El Salvador.
In the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers Cape
Verde celebrated a 2-0 victory over their illustrious visitors from Cameroon
while Morocco fell by the same result in Mozambique and Togo drew 1-1 in Gabon.
A single goal in Morocco gave
Algeria a win over Libya while Angola
lost 3-1 in Zimbabwe.
In the Caribbean qualifiers the British Virgin Islands travelled to Martinique
where they were demolished 16-0 by their hosts and buried 7-0 by Montserrat
while Martinique went on to share 4 goals with Suriname. Puerto Rico overcame
Bermuda 2-1 in Haiti before thrashing
Saint Martin 9-0 at the same venue. Among
friendly matches Tajikistan
beat Qatar 2-1 in Germany and Ghana
lost 2-0 in Liberia while the
Czechs were stunned 1-0 at home to Finland. The Philippines had a mixed bag, winning 2-0 in Singapore before losing 2-1 in Laos.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
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