2011 in Qatar - 2011 Afc Asian Cup, 2011 Afc Asian Cup Qualification, 2011 Pan Arab Games, 2011 Asian Indoor Games (Paperback)

Chapters: 2011 Afc Asian Cup, 2011 Afc Asian Cup Qualification, 2011 Pan Arab Games, 2011 Asian Indoor Games. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 34. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification saw various countries take part to determine 10 spots to the final tournament in Qatar under the new qualification system set by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Six other teams also qualified for the finals, even though they did not take part in the qualifiers: Final qualification status Team qualified for Asian Cup Team failed to qualify On 6 December 2007 the Asian Football Confederation announced the seeding for the preliminary round of the 2011 tournament: Teams marked '*' withdrew prior to the draw. Teams marked '**' qualified on account of winning the AFC Challenge Cup. The first round of qualifying matches reduced the number of non-automatic qualifiers to 20. Following the withdrawals of North Korea, Myanmar and Turkmenistan, only one match was required. The winner of the playoff advanced to round two, where it was joined by the 19 teams seeded 4th to 22nd. These 20 teams were split into five groups of four. The top two in each group advanced to the 2011 tournament where they will be joined by the other qualifiers Qatar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, India and North Korea. The first tiebreaker between teams tied on points is based on head to head records unlike the FIFA World Cup where the first tiebreaker is based on goal differences. In the first round of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification, the two lowest ranked AFC teams, Lebanon and Maldives, played home-and-away matches in April 2008. Lebanon won 6 1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage. The following teams were drawn at this round: Following their victory in the 2008 AFC Challenge Cu...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1250409