China seeded third in Asia's qualifying pots
( 2003-12-05 11:02) (Xinhua)
China was announced Wednesday by FIFA the third seed among pot A
members in Asia's qualifying pots for the 2006 World Cup draw to be held at
Frankfurt, Germany on Friday.
Following are the four pots for Asian teams which will be shared among eight
qualifying groups.
The winners from the eight, four-team qualifying groups will gothrough to a
further stage of two groups of four. Group winners and runners-up will qualify
directly for the finals in Germany, while the two third-placed teams will meet
in a two-leg play-off and the winners will play in a competition, yet to be
decided, against three other teams from South America, North, Central America
and the Caribbean, and Oceania for a further two places inthe finals.
Pot A: South Korea, Japan, China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, United Arab Emirates,
Bahrain, Uzbekistan
Pot B: Qatar, Iraq, Oman, Thailand, Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait, Indonesia
Pot C: Turkmenistan, Yemen, India, Vietnam, Jordan, Palestine, Malaysia, (to
be decided)
Pot D: Eight teams from preliminary competition.
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