gotosy 493 Report post Posted April 22, 2010 Groups Draw: DOHA (Reuters) - World Cup bound Australia and Japan have failed to secure top seeding at next year's Asian Cup even though they are the highest ranked teams in the region. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) named host nation Qatar, ranked 97th in the world, as the surprise top seeds while Japan were fifth and Australia sixth ahead of Friday's draw for the finals. The groups will be drawn from four pots: Pot 1 - Qatar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, South Korea Pot 2 - Japan, Australia, Iran, Uzbekistan Pot 3 - China, UAE, Bahrain, Jordan Pot 4 - Syria, Kuwait, India, North Korea Reuters Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gotosy 493 Report post Posted April 23, 2010 The groupings for the Finals: Group A: Qatar, Kuwait, China, Uzbekistan Group B: Saudi Arabia, Japan, Jordan, Syria Group C: South Korea, India, Australia, Bahrain Group D: Iraq, North Korea, United Arab Emirates, Iran The finals will run from January 7th to 29th 2011. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
