Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011
SINGAPORE, 31 July 2011: Preliminary Draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™
The Preliminary Draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ was held in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday 30 July 2011.
Singapore, having defeated Malaysia with a 6-4 aggregate over two legs earlier this month were in Pot 4 of the Asian Qualification Zone (Third Round) along with Thailand, Indonesia, Korea DPR and Lebanon.
Brazil’s legendary Zico along with rising star Lucas from Sao Paolo were on hand to conduct the ASIAN Zone draw and decide the fate of how things would unfold over in third round.
As the draw took shape, Singapore was picked and grouped with China PR, Jordan and Iraq in Group A.
Also in the spotlight was the intercontinental play-off draw which paired Asia’s representative with their South American counterpart while the CONCACAF representative will take on a team from the OCEANIA.
Group A
1. CHINA PR
2. JORDAN
3. IRAQ
4. SINGAPORE
Fixture Details
Match day 1 (2 Sep 2011): China vs Singapore
Match day 2 (6 Sep 2011): Singapore vs Iraq
Match day 3 (11 Oct 2011): Singapore vs Jordan
Match day 4 (11 Nov 2011): Jordan vs Singapore
Match day 5 (15 Nov 2011): Singapore vs China
Match day 6 (29 Feb 2012): Iraq vs Singapore
Useful Details
- A total of 20 Asian countries will participate in Round Three
- The 20 countries were draw into five groups consisting four teams each
- ASIAN ZONE Draw was picked by Brazil legend Zico and Sao Paolo’s rising star Lucas
- ASIAN ZONE Round Three matches are foreseen to be held between 2 September 2011 to 29 February 2012.
- Asia have 4.5 slots for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™
- Group winner and runners-up from all five groups will advance to the fourth round
- Teams that did not register for the Preliminary competition – Brunei Darussalam, Guam and Bhutan
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