Saturday, May 28, 2011

Schedule for AFC and CONCACAF first rounds

The schedule for the first round ties in AFC qualifying has been finalized, whereas the CONCACAF fixtures are less crystallized. The AFC schedule will be listed first, as it is more clear than that of its North American counterpart.

AFC First Round First Legs: (all times are Central Time, GMT-5)

29 June 2011
Laos at Cambodia 3:00 Phnom Penh
Timor-Leste at Nepal 4:45 Kathmandu
Myanmar at Mongolia 5:30 Ulaan Bator
Philippines at Sri Lanka 5:30 Colombo
Palestine at Afghanistan 6:00 Tursunzoda, Tajikistan
Pakistan at Bangladesh 7:00 Dhaka
Macau at Vietnam 7:15 Ho Chi Minh City
Taiwan at Malaysia 7:45 Kuala Lumpur

AFC First Round Second Legs

2 July 2011
Nepal at Timor-Leste 4:45 Kathmandu, Nepal

3 July 2011
Sri Lanka at Philippines 2:30 Manila
Mongolia at Myanmar 4:00 Yangon
Cambodia at Laos 6:00 Vientiane
Vietnam at Macau 6:00 Macau
Malaysia at Taiwan 6:00 Taipei
Afghanistan at Palestine 9:00 Al-Ram
Bangladesh at Pakistan 10:30 Lahore

Timor-Leste is playing its home leg at Nepal due to lack of necessary infrastructure.

CONCACAF First Round

15 June 2011
Belize at Montserrat 17:00 Couva, Trinidad and Tobago

19 June 2011 (2nd leg)
Montserrat at Belize 17:00 Belmopan

2 July 2011
Bahamas at Turks and Caicos 16:00 Providenciales

3 July 2011
British Virgin Islands at U.S. Virgin Islands 16:00 Charlotte Amalie

8 July 2011
Dominican Republic at Anguilla 14:30 San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
St. Lucia at Aruba 19:00 Oranjestad

10 July 2011 (2nd legs)
Anguilla at Dominican Republic 14:30 San Cristóbal
U.S. Virgin Islands at British Virgin Islands 17:00 Road Town

11 July 2011 (2nd leg)
Turks and Caicos at Bahamas 15:00 Nassau

12 July 2011 (2nd leg)
Aruba at St. Lucia 17:00 Vieux Fort