World Cup 2010 qualifiers
World Cup Qualifiers Schedule The race towards South Africa starts in August Fabio Capello has his work cut out for him. England start their qualifying campaign for the next World Cup on September 6th away to Andorra four days before meeting their recent nemesis Croatia in Zagreb. Present at the negotiations in the Sheraton Hotel in the Croatian capital were David Rodrigo of Andorra, Arno Pijpers of Kazakhstan, Bernd Tange of Belarus, Aleksei Mikhailichenko of Ukraine plus Capello and the host Slaven Bilic. It took six and a half hours in Zagreb for the six coaches from the teams in the England's group to reach an agreement on the calendar and in the end both Capello and Bilic claimed they were very happy with the outcome. The Ukrainians were reportedly the least satisfied as they didn't want to play in June of 2009 and ended up having to visit Croatia and entertain the same team in the space of four days. "I thank Belarus and Andorra for accepting some compromises, as without them it would have been difficult to reach the agreement," said the Croatian coach, who was only unhappy with the trip to Belarus on August 19th next year. "It's FIFA's date for friendlies so we'll be able to count on our internationals just three days before the trip," moaned Bilic. Capello on the other hand stated he got exactly what he wanted – an easy opener with Andorra, a relatively lightweight rival in Belarus for the closure and both Croatian games in September. Group 6 – qualifying calendar 2008 20th August Kazakhstan vs. Andorra 6th September Croatia vs. Kazakhstan Andorra vs. England Ukraine vs. Belarus 10th September Croatia vs. England Andorra vs. Belarus Kazakhstan – Ukraine 11th October Ukraine vs. Croatia England vs. Kazakhstan 15th October Croatia vs. Andorra Belarus vs. England 2009 1st April Andorra vs. Croatia England vs. Ukraine Kazakhstan vs. Belarus 6th June Croatia vs. Ukraine Kazakhstan vs. England Belarus vs. Andorra 10th June Ukraine vs. Kazakhstan England vs. Andorra 19th August Belarus vs. Croatia 5th September Croatia vs. Belarus Ukraine vs. Andorra 9th September England vs. Croatia Belarus vs. Ukraine Andorra – Kazakhstan 10th October Ukraine vs. England Belarus vs. Kazakhstan 14th October Kazakhstan vs. Croatia Andorra vs. Ukraine England vs. Belarus Note: Only the group champions qualify for the World Cup directly, and the second placed team enter an additional qualification round against another of the eight best runners' up out of the total of nine European zone groups. England games 2008. Andorra vs England (Sep 6th) Croatia vs England (Sep 10th) England vs Kazakhstan (Oct 11th) Belarus vs England (Oct 15th) 2009. England vs Ukraine (Apr 1st) Kazakhstan vs England (June 6th) England vs Kazakhstan (June 10th) England vs Croatia (Sep 9th) Ukraine vs England (Oct 10th) England vs Belarus (Oct 14th) Copyright Soccerphile & Ozren Podnar Bet with Bet 365 World Soccer News Soccer betting tips Soccer Books & DVDs Tags Soccer News soccer football England World Cup Betting