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World Cup qualifiers: India in same group as Japan

CHENNAI DEC. 7. India has been clubbed with the last World Cup co-hosts Japan, Oman and Singapore in Group 3 in the final Asian round qualifiers for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. India is among the 32 teams in the qualifiers, which has been divided into eight groups.

The groupings:

Asia: Group 1: Iran, Qatar, Jordan, Laos; Group 2: Uzbekistan, Iraq, Palestine, Chinese Taipei; Group 3: Japan, Oman, India, Singapore; Group 4: China PR, Kuwait, Malaysia, Hong Kong; Group 5: United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Yemen, Korea DPR; Group 6: Bahrain, Syria, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan; Group 7: Korea Republic, Lebanon, Vietnam SR, Maldives; Group 8: Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Turkmenistan, Sri Lanka.

Europe: Group 1: Czech Republic, Netherlands, Romania, Finland, FYR Macedonia, Armenia, Andorra; Group 2: Turkey, Denmark, Greece, Ukraine, Georgia, Albania, Kazakhstan Group 3: Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Latvia, Estonia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg; Group 4: France, Republic of Ireland, Switzerland, Israel, Cyprus, Faeroe Islands; Group 5: Italy, Slovenia, Scotland, Norway, Belarus, Moldova; Group 6: England, Poland, Austria, Wales, Northern Ireland, Azerbaijan; Group 7: Spain, Belgium, Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, San Marino; Group 8: Sweden, Croatia, Bulgaria, Iceland, Hungary, Malta

The Oceania zone: Group 1: Tahiti, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Tonga, Cook Islands; Group 2: Fiji, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, American Samoa.

North and Central America and the Caribbean: Group 1: Grenada vs Guyana winner plays USA; Group 2: Bermuda vs Montserrat winner plays El Salvador; Group 3: Haiti vs Turks and Caicos Islands winner plays Jamaica; Group 4: British Virgin Islands vs St. Lucia winner plays Panama; Group 5: Cayman Islands vs Cuba winner plays Costa Rica; Group 6: Aruba vs Surinam winner plays Guatemala; Group 7: Antigua and Barbuda vs Netherlands Antilles winner plays Honduras; Group 8: Canada vs Belize; Group 9: Dominica vs Bahamas winner plays Mexico; Group 10: U.S. Virgin Islands vs St. Kitts and Nevis winner plays Barbados; Group 11: Dominican Republic vs Anguilla winner plays Trinidad and Tobago; Group 12: Nicaragua vs St. Vincent and Grenadines.

Africa: Group 1: Senegal, Mali, Zambia, Togo, Liberia, Congo; Group 2: South Africa, Congo DR, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Uganda, Cape Verde Islands; Group 3: Cameroon, Egypt, Cote d'Ivoire, Libya, Sudan, Benin; Group 4: Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Algeria, Angola, Gabon, Rwanda; Group 5: Tunisia, Morocco, Kenya, Guinea, Malawi, Botswana.

South America: Qualifying is already underway among the ten teams (Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela, Paraguay, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia and Colombia) in South America. Four rounds have been completed.

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