North America and Caribbean region plays an official tournament

After Africa, Asia and Europe (who are all playing preliminary / qualifying matches for their own championship), this region plays the only official event next week.
The North American and Caribbean confederation are preparing for the Nations league games starting with round three and four. Practically the last game of next weekend means that we are entering the following phase.

11 October, Friday at 01.00 CET: British Virgin islands - Bahamas.
11 October, Friday at 01.00 CET: Sint Maarten - Turks and Caicos islands.
11 October, Friday at 01.00 CET: Trinidad and Tobago - Honduras.
11 October, Friday at 02.00 CET: French Guiana - Grenada.
11 October, Friday at 03.00 CET: Haiti - Costa Rica.
11 October, Friday at 04.00 CET: Belize - Saint Kitts and Nevis.
11 October, Friday at 21.00 CET: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Suriname.
11 October, Friday at 23.00 CET: Antigua and Barbuda - Guyana.

12 October, Saturday at 01.00 CET: United States of America - Cuba.
12 October, Saturday at 03.00 CET: Bermuda - Mexico.
12 October, Saturday at 04.00 CET: Nicaragua - Dominica.
12 October, Saturday at 21.00 CET: Saint Martin - Cayman islands.

13 October, Sunday at 00.00 CET: Dominican Republic - Saint Lucia.
13 October, Sunday at 00.00 CET: Jamaica - Aruba.
13 October, Sunday at 02.00 CET: Anguilla - Guatemala.
13 October, Sunday at 02.00 CET: Barbados - United States Virgin islands.
13 October, Sunday at 04.00 CET: Montserrat - El Salvador.
13 October, Sunday at 21.00 CET: British Virgin islands - Bonaire.

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Four consecutive nights of football

An European continent in its own qualifiers for the continental championship 2020, is preparing to enter in round number seven and eight. Towards the end of next week one will be completely played while at the weekend we are entering into the following round. At four days and nights of non-stop football there are four different kick off times.

10 October, Thursday at 16.00 CET: Kazakhstan - Cyprus.
10 October, Thursday at 18.00 CET: Belarus - Estonia.
10 October, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Austria - Israel.
10 October, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Belgium - San marino.
10 October, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Croatia - Hungary.
10 October, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Latvia - Poland.
10 October, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Netherlands - Northern Ireland.
10 October, Thursday at 20.45 CET: North Macedonia - Slovenia.
10 October, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Russia - Scotland.
10 October, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Slovakia - Wales.

11 October, Friday at 20.45 CET: Andorra - Moldova.
11 October, Friday at 20.45 CET: Czech Republic - England.
11 October, Friday at 20.45 CET: Iceland - France.
11 October, Friday at 20.45 CET: Montenegro - Bulgaria.
11 October, Friday at 20.45 CET: Portugal - Luxembourg.
11 October, Friday at 20.45 CET: Turkey - Albania.
11 October, Friday at 20.45 CET: Ukraine - Lithuania.

12 October, Saturday at 15.00 CET: Georgia - Republic of Ireland.
12 October, Saturday at 18.00 CET: Bosnia and Herzegovina - Finland.
12 October, Saturday at 18.00 CET: Denmark - Switzerland.
12 October, Saturday at 18.00 CET: Faroe islands - Romania.
12 October, Saturday at 20.45 CET: Italy - Greece.
12 October, Saturday at 20.45 CET: Liechtenstein - Armenia.
12 October, Saturday at 20.45 CET: Malta - Sweden.
12 October, Saturday at 20.45 CET: Norway - Spain.

13 October, Sunday at 15.00 CET: Kazakhstan - Belgium.
13 October, Sunday at 18.00 CET: Belarus - Netherlands.
13 October, Sunday at 18.00 CET: Cyprus - Russia.
13 October, Sunday at 18.00 CET: Hungary - Azerbaijan.
13 October, Sunday at 18.00 CET: Scotland - San Marino.
13 October, Sunday at 20.45 CET: Estonia - Germany.
13 October, Sunday at 20.45 CET: Poland - North Macedonia.
13 October, Sunday at 20.45 CET: Slovenia - Austria.
13 October, Sunday at 20.45 CET: Wales - Croatia.

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Joined qualifiers reached round three

The World Cup qualification for 2022 - Asian region and the Asian Cup qualifiers one year later are going to play two more phases this month. Number three is presented next week with 16 duels and 11 different times.

10 October, Thursday at 10.30 CET: Australia - Nepal.
10 October, Thursday at 12.35 CET: Japan - Mongolia.
10 October, Thursday at 13.00 CET: South Korea - Sri Lanka.
10 October, Thursday at 14.00 CET: People's Republic of China - Guam.
10 October, Thursday at 14.00 CET: Uzbekistan - Yemen.
10 October, Thursday at 15.00 CET: Bangladesh - Qatar.
10 October, Thursday at 15.00 CET: Vietnam - Malaysia.
10 October, Thursday at 15.30 CET: Islamic Republic of Iran - Cambodia.
10 October, Thursday at 16.00 CET: Syria - Maldives.
10 October, Thursday at 16.30 CET: Kyrgyzstan - Myanmar.
10 October, Thursday at 17.00 CET: Oman - Afghanistan.
10 October, Thursday at 18.00 CET: Iraq - Honk Kong.
10 October, Thursday at 18.00 CET: Jordan - Kuwait.
10 October, Thursday at 18.00 CET: Lebanon - Turkmenistan.
10 October, Thursday at 18.00 CET: United Arab Emirates - Indonesia.
10 October, Thursday at 19.00 CET: Saudi Arabia - Singapore.

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Eight teams opens the path towards Africa Cup of Nations 2021

We are stepping away from the club competitions for a moment so that we can play some international matches. Next week are going to start one preliminary tournament, two qualifying competitions plus an official event.
Before qualifiers even begin, we have 180 minutes (or more) of 4 preliminary duels for the Africa Cup of Nations 2021. Eight teams from the continent (who were positioned at lower places from the world football ranking of June 2019) will fight it hard to enter in the main qualification groups (A, B, C and D), which starts in November. For next week first legs are scheduled.

09 October, Wednesday at 15.00 CET: Mauritius - Sao Tome e Principe.
09 October, Wednesday at 15.00 CET: South Sudan - Seychelles.
09 October, Wednesday at 18.00 CET: Liberia - Chad.
09 October, Wednesday at 21.00 CET: Djibouti - Gambia.

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Punished two neighboring teams who played with each other

Hungary and Slovakia played their match in September which was part for the European qualifiers of the championship in 2020. But there were some irregularities during the game, and thus both teams were penalized last Monday.
These two will play their next game behind close doors. At the match itself both supporting groups shouted racist chants. Fireworks and throwing various objects on the pitch from their fans means that the home team had to pay 67.125 euros, while the visitors gave 20.000 euros.

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