Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Bola Malaysia 08 : Australia, Iraq for Intercontinental Cup

19 April 2008
http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_166363148.html

KUALA LUMPUR: Olympic hopefuls Australia and 2004 Olympic stand-out team Iraq will take part in the inaugural, eight-nation Intercontinental Cup next month here in the capital of Malaysia.

While Australia have qualified for the Beijing Olympics, Iraq failed to make the grade.

Nigeria and Argentina will be the other Olympic teams at May 15-25 under-23 tournament also featuring Ireland, Croatia and Ghana , along with hosts Malaysia .

Reigning Olympic champions Argentina head Group B while 1996 gold-medallists Nigeria are favourites in Group A.

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