Sentence examples for qualifying match of from inspiring English sources

It did not help that the United States also turned in a dreadful performance in February against Honduras in its first qualifying match of the final round.

Almost two years will now pass before a qualifying match of consequence, save the rabble-rousing which inevitably attaches itself to meeting the Auld Enemy.

And as consumed as the United States may be with the N.C.A.A. Division I men's basketball tournament, that madness is equaled, probably surpassed by the madness about to grip the rest of the globe over the next five days with the return of qualifying matches for one of the 31 berths in next summer's World Cup in Brazil.

Libya's national football team has won an Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Mozambique in Cairo, its first major game since rebel forces seized Tripoli.

The friendly will be played three days after the Black Stars host Swaziland in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match in the Ghanaian capital Accra.

The remainder of the first round of qualifying matches across seven groups will played on Saturday.

It was not the only stunning result on a predictably wild day of qualifying matches around the world.

That means that Bouna Coundoul, fresh from a win with Senegal in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match last week, will again be in goal.

That's why American men's coach Bob Bradley wound up selecting three of four strikers for the World Cup who hadn't been part of the two-year U.S. ordeal of qualifying matches and friendly tournaments: he had very little to choose from.

Uefa has recently taken central control of TV rights for the competitive qualifying matches of all its member nations, promising large underwritten guarantees to the biggest countries.

Under-21 boss Noel King took charge of the final two World Cup qualifying matches of the campaign.