The qualification equation.

On the 1st of April when Australia play Uzbekistan, if Australia win its possible they could qualify for South Africa 2010.  However Australia would be relying on some other results going their way.

The following is what needs to happen for Australia to qualify with a win on the 1st of April.

At the halfway point these are the current standings.

Team

Australia W:3, D:1, L:0, GF:6, GA:0, GD:6, Pts:10,    

Japan W:2, D:2, L:0, GF:7, GA:3 GD:4, Pts:8,

Bahrain W:1, D:1, L:2, GF:4, GA:5, GD:-1, Pts:4,

Qatar W:1, D:1, L:2, GF:4, GA:8, GD:-4, Pts:4,

Uzbekistan W:0, D:1, L:3, GF:1, GA:-6, GD:-5, Pts:1,

Four days before Australia play Uzbekistan, Japan will be playing Bahrain and Uzbekistan and Uzbekistan will be versing Qatar.  

Australia will want Japan to win and for Uzbekistan to beat Qatar.  If this happens the table will look like this.

Team

Japan GP:5, W:3, D:2, L:0, Pts:11,

Australia GP:4, W:3, D:1, L:0, Pts:10,

Bahrain GP:5, W:1, D:1, L:3, Pts:4,

Qatar GP:5, W:1, D:1, L:3, Pts:4

Uzbekistan GP:5, W:1, D:1, L:3, Pts:4,

Four days later as well as Australia playing Uzbekistan, Bahrain will be meeting Qatar.

If Australia win a touch over 21,618,949 Australians will be hoping for a draw between Bahrain and Qatar.  

If this was to occur the table would now look like this

Team

Australia GP:5, W:4, D:1, L:0, Pts:13,

Japan GP:5, W:3, D:2, L:0, Pts:11,

Bahrain GP:6, W:1, D:2, L:3, Pts:5,

Qatar GP:6, W:1, D:2, L:3, Pts:5,

Uzbekistan GP:6, W:1, D:1, L:4, Pts:4,

and this will have meant that Australia had qualified for the World Cup.