Jul 31, 2013

AFC President Cup Draw – Nepal League Champion Three Star in Group A

Nepalese league champions Three Star club are placed with Balkan FC and Erchim FC in group A.Three star club will face Mongolia’s Erchin FC and Turkmenistan side Balkan FC in AFC president cup final round group matches. AFC President’s Cup 2013 Central Asian contenders Balkan FC and Dordoi FC avoided each other as the draw for the finals was held in AFC House on Wednesday. 


The clubs from Central Asia have been the dominant force in the AFC President’s Cup with six out of eight titles going to the clubs from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan while Taiwan Power Company and Myanmar’s Yadanarbon were the remaining clubs from the rest of Asia to have managed to win AFC President’s Cup.
Group A
Balkan FC (TKM)
Erchim FC (MGL)
Three Star Club (NEP)

Group B
KRL Football Club (PAK)
AlQuds Hilal FC (PLE)
Dordoi FC (KGZ)

The final round of the tournaments begins from September 23 with Three Star Club taking on Balkan and KRL facing Dordoi while the final of the match will be played between winner from each group in September 29.

The venue for the tournament is not yet decided.

Three Star already ended up ahead of Mongolia’s Erchin FC when they played in qualifiers at home.

Complete schedule here at
Group A

Teams
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PTS
BALKAN (TKM)00000000
ERCHIM FC (MGL)00000000
THREE STAR CLUB (NEP)00000000


Schedule & Results:
23-09-2013 TBC
THREE STAR CLUB (NEP)
-
BALKAN (TKM)   

25-09-2013 TBC
ERCHIM FC (MGL)
-
THREE STAR CLUB (NEP)   

27-09-2013 TBC
BALKAN (TKM)
-
ERCHIM FC (MGL)   


Group B

Teams
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PTS
KRL FOOTBALL CLUB (PAK)00000000
ALQUDS HILAL CLUB (PLE)00000000
DORDOI (KGZ)00000000


Schedule & Results:
23-09-2013 TBC
DORDOI (KGZ)
-
KRL FOOTBALL CLUB (PAK)   

25-09-2013 TBC
ALQUDS HILAL CLUB (PLE)
-
DORDOI (KGZ)   

27-09-2013 TBC
KRL FOOTBALL CLUB (PAK)
-
ALQUDS HILAL CLUB (PLE)   


Final
29-09-2013
TBC
Winner Group A
-
Winner Group B   

Jul 30, 2013

ICC World Cup Cricket 2015:World Cup final returns to Melbourne


Twenty-three years after Imran Khan led Pakistan to victory over England, Melbourne will again host the World Cup final in 2015, while Sydney and Auckland will host semi-finals just as they did in 1992.
A wide range of alternative options for the major matches of a tournament co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand had been discussed in the lead-up to the formal announcement of the official fixtures in Melbourne on Tuesday, including the prospect of a semi or final at Sydney's Olympic Stadium and even Adelaide Oval.
But the organisers ultimately retained the same formula as 1992, handing matches to the SCG and Eden Park before the event's show-piece takes place on March 29 at the MCG, where a crowd of more than 87,000 had watched Imran's team triumph.
Among other key fixtures, the previously earthquake-stricken Christchurch will host the tournament's opening match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka on February 14 at Hagley Oval, while later that same day Australia will play England at the MCG. The cup holders India will commence their tournament by facing Pakistan in Adelaide the following day.
Having been drawn together in Pool A, Australia will travel to Auckland to meet New Zealand on February 28. Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Wellington will each host a quarter-final.
Many luminaries were on hand in Melbourne's Docklands for the announcement, including the ICC chief executive Dave Richardson who kept wicket for South Africa at the 1992 event, alongside Dennis Lillee, Ian Chappell, Kapil Dev, Sanath Jayasuriya, Adam Gilchrist and Michael Hussey.

"The ICC Cricket World Cup is the flagship tournament of the 50-over game. The 2015 tournament will mark 40 years since the first World Cup in 1975 and that history of great contests and heroes helps make the tournament what it is - the most sought after prize in our increasingly global game," Richardson said.
"The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 will be returning to Australia and New Zealand after 23 years and will be staged at the back of two outstanding 50-over ICC events - the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 and ICC Champions Trophy 2013. I'm absolutely confident that the success of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 will further strengthen the status of 50-over cricket as a successful and viable format alongside Tests and Twenty20 Internationals."
Several tournament venues have undergone major redevelopments with 2015 in mind, not least the SCG with a projected capacity of 48,000, and Adelaide Oval's expansion to accommodate 50,000. Eden Park has also undergone a considerable facelift to also be capable of hosting 50,000 spectators.
The tournament will feature 49 matches across 44 days in 14 cities throughout February and March of 2015. Australia's 2014-15 Test summer has been shortened to a mere four matches against India in order to leave room for the cup's lengthy schedule. A 14-team format has the competitors pitted in two groups of seven, each to play six pool matches before the top four in each group advance to the quarter-finals, semis and final.
Pool A: England, Australia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Qualifier 2 and Qualifier 3
Pool B: South Africa, India, Pakistan, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Ireland and Qualifier 4
Venue cities: Adelaide, Auckland, Brisbane, Canberra, Christchurch, Dunedin, Napier, Nelson, Hamilton, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Wellington