Venue changes for Syria and Yemen

(FIFA.com) Tuesday 7 June 2011
Venue changes for Syria and Yemen

Due to the situation in Syria and Yemen, their forthcoming qualifiers for the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament will be played outside of the respective countries.

The second round, first leg match between Syria and Turkmenistan will now take place at the Prince Mohammed International Stadium in Zerqa, Jordan at 19.00 on 19 June (local time).

Meanwhile, Yemen’s second round, second leg tie with Australia is scheduled to be played at the Ausgrid Stadium in Newcastle on 23 June, Australia with a 18.30 (local time) kick off.

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yomut93
yomut93 (Turkmenistan)
12/06/2011 at 20:33
Turkmenistan wins Syria!
22792RS
22792RS (England)
07/06/2011 at 18:11
Syria and Yemen should have a great chance of qualifying
aynad45
aynad45 (Canada)
07/06/2011 at 12:27
Yemen come on.make our home country happy.