Dates For Your Diary
It’s four long years until South Africa 2010. That’s over 1,400 days or more than 30,000 hours.
Luckily there are other international football tournaments to fill the void. Save the following dates for your diary:
CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007
June 6 - June 24 in USA
North and Central American teams plus invitees
Copa America 2007
June 26 - July 15th in Venezuela
South American teams plus invitees
Asian Cup 2007
July 7 - July 29 in Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam
16 Asian teams (plus Australia for the first time) qualification underway
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2007
September 10 -September 30 in China
16 teams
African Cup of Nations 2008
dates tbd in Ghana
16 African teams, qualifying begins September 2006
Euro 2008
7 June - 29 June in Austria/Switzerland
16 European teams, qualification begins September 2006
Summer Olympics 2008
8 August - 24 August in Beijing, China
Teams are u-23, plus three over-aged players
Oceania Nations Cup 2009
dates tbd, played home and away
6 Oceaniac region teams (sans Australia), also doubles as World Cup qualifying
Confederations Cup 2009
2009 dates tbd in South Africa
8 teams: World Cup 2010 hosts (South Africa), World Cup 2006 winners (Italy) plus winners of all the regional tournaments (CONCACAF Gold Cup, Copa America, Asian Cup, African Cup of Nations, Euro Championship, Oceania Nations Cup)
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By Sylvia | July 21st, 2006 at 12:53 am 
I suppose it simply slipped your mind that there is another FIFA World Cup next year…
I look forward to your extensive coverage complete with lots of picture of all the hot guys in the crowd to balance out the incessant media images of hot girls on the pitch. Don’t you just hate imbalance?
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Canada
By diddy p | July 21st, 2006 at 2:37 am ..owned.
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United States
By Adam Rupolo | July 21st, 2006 at 7:17 am Yeah Sylvia is right, there’s the Under… i think its under 23 world cup held in Canada (whoot whoot) Perhaps u should add that.
I have a question. It says the Confederation cup has the winner of all the tournaments and stuff. So how many teams is there? and does that mean Greece was in the Confederations cup in 2005? And is there always a Confederations cup the year before world cup in the same place?
Thanx in advance
By fab | July 21st, 2006 at 7:37 am greece was there
euro champ - greece
south american runner up - argentina (you cant invite brasil twice)
ociana cup - austrailia
asia cup - japan
host - germany
african cup - tunisia
gold cup - mexico
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By Adam Rupolo | July 21st, 2006 at 8:00 am Thanx a lot fab!
By Pedro P | July 21st, 2006 at 4:03 pm In the meantime, you can also drop by in Portugal, go for a swim, football and sardines… 
http://www.portugalforbeginners.pt.vu/
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Netherlands
By soze | July 21st, 2006 at 4:50 pm Pedro P> Exactly what I intend to do. I am leaving in one week and will be enjoying the sun and surf and sardines of the Algarve for the month of August. Maybe I’ll even go for a drink with Figo.
By Pedro P | July 21st, 2006 at 5:23 pm Sooooooze! Deci bre? (this right?)
The Vilamoura Marina is always totally crowded in August… And you’re gonna drop by “7″ for a drink, and try to see Figo and Beckham laughing their heads off at the Ronaldo vs Rooney case…
B - Gosh, I wish we had Scolari, back in ENG…
F - His english’s shit. But he also likes to get his face in the magazines, for a little $, like you. You could get along well…
B - Yeah… Who knows, maybe next time we make it to the last 8 again…
F - Don’t worry… Portugal won’t do well in the next 40 years…
B - What, France is already out…? C’mon, you got a very good team. You Just have to start using strikers in front of the midfielders…
F - But that’s what England does and you never get anywhere… Sven even took one out and placed Hargreaves in the back - he was right, it was your best player…
B - That’s rubish… Our best player was Lampard… Maybe even, who knows, ME. Anyway, as long as you bring C Ronaldo, the world won’t even notice the rest… What else d’ya want?
F - It’ll still take another 40 years… But yeah, you and Lampard were the best players for England… F###ing biased crowds and refs…
B - Yeah… How’s R Carvalho’s wife, by the way? I hurde she wasn’t too happy with Rooney?
F - Carvalho’s voice is back to normal, now. But his walk will never be the same again…
B - Yeah…
F - So, d’ya think Rooney and Ron will finish it off the “Zidane way”?
B - They’ll do it the “Ricardo way”…
F - No gloves & throw yourself on the floor, screaming in agony from the rough contact of the wind?
B - Yeah…
F - SISSYS
B - SISSYS
Anyway, check the link, Soze… It’s very funny!
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By Sam | July 21st, 2006 at 5:48 pm what about the womens world cup and the under 20 y/o cup?
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By daryl | July 21st, 2006 at 9:25 pm Sylvia, you’re absolutely right. All apologies, meant no disrespect. The 2007 Women’s World Cup has been added to the list. Can’t guarantee any pictures of hot men though.
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By soze | July 22nd, 2006 at 12:00 am Pedro P> It’s right but the dialect you used is Serbian. Croats would not use ‘bre’. It’s understood anyway. How are things, we gonna meet up for a beer at the ‘7′?
I saw that page before, the site is great, very sarcastic…that guy had some extra time on his hands…Love the Essential Portuguese section.
By marco | July 22nd, 2006 at 5:22 am ohh every one sign this
http://www.difendiamomaterazzi.it/
Its for materazzi and the injustice he recieved
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Australia
By Sylvia | July 22nd, 2006 at 7:01 pm D’oh! Well, I suppose I got my fill this World Cup. 
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