Summary of all world and continental titles

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The US women play later tonight against Mexico

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And the US girls LOST 1-2 against Mexico!! (Thanks for your addition, petewaring, I overlooked this match somehow) So after a loooong strike, CONCACAF and world title swing to Mexico... unexpected

Current title/sp00n holders:
Men:
World: Japan Macau
Europe: Greece Liechtenstein
South America: Peru Paraguay
Africa: Niger Seychelles
Asia: Uzbekistan Macau
CONCACAF: Mexico Anguilla
Oceania: Fiji Tonga

Women:
World: Mexico Macedonia
Europe: Germany Macedonia
South America: Argentina Peru
Africa: Equatorial Guinea Guinea-Bissau
Asia: South Korea Guam
CONCACAF: Mexico Turks & Caicos Islands
Oceania: New Zealand American Samoa


Scheduled fixtures at the moment:
Men:
Japan will play Jordan in Doha on 9th January (Asian Cup)
Greece will play Austria in Vienna on 17th November (Friendly)
Liechtenstein will play Estonia in Talinn on 17th November (Friendly)
Peru will play Colombia in Bogota on 17th November (Friendly)
Niger will play Lybia in Tripoli on 17th November (Friendly)
Uzbekistan will play Jordan on 2nd January (Asia Cup)

Women:
Argentina will play Chile in Ambato on 6th November (World Cup qualifier)
Peru will play Ecuador in Ambato on 6th November (World Cup qualifier)
Equatorial Guinea will play Ghana in Daveyton on 8th November (World Cup qualifier)
South Korea will play Vietnam in Guangzhou on 14th November (Friendly)


Next UFWC match: Today - Argentina vs. Chile (CONMEBOL title) and Peru vs. Ecuador (CONMEBOL w00den sp00n)

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Mexico's win was one of the biggest shocks in the whole history of women's football! They had contested the women's UFWC title 11 times previously, and lost all 11. They had contested the CONCACAF title 24 times, with 1 draw and 23 defeats to show for it!

The Americans' record streak as CONCACAF champions (which began in July 2001) ends after 50 successful defences.

Mexico defend the title (as well as the CONCACAF title) on Monday against Canada.

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Update from the current women's competitions:

World and Concacaf titles: Mexico's joy following their stunning win over the USA was short-lived; they lost the title to Canada yesterday (0-1). The Canadians' next fixture has not yet been scheduled.

African title: Equatorial Guinea beat Ghana 3-1. They face hosts South Africa in the semi-final on Thursday, with the winners taking the title into Sunday’s final.

South American title/ sp00n: Argentina beat Chile 2-1, whilst Peru lost 2-1 to Ecuador. The champions and sp00ners then met each other, and the status quo was maintained, as Argentina beat Peru 2-0. Peru face Chile on Wednesday, and Argentina face Ecuador on Friday.

Current title/sp00n holders:
Men:
World: Japan Macau
Europe: Greece Liechtenstein
South America: Peru Paraguay
Africa: Niger Seychelles
Asia: Uzbekistan Macau
CONCACAF: Mexico Anguilla
Oceania: Fiji Tonga

Women:
World: Canada Macedonia
Europe: Germany Macedonia
South America: Argentina Peru
Africa: Equatorial Guinea Guinea-Bissau
Asia: South Korea Guam
CONCACAF: Canada Turks & Caicos Islands
Oceania: New Zealand American Samoa

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Further update from the current women's competitions:

African title: Equatorial Guinea beat South Africa 3-1 (after extra-time), to qualify for the Women’s World Cup for the first time. They face Nigeria in Sunday’s African championship final.

South American sp00n: Peru lost 1-3 to Chile, and are thus still women’s sp00ners.

Incidentally, Canada will take the women’s world and Concacaf titles into the Torneio Internacional Cidade de São Paulo next month; the tournament also features Brazil, Mexico and Holland.

Current holders (men’s title/ men’s sp00n----- women’s title/ women’s sp00n):

World: Japan Macau----- Canada Macedonia
Europe: Greece Liechtenstein----- Germany Macedonia
South America: Peru Paraguay -----Argentina Peru
Africa: Niger Seychelles -----Equatorial Guinea Guinea-Bissau
Asia: Uzbekistan Macau----- South Korea Guam
CONCACAF: Mexico Anguilla----- Canada Turks & Caicos Islands
Oceania: Fiji Tonga----- New Zealand American Samoa

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Equatorial Guinea's fine run as women's African champions has finally come to an end, as they lost 4-2 in an exciting match to Nigeria. Nigeria thus regain the title that they have dominated since its inception in 1991.

Over in South America, bad news! Argentina, having won their first three group games, lost their final group game 1-0 to Ecuador; however, the victory was insufficient for Ecuador to progress, so the title will unfortunately go into premature hibernation with Ecuador as the new holders. It could be a long time before their first defence. Congratulations to Ecuador nonetheless; it's only the second time since it's inception in 1991 that the title has changed hands (Argentina's win over inaugural champs Brazil in 2006 was the first).

Peru lost 2-1 to Bolivia in their final chance of 2010 to offload the wooden sp00n. They thus face another lengthy spell as wooden sp00ners there.

Finally, in Asia, South Korea beat Vietnam 6-1 in their opening match of the Asian Games. Their next defence is tomorrow against Jordan.

The men are back in action on Wednesday.

Current holders (men’s title/ men’s sp00n ----- women’s title/ women’s sp00n):

World: Japan Macau ----- Canada Macedonia
Europe: Greece Liechtenstein ----- Germany Macedonia
South America: Peru Paraguay ----- Ecuador Peru
Africa: Niger Seychelles ----- Nigeria Guinea-Bissau
Asia: Uzbekistan Macau ----- South Korea Guam
CONCACAF: Mexico Anguilla ----- Canada Turks & Caicos Islands
Oceania: Fiji Tonga ----- New Zealand American Samoa

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Greece won with a little bit of luck by 2-1 versus Austria, thus defending their title.
Niger managed to defend their title as well as they drew 1-1 versus Lybia.

On the dark side of the moon, Liechtenstein has once again failed to offload the UEFA sp00n - this time they got close, but their 1-1 draw versus Estonia just wasn't enough.

Current holders (men’s title/ men’s sp00n ----- women’s title/ women’s sp00n):

World: Japan Macau ----- Canada Macedonia
Europe: Greece Liechtenstein ----- Germany Macedonia
South America: Peru Paraguay ----- Ecuador Peru
Africa: Niger Seychelles ----- Nigeria Guinea-Bissau
Asia: Uzbekistan Macau ----- South Korea Guam
CONCACAF: Mexico Anguilla ----- Canada Turks & Caicos Islands
Oceania: Fiji Tonga ----- New Zealand American Samoa[/quote]

I will check schedules tomorrow and post upcoming UFWC matches then.

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Short addition to the results above: Peru defended their title as well by drawing against Colombia 1-1.

Upcoming matches as far as they are scheduled:

Men:
Japan vs. Jordan in Doha on 9th January (Group B, Day 1, Asia Cup)
Greece vs. Malta in Malta on 26th March (UEFA Euro qualifier)
Liechtenstein vs. Czech Rep. on 29th March (UEFA Euro qualifier)
Peru vs. Uruguay in Mendoza on 4th July (Copa America) *
Paraguay vs. Ecuador in Santa Fe on 3rd July (Copa America) *
Niger vs. Sierra Leone on 25th March (Cup of Nations qualifier)
Uzbekistan vs. Jordan in Dubai on 2nd January (Friendly)

* - It's very likely, that these teams will play other matches before, but they aren't scheduled yet, so we have dto wait, wheather they play against opponents from their region.

Women:
Canada vs. Netherlands in Sao Paulo on 9th December (Friendly) - for world title
Nigeria vs. Congo on 14th January (Olympic qualifier)
South Korea vs. North Korea in Guanzhou on 20th November (Friendly)
Canada vs. Mexico in Sao Paulo on 12th December (Friendly) - for CONCACAF title

Next match overall: 20th November - South Korea vs. North Korea (AFC Women's title)

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Rep. of Korea (South) lost its title to their northern "brothers" DPR Korea in the semi-final of the women's tournament of the Asian Games 2010 (1-3 aet). North Korea then took the AFC title to the gold medal match, only to loose unofficial title and official gold medal to Japan by 0-1 there. So now Japan is Men's world champion and Women's AFC champion, a good year for japanese football

Current holders (men’s title/ men’s sp00n ----- women’s title/ women’s sp00n):

World: Japan Macau ----- Canada Macedonia
Europe: Greece Liechtenstein ----- Germany Macedonia
South America: Peru Paraguay ----- Ecuador Peru
Africa: Niger Seychelles ----- Nigeria Guinea-Bissau
Asia: Uzbekistan Macau ----- Japan Guam
CONCACAF: Mexico Anguilla ----- Canada Turks & Caicos Islands
Oceania: Fiji Tonga ----- New Zealand American Samoa

Next match: 9th December - Canada vs. Netherlands (Women's World title)

[petewaring]

A slight amendment I have just discovered. Niger's 1-1 draw with Libya on 17th November was followed by a penalty shoot-out, which Libya won 4-1. So it is Libya who are now the African champions, for the very first time.

Current holders (men’s title/ men’s sp00n ----- women’s title/ women’s sp00n):

World: Japan Macau ----- Canada Macedonia
Europe: Greece Liechtenstein ----- Germany Macedonia
South America: Peru Paraguay ----- Ecuador Peru
Africa: Libya Seychelles ----- Nigeria Guinea-Bissau
Asia: Uzbekistan Macau ----- Japan Guam
CONCACAF: Mexico Anguilla ----- Canada Turks & Caicos Islands
Oceania: Fiji Tonga ----- New Zealand American Samoa

Next match overall: 9th December, as per previous post

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Canadas ladys won against the Netherlands by 5-0 (!!) and will defend their title versus Mexico on 12th December. This time not only their world title is at stakes, but also their CONCACAF title. This is also the next UFWC match overall.

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Canadas women's team defended their title another two times. First they won 1-0 against Mexico and then they drew versus Brasil 0-0. Canada seems to have some sort of a drive there, so I'm curious wheather they can keep up the good shape until WC 2011 in Germany. Their next sheduled match is round 1 in WC 2011 on 26th June against host Germany, but very likely they'll play other testmatches before the tournament.

The next UFWC match overall will be on 2nd January, when Jordan takes on Uzbekistan to fight for AFC men's title.

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All upcoming matches as far as they are scheduled:

Men:
Japan vs. Jordan in Doha on 9th January (Group B, Day 1, Asia Cup)
Macau vs. Cambodia on 9th February (Friendly)
Greece vs. Malta in Malta on 26th March (UEFA Euro qualifier)
Liechtenstein vs. Czech Rep. on 29th March (UEFA Euro qualifier)
Peru vs. Paraguay on 9th February (Friendly) *
Libya vs. Morocco in Tanger on 9th February (Friendly)
Uzbekistan vs. Jordan in Dubai on 2nd January (Friendly)

* - This match is very interesting as there are both CONMEBOL title and sp00n at stakes.

Women:
Canada vs. Germany in Berlin on 26th June (WC 2011)
Macedonia vs. Lithuania on 3rd March (Women's Euro 2013 qualifier)
Germany vs. France in Mönchengladbach on 5th July (WC 2011)
Nigeria vs. Congo on 14th January (Olympic qualifier) *

* - For some reason, this match is not on FIFA.com anymore (it was), so maybe it has been postponed

Next match overall: 2nd January - Uzbekistan vs. Jordan (AFC men's title)

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Uzbekistan drew with Bahrain on Christmas Day 1:1 in Dubai to keep their AFC Men's title

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Back from my X-Mas/New Year-Break and first of all: Happy 2011 everyone!

In the meantime some teams re-scheduled their matches. Peru will no longe take on Paraguay on 9th February, but Panama (no UFWC match). Paraguay has no new opponent (yet) and will play their next sp00n match in June versus Bolivia.

On 2nd January Uzbekistan drew again versus Jordan (2-2), their next defence will be on 7th January against Quatar.

Canada's ladys scored two more goals in the rematch against Brasil on 19th December, but Brasil did as well so they drew again - this time 2-2. Canada's next defence will take place on 21st January in Chongquing, China.

Germany's women team will take on Norway as last test before WC 2011 on 16th June.


Current holders (men’s title/ men’s sp00n ----- women’s title/ women’s sp00n):

World: Japan Macau ----- Canada Macedonia
Europe: Greece Liechtenstein ----- Germany Macedonia
South America: Peru Paraguay ----- Ecuador Peru
Africa: Libya Seychelles ----- Nigeria Guinea-Bissau
Asia: Uzbekistan Macau ----- Japan Guam
CONCACAF: Mexico Anguilla ----- Canada Turks & Caicos Islands
Oceania: Fiji Tonga ----- New Zealand American Samoa


Upcoming matches:

Men:
Japan vs. Jordan in Doha on 9th January (Asia Cup Group Stage)
Macau vs. Cambodia on 9th February (Friendly)
Greece vs. Malta in Malta on 26th March (UEFA Euro qualifier)
Liechtenstein vs. Czech Rep. on 29th March (UEFA Euro qualifier)
Peru vs. Uruguay on 4th July (Copa America)
Paraguay vs. Bolivia in Asuncion on 7th June (Friendly)
Libya vs. Morocco in Tanger on 9th February (Friendly)
Uzbekistan vs. Quatar in Doha on 9th January (Asian Cup)

Women:
Canada vs. China in Chongquing on 21st January (Friendly)
Macedonia vs. Lithuania on 3rd March (Women's Euro 2013 qualifier)
Germany vs. Norway on 16th June (Friendly)
Nigeria vs. Congo on 14th January (Olympic qualifier) *

* - For some reason, this match is not on FIFA.com anymore (it was), so maybe it has been postponed

Next match overall: 9th January - Japan vs. Jordan (men's world title) and Uzbekistan vs. Quatar (men's AFC title)