Iran's schedule and sequence of games for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers in 2012 and 2013:
WCQ 4.1: (June 03 2012): Uzbekistan/Iraq - Iran
WCQ 4.2: (June 08 2012): (Bye)
WCQ 4.3: (June 12 2012): Iran - Jordan/Qatar
WCQ 4.4: (Sep. 11 2013): Oman/Lebanon - Iran
WCQ 4.5: (Oct. 16 2013): Iran - Australia/Korea Rep.
WCQ 4.6: (Nov. 14 2013): Iran - Uzbekistan/Iraq
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WCQ 4.7: (Mar. 26 2013): (Bye)
WCQ 4.8: (June 04 2013): Jordan/Qatar - Iran
WCQ 4.9: (June 11 2013): Iran - Oman/Lebanon
WCQ 4.10:(June 18 2013): Australia/Korea Rep. - Iran
And if we have wasted precious opportunity in clinching a direct qualification and come third in our group, we have to observe the following schedule for the rest of the qualifiers:
WCQ 5.1: (Sep. 06 2013): Playoff - Relegation Game 1 between 3rd. Group A vs. 3rd Group B
WCQ 5.2: (Sep. 10 2013): Playoff - Relegation Game 2 between 3rd. Group B vs. 3rd Group A
WCQ 6.1: (Oct. 15 2013): Playoff - Relegation Game 1 between Asia vs. South America
WCQ 6.2: (Nov. 19 2013): Playoff - Relegation Game 2 between South America vs. Asia
WC DRAW (December 2013): WC Groups Draw
What interests me is the last patch of games that are played between June 4th to June 18th in 2013, where we have to play two away games sandwiching a home game. But what's more worrying is the amount of travel involved in these three games, especially the last one which is either to the far east (if South Korea is in our group) or even farther, to down under (if Australia is in our group). I sincerely hope we have sown up the qualification by this time that leaves no if's and but's ... as is, unfortunately, the tradition with Iran's campaigns.
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