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http://www.livesoccertv.com/news/354/australia-team-profile-2010-fifa-world-cup/

http://www.soccerroos.net/Home.aspx

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/world-cup-2010

http://www.soccerroos.net/Home.aspx

Australia – The road to the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals
With only four places available for countries from the Asian Football Confederation, the hit was up around the continent, at the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. As a new member of the AFC, Australia also took part in the qualifiers from the AFC zone, beginning their campaign in Round 3. The Socceroos were inserted in Pot A as top seeds before the draw for the Third Round of the qualifiers, and so – on November 25 2007, Australia ended up as the “Big Guys” of Group A, which also contained Qatar, Iraq, and China. Australia had a great initial match in their World Cup qualification, edging 3-0 past Qatar. They subsequently settled for a 0-0 draw away from home in China, before imposing themselves by a goal to nil over struggling side Iraq at home. Another 1-0 loss in the return leg encounter against the Iraqis however took away three points from the Australians, to delay their dream of entering the Fourth Round. Afterward, a 3-1 win over Qatar away from home was then the sign of the Socceroos’ progress in the next round of their qualification. Australia then had only a few obligations in their final game against China, which they lost 1-0, unfortunately.
 * Third Round:[[image:http://www.livesoccertv.com/images/articles/australia-win-world-cup-2309.jpg width="250" height="163" align="right" caption="Australia beat Qatar in a World Cup qualifier."]]**