Hello.

I am looking for the 2004 Olympic qualification schedule for the Iraq
Mens Soccer Team.  (They are through to what I believe is the final
leg of regional qualifiers.)

So I need to know:
1) what is the Olympic qualifying schedule for the Iraq men's football
team in 2004?  (opponents, dates, and home-or-away)
2) is the current round of qualifiers (the round that they will soon
start playing) the final round before Athens?

Many thanks,  

bbull

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Clarification of Question by bbull-ga on 28 Jan 2004 10:50 PST

I'm very sorry - i just found the answer for myself.  I thought i had
tried everything i could think of, but tried one last option and it
worked.  hope i haven't wasted anyone's time.  -bbull

Dear bbull,

1) Below, I provided a table with the coming qualification matches of
the Iraqi Olympic football men's team, including dates, opponents, and
information on whether the Iraqi team is playing home or away. Please
note that the previous "home" qualification matches of the Iraqi team
were played in Amman (Jordan) and Damascus (Syria), respectively. So
it is possible that, due to the current situation in their own
country, the coming Iraqi "home" matches will also take place in a
neighboring country. The Asian Football Association still lists the
locations as "To Be Announced".

2) The next qualification round, starting for Iraq on 3 March with the
match against Oman, will be the final round before the Olympic Games.



Games of the XXVIII. Olympiad
Football Qualifying Tournament

- Asia -

Final Qualifying Round, Group C, Iraq's Matches

 3 March 2004      Iraq (home)    -  Oman
17 March 2004      Saudi Arabia   -  Iraq (away)
24 March 2004      Iraq (home)    -  Kuwait
14 April 2004      Kuwait         -  Iraq (away)
28 April 2004      Oman           -  Iraq (away)
12 May   2004      Iraq (home)    -  Saudi Arabia



Sources:

RSSSF: Games of the XXVIII. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament, Asia
http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol2004q.html#Asia

FootballAsia: Olympic Asian Qualifiers - Final Round, Group C
http://www.footballasia.com/en/comps/olympics/detail.asp?pid=570&cid=1001&tbl=Y&sec=2&ssec=22

FootballInternational.co.uk: Olympic Games 2004 Asia Qualifying
http://jason.soffe.free.fr/asia/asiaog/asiaog2004q.html

Maxell AFC: Asian Qualifiers - Olympics 2004
http://www.maxell.co.jp/afc/eng/games/olympic.html

Search terms used:
olympics 2004 football iraq qualifying
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iraqi football athens 2004
://www.google.de/search?q=iraqi+football+athens+2004&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=de&btnG=Google+Suche
qualifying athens football oman iraq
://www.google.de/search?q=qualifying+athens+football+oman+iraq&hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&start=0&sa=N
asian qualifiers olympic football
://www.google.de/search?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&q=asian+qualifiers+olympic+football&spell=1


Hope this is what you were looking for!
Best regards,
Scriptor

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Request for Answer Clarification by bbull-ga on 28 Jan 2004 12:49 PST

Scriptor - 

I guess you didn't see my clarification, stating that I'd found the
answer myself and didn't need any help.

You did do some very good work here.  And you tried to help before. 
So I would certainly like to avoid any hard feelings.

What is the best way to deal with this, given my clarification?  

Thanks.

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Clarification of Answer by scriptor-ga on 28 Jan 2004 14:01 PST

Dear bbull,

Unfortunately, Researchers don't get notified of incoming
clarifications while they are working on a question. This certainly is
something that needs to be fixed in the future.
Concerning this question, I will try to find out what the best way is
to deal with it. I will ask the editors for advice.

Regards,
Scriptor

Scriptor was very thorough, very precise, and very fast.

I also appreciate his (her?) supplying sources as well as the answers.

- bbull