The UAE Olympic Football Team qualified for London Olympics 2012 after beating the Uzbek host in Tashkent by 3/2 on Wednesday in the final six round of the second Asian group.
After lone qualification for the
World Cup 1990, this is second time, UAE team qualified for any major soccer
event. Although, UAE won the Gulf Cup in 2007.
The President His Highness Sheikh
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and
General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and
Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has greeted the UAE Olympic
Football Team, the coach and technical staff for qualification of the team for
qualifying for the London Olympic Games 2012.
Besides UAE, Japan and South Korea
got the birthe for London Olympics 2012 from Asia. Oman, Syria and Uzbekistan
will contest a round-robin tournament in Vietnam between 25-29 March. The
winner of this event will contest a one-off play-off match with Senegal at the
City of Coventry Stadium on Monday 23 April 2012 to qualify for Olympics 2012.
Team qualified for Olympics 2012 are host GBR, Brazil (BRA), Uruguay
(URU), Belarus (BLR), Spain (ESP), Switzerland (SUI), Egypt (EGY), Gabon (GAB),
Morocco (MAR). While two successful teams from CONCACAF (Confederation of
North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) and one team from
OFC (Oceania Football Confederation) will participate in Olympics 2012.
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