The schedule for the first round of North American qualifying has been set.February 3, 2008
Cayman Islands at Bermuda 3 PM Hamilton
February 6, 2008
El Salvador at Anguilla Washington D.C., United States of America
Antigua and Barbuda at Aruba Oranjestad
Saint Kitts and Nevis at Belize Guatemala City, Guatemala
Barbados at Dominica Roseau
Netherlands Antilles at Nicaragua Diriamba
Saint Lucia at Turks and Caicos Islands Providenciales
March 26, 2008
Anguilla at El Salvador San Salvador
Aruba at Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's
Belize at Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre
British Virgin Islands at Bahamas Nassau
Dominica at Barbados Bridgetown
Dominican Republic at Puerto Rico Bayamón
Nicaragua at Netherlands Antilles Willemstad
Turks and Caicos Islands at Saint Lucia Vieux Fort
U.S. Virgin Islands at Grenada Saint George's
Suriname vs. Montserrat
March 30, 2008
Bermuda at Cayman Islands 7 PM George Town
Bahamas at British Virgin Islands Nassau, Bahamas
Round two will take place on June 14 and June 21.
June 14, 2008
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at Canada
June 21, 2008
Canada at Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Here is the date of the postponed New Zealand home match against Fiji. The match is being played on neutral ground.
June 23, 2008
Fiji at New Zealand 11 PM Apia, Samoa
The list of fixtures for the African first round has been announced, but the dates for each individual match have not. When they are announced, they will be posted here.
The first round of matches will take place on May 30, 31, and April 1. The second rotation will occur on June 6, 7, and 8. The third cycle will happen on June 13, 14, and 15.
The fourth round of matches will take place on June 20, 21, and 22. The fifth rotation will occur on September 5, 6, and 7. The sixth cycle will happen on October 10, 11, and 12.
Group G fixtures were the first to be determined on December 8, 2007 in Vienna. Group I fixtures were determined on December 14, 2007 in Amsterdam. Group I will finish in September 2009, but Group G will finish in October 2009.
The fixtures begin in February with the top seeds hosting the lowest seeds in each of their groups. The meat of the qualification cycle takes place in June 2008. There is a home-and-away series in early June for match days three and four.
