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  • Delights and disappointments

    Delights and disappointments

    Asian and Caribbean upsets, tight battles in South America and a first-ever win for American Samoa were among the latest qualifying tales as the race for Brazil 2014 heated up.

  • Captains dominate Asian scene

    Captains dominate Asian scene

    The likes of Server Djeparov, Younis Mahmoud and Park Chu-Young have been in inspirational form during Asian qualifying for Brazil 2014 while donning the captain’s armband, proving that a good skipper leads from the front.
Uzbekistan

FIFA.com profiles Uzbekistan's qualification hopes for Brazil 2014 and highlights the star players, the coach and the country's footballing history.

TeamMPGFGAPts
UzbekistanUZB57113
JapanJPN514210
Korea DPRPRK5236
TajikistanTJK50170
  • Japan football team members splash water over head coach Takeshi Okada (C) to celebrate
  • Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura (R) shakes hands with head coach Takeshi Okada (L)
  • Japan forward Shinji Okazaki (white) heads the ball to score a goal against Uzbekistan while Uzbek defender Anzur Ismailov (blue) looks on
  • Japan forward Shinji Okazaki clinches his fists to celebrate his goal
  • Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura (L) and Uzbek midfielder Server Djeparov fight for the ball
  • Japan defenders (L to R) Yuto Nagatomo, Marcus Tulio Tanaka and Yuji Nakazawa celebrate with goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki
  • The Socceroos celebrate their victory over Uzbekistan as the rain pours down
  • Socceroo Brett Holman (R) kicks the ball away from Uzbekistan's Odil Ahmedov (L)
  • Socceroo Harry Kewell (L) challenges Uzbekistan's Anvar Gafurov (R)

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Ranking

RankingTeam+/- Pts Jan 2012
65 Belarus-1Down
66 Burkina Faso-4Down
67 Uzbekistan8Up
68 Poland-2Down
69 Mali-2Down

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