The Asian Football Confederation’s 2007 AFC Asian
Cup will be held for the 14th time between July 7 and 29. For the first
time in its 51 year history, the 16 team, 32 match tournament will be
co-hosted by four nations : Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
Last held in China in 2004 and held every 4 years, this year it has been
brought forward so as not to clash with the Bejing Olympics in 2008.
Thailand and Iraq will kick off the tournament in Thailand
with the final being held in Jakarta on July 29. The key challengers are
expected to be Japan, Australia, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Iran. This
is an inaugural appearance for Australia’s Socceroos and Australia
is the first non-host nation to qualify. FIFA World Rankings are being
used to make sure strong teams don’t play each other in the early
matches.
Task 1.
Send your answers to KGRE before July 31.
A. Unjumble these words from the passage.
nmornttuae = __________ hleecgralns = _________ pnaaeacpre = __________
quiyalf = __________
B. Fill in the gaps in these sentences from the words in the box below.
You may need to change the tense.
i) The AFC Asian Cup ————————
51 years ago.
ii) Teams from 16 countries will be ——————
in the AFC Asian Cup
iii) This year, Australia will be playing for the —————————
time.
iv) The final tournament ——————————
in Jakarta.
v) One of the ——————— competitors
is Korea.
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Task 2.
The second part of this competition is for all individual club members.
The first club member to SMS KGRE on
081 2387 0479 with the name of the winning team of the AFC Asian Cup will
win a selection of CDs and Asian World Cup publications.
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