The winner of Oceania will gain automatic entry to the 2009 Confederation Cup to be held in South Africa - Sweet, looks like NZ will be there woohoo http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=86&objectid=10457040
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That's if they win. At the moment NZ players are more apathetic
about this tournament than any other OFC nation.
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That's if they win. At the moment NZ players are more apathetic
about this tournament than any other OFC nation.
God, here we go! you sound like an Australian 
, Where is
your support at?
Also I think
the players are mindful of whats at stake here, Confederations Cup
direct entry and a chance to go to the World Cup Finals -
apathetic?? no friggen way!!
, Where is
your support at? Also I think
the players are mindful of whats at stake here, Confederations Cup
direct entry and a chance to go to the World Cup Finals -
apathetic?? no friggen way!!
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That's if they win. At the moment NZ players are more apathetic
about this tournament than any other OFC nation.
�God, here we
go!�you sound like an
Australian , Where is
your support at? Also I think
the players are mindful of whats at stake here, Confederations Cup
direct entry and a chance to go to the World Cup Finals -
apathetic?? no friggen way!!
, Where is
your support at? Also I think
the players are mindful of whats at stake here, Confederations Cup
direct entry and a chance to go to the World Cup Finals -
apathetic?? no friggen way!!I wouldn't equate Confederations Cup with the World Cup, although we can obviously use the competetive matches that Confed Cup offers.
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I didn't equate anything!? can't write sh*t on here without someone
ripping in, wtf
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Confederations Cup is a big thing. It is not that recognised in the
soccer world. But if we qualify we get $1m USD. That might not mean
much to a Brazil of France. But that is a hell of a lot of money to
pump back into NZF.
Plus our players get more exposure and experience at a high
level. The confederations cup is basically our World Cup. Qualifing
for the World Cup every 30-40 years is not going to help us that
much.
If we build it, they will come...
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Getting to this tournament would be massive for soccer in Nz and I
can't see us not getting there
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Agreed. This is huge and I'm sure NZ Soccer will take it seriously.
With the confed cup alsmost a certainity and possible world
cup qualification through an easier route we might have a little
more success in getting some of our younger boys swapping aliegence
back to us e.g. Winston Reid, Tommy Smith and the Celtic
winger.
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lets not put the cart infront of the horse people, lets qualify
first (i know we will, but........)
hopefully if/when we get there we are actually competitive, not just there to make up numbers
hopefully if/when we get there we are actually competitive, not just there to make up numbers
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