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Qatar, Hong Kong win World Cup qualifiers
March 23, 2001
SportsLine.com wire reports
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DOHA, Qatar -- Qatar beat Palestine 2-1 Friday to advance to the second
round of Asian qualifying for the 2002 World Cup.
Mohammed Al Enazi put Qatar ahead in the 23rd minute, Emay Ayoud tied the
score six minutes later, and Qatar's Abdul Aziz Bujaloof made it 2-1 with two
minutes left in the first half.
Hong Kong defeated Malaysia 2-1 in another Asia Zone Group 3 game.
Qatar (3-0-1), which has never qualified for the World Cup, joins Bahrain,
Iran and Saudi Arabia in the next round.
There will be 22 World Cup qualifying games in Europe.
AP NEWS
The Associated Press News Service
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