© Deaf Football Australia 2011
Asia Pacific Championships News
Currently we have the Asia Pacific Championships held in South Korea and Australia have sent their best squad to challenge for honours and qualify for the 2nd World Deaf Football Championships to be held in Ankara, Turkey 2012. The official draw was done on Saturday and Australia have a realistic chance to qualify. Two countries withdrew at the last minute citing VISA issues (Pakistan and China).
Group A (Korea, Japan, Iraq, Uzbekistan)
Group B (Iran, Thailand, Australia, India)
On Sunday 15th May Australia plays Thailand (Seeded 3rd Asia) in our first match.
On Tuesday 17th May Australia plays Iran (Asian Champions).
On Thursday 19th May Australia plays India who is unknown to the football nations.
After the 3rd matches are played in each group, the top 2 teams of each group will automatically qualify with the 2 third place teams playing off for the 5th and final spot remaining to qualify for the World Cup in Turkey 2012.Click here to read the full diary, news and photos as well as the latest results from the Australian team in South Korea.
UPDATE: Australia has finished 7th overall and did not qualify for the World Cup 2012 in Turkey. Go to the diary page to read all about the Australian team results.
Deaf Football Australia Archive News
Archives are available for viewing, please click on the links below to read past news.
25/05/11 - Southern Cross 2011 Results
29/04/11 - Asia Pacific 2011 Diary
08/01/11 - Australia Deaf vs Marconi Under 20s
27/04/10 - Southern Cross 2010 Results
26/07/09 - Australia vs Ghana match held at Belmore Sports Stadium
14/04/09 - Southern Cross 2009 Results
22/09/08 - MP Ninos Khoshaba’s Address in NSW Parliament
22/09/08 - Invitational Games of the Deaf - Taipei 2008
RECENT RESULTS
Australia 3 - 2 India
AUS: Alex Straub (2), Joshua Doe (1)
IND: Unknown (2)
Australia 0 - 2 Uzbekistan
AUS: Nil
UZB: unknown (2)
Australia 4 - 0 India
AUS: Jamie Flanagan (1), Mark Davies (2), Joshua Doe (1)
IND: Nil
Australia 1 - 4 Iran
AUS: Jamie Flanagan (1)
IRA: unknown (4)
Australia 0 - 2 Thailand
AUS: Nil
THAI: unknown (2)
Australia 2 - 0 Orange Waratah
AUS: Mark Davies (1), Fayaz Meghani (1)
Orange: Nil
Australia 0 - 3 Marconi Stallions (U/20)
AUS: Nil
MAR: unknown (3)
Australia 8 - 3 Ghana
AUS: Mark Davies (4), Shane Marr (3), Jamie Flanagan (1)
GHA: Andrews Wirekoh (1) Unknown (2)
President Daryl Jordan resigns
On the 13th November 2011, the Executives received an email from our President wishing to resign.
Since then, the Executive has been consulting senior players, board members, and long standing members within the organisation to find suitable candidates to fill the role as president.
This is a very difficult position to fill, as it requires a very good communicator.
However the current board has been looking at filling the role as an acting position until the next AGM.
We approached 2 members and they declined due to their own workloads. Because there is only 4 months till the next AGM we have decided that the Executive will share the workload until a replacement can be found.
Read the full media release here: Media Release - 10/12/11.pdf