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Norway, Chile, France and Qatar make up group A, while Cameroon, Canada, and Iraq are along with Yugoslavia (which does not appear in Boston) make up group...
...Qatar and Iraq enter the tournament after completely dominating the Asian division. Both faced their toughest competition at the regional level before moving to the continental competition, where they were the only teams to go undefeated. Iraq came out of a tough Middle Eastern division containing Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. In close round-robin competition between the three nations, Iraq was the only nation to survive without a loss. Qatar actually finished behind Kuwait in its first round competition, but moved into the final qualifying round with a vengeance. Allowing only one goal in four games, Qatar stormed...
While Iraq and Qatar took similar routes to Boston, their teams are very different. Iraq, a respected soccer power for several years, finished just out of the money four years ago, placing fifth in the 1980 Olympics. Regarded for its experience and strong defense, the team is led by miserly goalie Abdul Fatah Jassim, who started in the Olympics four years ago and gave up only four goals in the qualifying tournament last year...
...Qatar, making its first Olympic appearance, boasts a number of young, exciting players. The most dangerous man on the field is striker Mansur "The Falcon" Muftah, who scored 26 goals last year for Reain in Qatar's First Division. Their main disadvantage, however, may be their large number of players completely without experience at international play except for last year's qualifying rounds...
Sunday, July 29NORWAY vs. CHILE Monday, July 30 CANADA vs. IRAQ Tuesday, July 31 NORWAY vs. FRANCE Wednesday, August 1 CAMEROON vs. IRAQ Thursday, August 2 QATAR vs. NORWAY Friday, August 3 CAMEROON vs. CANADA