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CRI听力:China to Compete for the Last Ticket to the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

2007-10-17来源:和谐英语


In sports, Japan and North Korea on Saturday entered the final of the Asian Football Confederation U-19 Women's Championship 2007 and therefore qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile next year.

North Korea upset hosts China 4-1 in the semifinal in China's southwest Chongqing city. Japan, who were held goalless tie with South Korea in the regular and extra time of the semifinal, won 6-5 on penalty shootout.

Japan will meet North Korea in the final on Tuesday. China and South Korea will fight in the third-place playoff on the same day, vying for the last ticket to the World Cup.

At the men's World Cup table tennis tournament in Barcelona, Spain, China's Wang Liqin beat Austrian Werner Schlager by 4-0 in the quarterfinal on Saturday. He will meet South Korea's Ryu Seung Min, who blew away China's Ma Lin in the quarterfinal, on Sunday. Wang Hao defeated Singapore's Gao Ning by 4-2. He will play Timo Boll from Germany in the semifinal.