81.   Canada is in a pool that includes the host nation, defending champion Australia and Romania.

82.   By convention the host nation, which qualifies automatically, is included in the allocation of its region.

83.   Coach Bob Dwyer said he was confident the defending champion Australians had named their strongest lineup for the potentially difficult Pool A game against the host nation at Newlands.

84.   Cricket in the host nation also is in turmoil.

85.   Despite heavy lobbying by host nation Vietnam and other countries, the foreign ministers could not reach a consensus Friday for an unanimous decision on the issue.

86.   Defending champion Brazil and host nation France get automatic seedings.

87.   FIFA also picked veteran players Hong Myung-bo of South Korea and Masami Ihara of Japan to represent the two host nations.

88.   Failure to advance would bring the disgrace of being the first-ever host nation to go out in the first round.

89.   Fans in other countries could apply on the Internet, but fans in the host nation could not.

90.   Five days into the conference, human rights have emerged as a major theme, despite the unease of some about offending host nation China.