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= FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 =
Sun Jan 4
North Korea 2-4 China PR @ So Kon Po, Hong Kong
(Li Chang-Ha 2' Kim Yong-Nam 56';
Huang Xiangdong 44',110' Chen Xirong 55' Gu Guangming 112')
Wed Jan 28
Greece 2-0 Luxembourg @ Salonica, Greece
(Dinos Kouis 8' Georgios Kostikos 33')
Sun Feb 8
Venezuela 0-1 Brazil @ Caracas, Venezuela
(Zico 82'(p))
Sun Feb 15
Bolivia 3-0 Venezuela @ La Paz, Bolivia
(Miguel Aguilar 38' Carlos Aragonés 67' Jesús Reynaldo 84')
Wed Feb 18
Belgium 3-2 Cyprus @ Brussels, Belgium
(Gerard Plessers 12' Erwin Vandenbergh 17' Jan Ceulemans 67';
Stefanos Lysandrou 42' Fivos Vrahimis 60')
Sun Feb 22
Bolivia 1-2 Brazil @ La Paz, Bolivia
(Carlos Aragonés 27';
Sócrates 6' José Reinaldo de Lima 60')
Netherlands 3-0 Cyprus @ Groningen, Netherlands
(Hugo Hovenkamp 15' Cees Schapendonk 48' Dick Nanninga 58')
Wed Feb 25
Israel 0-1 Scotland @ Ramat Gan, Israel
(Kenny Dalglish 54')
Wed Mar 11
Luxembourg 0-2 Greece @ Luxembourg, Luxembourg
(Dinos Kouis 31' Thomas Mavros 54'(p))
Sun Mar 15
Venezuela 1-0 Bolivia @ Caracas, Venezuela
(Pedro Acosta 42')
Wed Mar 18
Qatar 0-1 Iraq @ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(Hussein Saeed 84')
Thu Mar 19
Syria 0-1 Bahrain @ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(Fouad Bushegir ??')
Sat Mar 21
Saudi Arabia 1-0 Iraq @ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(Amin Dabo 82')
Sun Mar 22
Brazil 3-1 Bolivia @ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(Zico 26'(p),62',85';
Carlos Aragonés 68'(p))
Qatar 3-0 Bahrain @ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(Mansour Muftah ??',??' Khalid Salman ??')
Tue Mar 24
Saudi Arabia 2-0 Syria @ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(Saud Jassem ??',??')
Wed Mar 25
Belgium 1-0 Republic of Ireland @ Brussels, Belgium
(Jan Ceulemans 88')
Iraq 2-0 Bahrain @ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(Hadi Ahmed 26' Adnan Dirjal 89')
Netherlands 1-0 France @ Rotterdam, Netherlands
(Arnold Mühren 47')
Scotland 1-1 Northern Ireland @ Glasgow, Scotland
(John Wark 75';
Billy Hamilton 70')
Turkey 0-1 Wales @ Ankara, Turkey
(Carl Harris 67')
Fri Mar 27
Qatar 2-1 Syria @ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(Khalfan Ibrahim ??' Mansour Muftah ??';
Shait Ahmed Jehad ??')
Sat Mar 28
Saudi Arabia 1-0 Bahrain @ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(Shaye Al Nafeesah ??')
Sun Mar 29
Brazil 5-0 Venezuela @ Goiânia, Brazil
(Tita 35',57' Sócrates 55' Zico 72'(p) Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior 84')
Mon Mar 30
Iraq 2-1 Syria @ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(Nazar Ashraf 34' Adel Khudhair 63';
Shait Ahmed Jehad ??')
Tue Mar 31
Saudi Arabia 1-0 Qatar @ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(Yousef Aboloya ??')
Wed Apr 1
Albania 0-2 Germany @ Tirana, Albania
(Bernd Schuster 9',71')
Sat Apr 4
Malta 1-2 German DR @ Gżira, Malta
(Emanuel Fabri 11';
Rüdiger Schnuphase 20'(p) Reinhard Häfner 44')
Sun Apr 12
Zaïre 1-0 Cameroon @ Kinshasa, Zaïre
(Monduone N'Kama 23')
Guinea 1-1 Nigeria @ Conakry, Guinea
(Ibrahima Sory Touré 66'(p);
John Chiedozie 21')
Wed Apr 15
Turkey 0-3 Czechoslovakia @ Istanbul, Turkey
(Petr Janečka 58' Ján Kozák 70' Ladislav Vízek 81')
Nigeria 1-0 Guinea @ Lagos, Nigeria
(Henry Nwosu 90')
Tue Apr 21
South Korea 2-1 Malaysia @ Kuwait City, Kuwait
(Hong Sung-Ho 33' Lee Kang-Jo 84';
James Wong Chye Fook 6')
Wed Apr 22
Kuwait 6-0 Thailand @ Kuwait City, Kuwait
(Abdulaziz Al-Anberi ??',??' Faisal Al-Dakhil ??' Fathi Kameel ??' Mohammed Karam ??' Jasem Yaqoub ??')
Fri Apr 24
South Korea 5-1 Thailand @ Kuwait City, Kuwait
(Choi Soon-ho 26',85' Choi Jong-duk 33' Oh Seok-Jae 68' Lee Tae-ho 70';
Piyapong Pue-on 36')
Sat Apr 25
Kuwait 4-0 Malaysia @ Kuwait City, Kuwait
(Jasem Yaqoub 1' Mahboub Juma'a 23',46' Nassir Al-Ghanem 49')
New Zealand 3-3 Australia @ Auckland, New Zealand
(Grant Turner 25' Steve Wooddin 34' Steve Sumner 80';
Eddie Krncevic 15',42' Ken Boden 31')
Sun Apr 26
Cameroon 6-1 Zaïre @ Douala, Cameroon
(Roger Milla 3',45',90' Grégoire M'Bida 13' Emmanuel Kundé 52',67'(p);
Tshilumba Mukendi 53')
Morocco 1-0 Egypt @ Casablanca, Morocco
(Abdelaziz Daidi 44')
Mon Apr 27
Malaysia 2-2 Thailand @ Kuwait City, Kuwait
(Ibrahim Din 50',63';
Sompit Suwannapluoh 49' Khan Thatat Songwuti 72')
Tue Apr 28
Scotland 3-1 Israel @ Glasgow, Scotland
(John Robertson 21'(p),30'(p) David Provan 54';
Moshe Sinai 56')
Switzerland 2-2 Hungary @ Lucerne, Switzerland
(Claudio Sulser 32',47';
László Bálint 45' Sándor Müller 65'(p))
Wed Apr 29
Cyprus 0-1 Netherlands @ Nicosia, Cyprus
(Kees van Kooten 29')
England 0-0 Romania @ London, England
France 3-2 Belgium @ Paris, France
(Gérard Soler 14',31' Didier Six 26';
Erwin Vandenbergh 5' Jan Ceulemans 52')
Germany 2-0 Austria @ Hamburg, Germany
(Bernd Krauss 30'(og) Klaus Fischer 36')
Kuwait 2-0 South Korea @ Kuwait City, Kuwait
(Abdulaziz Al-Anberi 50' Nassir Al-Ghanem 81')
Northern Ireland 1-0 Portugal @ Belfast, Northern Ireland
(Gerry Armstrong 74')
Yugoslavia 5-1 Greece @ Split, Yugoslavia
(Edhem Šljivo 7' Vahid Halilhodžić 23' Dragan Pantelić 42'(p) Zlatko Vujović 50',56';
Georgios Kostikos 76'(p))
Fri May 1
Algeria 4-0 Niger @ Constantine, Algeria
(Rabah Madjer 44'(p) Lakhdar Belloumi 46',77' Nourredine Kourichi 53')
Luxembourg 1-2 Denmark @ Luxembourg, Luxembourg
(Alain Nurenberg 37';
Preben Elkjær 46' Frank Arnesen 62')
Sat May 2
Poland 1-0 German DR @ Chorzów, Poland
(Andrzej Buncol 55')
Sun May 3
Fiji 0-4 New Zealand @ Suva, Fiji
(Brian Turner 8',31',85' Steve Sumner 20')
Thu May 7
Taiwan 0-0 New Zealand @ Taipei, Taiwan
Fri May 8
Egypt 0-0 Morocco @ Cairo, Egypt
Mon May 11
Indonesia 0-2 New Zealand @ Jakarta, Indonesia
(Brian Turner 14' Grant Turner 75')
Wed May 13
Bulgaria 4-0 Finland @ Sofia, Bulgaria
(Georgi Slavkov 10',53' Kostadin Kostadinov 55' Chavdar Tsvetkov 90')
Hungary 1-0 Romania @ Budapest, Hungary
(László Fazekas 18')
Sat May 16
Australia 0-2 New Zealand @ Sydney, Australia
(Steve Wooddin 29' Grant Turner 81')
Sun May 17
Ecuador 1-0 Paraguay @ Guayaquil, Ecuador
(Orly Klinger 48')
Wed May 20
Australia 2-0 Indonesia @ Melbourne, Australia
(John Kosmina 29' Alan Edward Davidson 33')
Norway 1-2 Hungary @ Oslo, Norway
(Hallvar Thoresen 57';
László Kiss 78',79')
Sat May 23
New Zealand 5-0 Indonesia @ Auckland, New Zealand
(Steve Wooddin 9' Brian Turner 34' Grant Turner 59',65' Adrian Elrick 81')
Sun May 24
Ecuador 0-0 Chile @ Guayaquil, Ecuador
Finland 0-4 Germany @ Lahti, Finland
(Hans-Peter Briegel 26' Klaus Fischer 37',80' Manfred Kaltz 40')
Wed May 27
Czechoslovakia 6-1 Iceland @ Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
(Ladislav Vízek 35' Antonín Panenka 44'(p) Zdeněk Nehoda 72' Þorsteinn Bjarnason 78'(og) Ján Kozák 79' Petr Janečka 87';
Magnús Bergs 60')
Thu May 28
Austria 2-0 Bulgaria @ Vienna, Austria
(Hans Krankl 30'(p) Kurt Jara 88')
Sat May 30
New Zealand 2-0 Taiwan @ Auckland, New Zealand
(Steve Wooddin 14' Grant Turner 75')
Switzerland 2-1 England @ Basel, Switzerland
(Alfred Scheiwiler 29' Claudio Sulser 31';
Terry McDermott 55')
Wales 0-0 Soviet Union @ Wrexham, Wales
Sun May 31
Fiji 0-0 Indonesia @ Suva, Fiji
Niger 1-0 Algeria @ Niamey, Niger
(Abou Seydou 89')
Paraguay 3-1 Ecuador @ Asunción, Paraguay
(Miguel María Michelagnoli 47' Eugenio Morel 64' Julio César Romero 81';
Wilson Nieves 88')
Wed Jun 3
Denmark 3-1 Italy @ Copenhagen, Denmark
(Per Røntved 59' Frank Arnesen 61' Lars Bastrup 87';
Francesco Graziani 69')
Romania 1-0 Norway @ Bucharest, Romania
(Aurel Ţicleanu 67')
Sweden 1-0 Northern Ireland @ Solna, Sweden
(Hasse Borg 50'(p))
Sat Jun 6
Fiji 2-1 Taiwan @ Suva, Fiji
(Ratu Jone 55',55';
Chang Kuo Chi 40')
Hungary 1-3 England @ Budapest, Hungary
(Imre Garaba 44';
Trevor Brooking 19',60' Kevin Keegan 73'(p))
Sun Jun 7
Paraguay 0-1 Chile @ Asunción, Paraguay
(Patricio Yáñez 70')
Wed Jun 10
Australia 3-2 Taiwan @ Adelaide, Australia
(Tony Henderson 17' John Kosmina 54' Gary Byrne 68'(p);
Duh Deng-Sheng 82',89')
Sun Jun 14
Chile 2-0 Ecuador @ Santiago, Chile
(Carlos Rivas 10' Carlos Caszely 85')
Mon Jun 15
Indonesia 1-0 Taiwan @ Jakarta, Indonesia
(Hadi Ismanto 75')
Wed Jun 17
Austria 5-1 Finland @ Linz, Austria
(Herbert Prohaska 16',18' Hans Krankl 49' Kurt Welzl 56' Gernot Jurtin 65';
Ari Valvee 71')
Norway 1-1 Switzerland @ Oslo, Norway
(Vidar Davidsen 88';
Umberto Barberis 62')
Sun Jun 21
Chile 3-0 Paraguay @ Santiago, Chile
(Carlos Caszely 10' Patricio Yáñez 11' Miguel Ángel Neira 28')
Wed Jun 24
Sweden 3-0 Portugal @ Solna, Sweden
(Bo Börjesson 39' Gabriel Mendes 55'(og) Jan Svensson 67')
Sun Jun 28
Taiwan 2-0 Indonesia @ Taipei, Taiwan
(Deng Chyan ??' Jyn Tson ??')
Sun Jul 26
Colombia 1-1 Peru @ Bogotá, Colombia
(Hernán Darío Herrera 64';
Guillermo La Rosa 86')
Fiji 1-4 Australia @ Suva, Fiji
(Meli Vuilabasa 82';
Gary Cole 4',31' Murray Barnes 10' Peter Sharne 28')
Sun Aug 9
Uruguay 3-2 Colombia @ Montevideo, Uruguay
(Rubén Paz 20' Julio Morales 80',88'(p);
Pedro Sarmiento 40' Hernán Darío Herrera 59')
Mon Aug 10
Indonesia 3-3 Fiji @ Jakarta, Indonesia
(Budi Johannis ??' Upendran Choy ??' Herry Risdianto ??';
Ratu Jone ??' Meli Vuilabasa ??' John Morris Williams ??')
Fri Aug 14
Australia 10-0 Fiji @ Melbourne, Australia
(Dave Mitchell 29',43',80' Gary Cole 35',52',64',67',71'(p),75',78')
Sun Aug 16
New Zealand 13-0 Fiji @ Auckland, New Zealand
(Steve Wooddin 2' Steve Sumner 8',45',55',60',72',86' Grant Turner 9',31' Duncan Cole 36' Brian Turner 40',85' Keith Mackay 48')
Peru 2-0 Colombia @ Lima, Peru
(Gerónimo Barbadillo 5' Julio César Uribe 72'(p))
Sun Aug 23
Uruguay 1-2 Peru @ Montevideo, Uruguay
(Waldemar Victorino 67';
Guillermo La Rosa 39' Julio César Uribe 47')
Sun Aug 30
Indonesia 1-0 Australia @ Surabaya, Indonesia
(Herry Risdianto 88')
Wed Sep 2
Finland 2-1 Albania @ Kotka, Finland
(Leo Houtsonen 61' Keijo Kousa 85';
Muhedin Targaj 47'(p))
Sun Sep 6
Peru 0-0 Uruguay @ Lima, Peru
Wed Sep 9
Belgium 2-0 France @ Brussels, Belgium
(Alexandre Czerniatynski 24' Erwin Vandenbergh 83')
Czechoslovakia 2-0 Wales @ Prague, Czechoslovakia
(Dai Davies 24'(og) Verner Lička 67')
Denmark 1-2 Yugoslavia @ Copenhagen, Denmark
(Preben Elkjær 62';
Zlatko Vujović 48' Vladimir Petrović 63')
Iceland 2-0 Turkey @ Reykjavík, Iceland
(Lárus Guðmundsson 21' Atli Eðvaldsson 65')
Netherlands 2-2 Republic of Ireland @ Rotterdam, Netherlands
(Frans Thijssen 11' Arnold Mühren 64'(p);
Michael Robinson 40' Frank Stapleton 71')
Norway 2-1 England @ Oslo, Norway
(Tom Lund 35' Hallvar Thoresen 41';
Bryan Robson 15')
Scotland 2-0 Sweden @ Glasgow, Scotland
(Joe Jordan 20' John Robertson 80'(p))
Sun Sep 13
Colombia 1-1 Uruguay @ Bogotá, Colombia
(Hernán Darío Herrera 12'(p);
Waldemar Victorino 43'(p))
Wed Sep 23
Germany 7-1 Finland @ Bochum, Germany
(Klaus Fischer 11' Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 42',60',72' Paul Breitner 54',67' Wolfgang Dremmler 83';
Hannu Turunen 41')
Iceland 1-1 Czechoslovakia @ Reykjavík, Iceland
(Pétur Ormslev 6';
Ján Kozák 77')
Romania 0-0 Hungary @ Bucharest, Romania
Soviet Union 4-0 Turkey @ Moscow, Soviet Union
(Aleksandre Chivadze 4' Anatoliy Demyanenko 20' Oleg Blokhin 26' Ramaz Shengelia 49')
Thu Sep 24
China PR 0-0 New Zealand @ Beijing, China PR
Sat Oct 3
New Zealand 1-0 China PR @ Auckland, New Zealand
(Ricki Herbert 43')
Wed Oct 7
Turkey 0-3 Soviet Union @ İzmir, Turkey
(Ramaz Shengelia 17' Oleg Blokhin 38',54')
Sat Oct 10
German DR 2-3 Poland @ Leipzig, German DR
(Rüdiger Schnuphase 53'(p) Joachim Streich 66';
Andrzej Szarmach 2' Włodzimierz Smolarek 5',61')
New Zealand 1-2 Kuwait @ Auckland, New Zealand
(Steve Wooddin 24';
Faisal Al-Dakhil 61'(p) Jasem Yaqoub 90')
Nigeria 0-2 Algeria @ Lagos, Nigeria
(Lakhdar Belloumi 34' Djamel Zidane 44')
Romania 1-2 Switzerland @ Bucharest, Romania
(Ilie Balaci 56';
Gianpetro Zappa 68' Robert Lüthi 75')
Wed Oct 14
Albania 0-2 Bulgaria @ Tirana, Albania
(Georgi Slavkov 49' Stoycho Mladenov 84')
Austria 1-3 Germany @ Vienna, Austria
(Walter Schachner 15';
Pierre Littbarski 17',77' Felix Magath 20')
Greece 2-3 Denmark @ Salonica, Greece
(Nikos Anastopoulos 60' Dinos Kouis 84';
Søren Lerby 8' Frank Arnesen 28' Preben Elkjær 65')
Hungary 3-0 Switzerland @ Budapest, Hungary
(Tibor Nyilasi 23',50' László Fazekas 59')
Republic of Ireland 3-2 France @ Dublin, Republic of Ireland
(Philippe Mahut 5'(og) Frank Stapleton 23' Michael Robinson 39';
Bruno Bellone 9' Michel Platini 83')
Netherlands 3-0 Belgium @ Rotterdam, Netherlands
(John Metgod 6' Kees van Kooten 26' Ruud Geels 54')
Northern Ireland 0-0 Scotland @ Belfast, Northern Ireland
Portugal 1-2 Sweden @ Lisbon, Portugal
(Minervino Pietra 65';
Thomas Larsson 38' Tony Persson 89')
Wales 2-2 Iceland @ Swansea, Wales
(Robbie James 25' Alan Curtis 54';
Ásgeir Sigurvinsson 47',61')
Sat Oct 17
Yugoslavia 1-1 Italy @ Belgrade, Yugoslavia
(Zlatko Vujović 9';
Roberto Bettega 33')
Sun Oct 18
China PR 3-0 Kuwait @ Beijing, China PR
(Rong Zhixing 24' Gu Guangming 28' Shen Xiangfu 59')
Wed Oct 28
Israel 4-1 Portugal @ Ramat Gan, Israel
(Benny Tabak 6',18',30' Gidi Damti 14';
Rui Jordão 8')
Soviet Union 2-0 Czechoslovakia @ Tbilisi, Soviet Union
(Ramaz Shengelia 28',46')
Fri Oct 30
Algeria 2-1 Nigeria @ Constantine, Algeria
(Lakhdar Belloumi 9' Rabah Madjer 85';
Felix Owolabi 40')
Sat Oct 31
Hungary 4-1 Norway @ Budapest, Hungary
(László Bálint 12' László Kiss 60',85' László Fazekas 79';
Tom Lund 35')
Wed Nov 4
Saudi Arabia 0-1 Kuwait @ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(Abdulaziz Al-Anberi 55')
Wed Nov 11
Bulgaria 0-0 Austria @ Sofia, Bulgaria
German DR 5-1 Malta @ Jena, German DR
(Andreas Krause 11' Joachim Streich 35',75' Jürgen Heun 71' John Holland 90'(og);
Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi 41')
Switzerland 0-0 Romania @ Bern, Switzerland
Thu Nov 12
Saudi Arabia 2-4 China PR @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
(Ahmed Al Nifawi 10' Majed Abdullah 11';
Zuo Shusheng 62' Chen Jingang 63' Gu Guangming 76' Huang Xiangdong 88')
Sat Nov 14
Italy 1-1 Greece @ Turin, Italy
(Bruno Conti 61';
Dinos Kouis 87')
Sun Nov 15
Morocco 0-2 Cameroon @ Kenitra, Morocco
(Roger Milla 15'(p) Jean-Pierre Tokoto 40')
Poland 6-0 Malta @ Wrocław, Poland
(Andrzej Iwan 6' Włodzimierz Smolarek 46',64' Stefan Majewski 48' Dariusz Dziekanowski 80' Zbigniew Boniek 85')
Wed Nov 18
England 1-0 Hungary @ London, England
(Paul Mariner 16')
France 2-0 Netherlands @ Paris, France
(Michel Platini 52' Didier Six 82')
Germany 8-0 Albania @ Dortmund, Germany
(Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 5',19',43' Klaus Fischer 32',72' Manfred Kaltz 36' Pierre Littbarski 52' Paul Breitner 68'(p))
Northern Ireland 1-0 Israel @ Belfast, Northern Ireland
(Gerry Armstrong 27')
Portugal 2-1 Scotland @ Lisbon, Portugal
(Manuel Fernandes 33',56';
Paul Sturrock 9')
Soviet Union 3-0 Wales @ Tbilisi, Soviet Union
(Vitaly Daraselia 13' Oleg Blokhin 18' Yuri Gavrilov 64')
Thu Nov 19
China PR 2-0 Saudi Arabia @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
(Huang Xiangdong 24' Cai Jinbiao 27')
Sat Nov 21
Yugoslavia 5-0 Luxembourg @ Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
(Vahid Halilhodžić 1',45' Ivica Šurjak 65' Predrag Pašić 73' Zlatko Vujović 75')
Sun Nov 22
Germany 4-0 Bulgaria @ Düsseldorf, Germany
(Klaus Fischer 4' Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 49',83' Manfred Kaltz 62'(p))
Sat Nov 28
New Zealand 2-2 Saudi Arabia @ Auckland, New Zealand
(Billy McClure 5'(p) Ricki Herbert 87';
Majed Abdullah 37',41')
Sun Nov 29
Cameroon 2-1 Morocco @ Yaoundé, Cameroon
(Ibrahim Aoudou 15'(p) Roger Milla 47';
Mustapha Yaghcha 25'(p))
Czechoslovakia 1-1 Soviet Union @ Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
(Rostislav Vojáček 34';
Oleg Blokhin 14')
Greece 1-2 Yugoslavia @ Piraeus, Greece
(Thomas Mavros 5';
Ivica Šurjak 22' Jurica Jerković 39')
Mon Nov 30
Kuwait 1-0 China PR @ Kuwait City, Kuwait
(Abdulaziz Al-Anberi 7')
Sat Dec 5
France 4-0 Cyprus @ Paris, France
(Dominique Rocheteau 25' Bernard Lacombe 29',82' Bernard Genghini 86')
Italy 1-0 Luxembourg @ Naples, Italy
(Fulvio Collovati 7')
Mon Dec 7
Kuwait 2-0 Saudi Arabia @ Kuwait City, Kuwait
(Faisal Al-Dakhil 36',56')
Mon Dec 14
Kuwait 2-2 New Zealand @ Kuwait City, Kuwait
(Fathi Kameel 41' Sami Al-Hashash 89';
Steve Sumner 65' Wynton Rufer 66')
Sat Dec 19
Saudi Arabia 0-5 New Zealand @ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(Wynton Rufer 16',39' Brian Turner 17',43'(p) Steve Wooddin 38')
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