Slovenia will be competing with Australia during the International friendly football match this Wednesday. The match will be held at the Ullevaal Stadium at 20:15 British Summer Time.

This is regarded as the first international football match for both Slovenia as well as Australia after the World Cup 2010. Slovenia wasn’t able to join or qualify during the 16 round of the 2010 World Cup. Slovenia won over Algeria with 1-0, lost the game versus England with 0-1 and made a draw versus United States with 2-2 in 2010 World Cup group round.

Slovenia was ranked in the 19^th position garnering 917 points while Australia was ranked the 20^th with 911 points during the FIFA / Coca-Cola world rankings.

On the other hand, Australia did not qualify as well during the last 16 round in 2010 World Cup. The said country won over Serbia with 2-1, lost against Germany with 0-4, as well as made a draw against Ghana in with 1-1 during the 2010 World Cup group round.

Slovenia just recently won over Australia with 71-60 winning the title of Stankovic Basketball Continental Cup. It was the second Stankovic Cup championship of Slovenia after they beat China in 2006 to get their very first Stankovic Cup trophy.

Sani Becirovic from Slovenia scored 20 points but Goran Dragic got the title of the “Most Valuable Player” who scored 13 points and 3 assists. The game was generally a defensive game from both sides. During the first quarter, there wasn’t a clear lead while in the second quarter Slovenia outscored Australia with 29-27. But, on the third round, Australia got ahead of Slovenia with 42-49. Slovenia however got the fourth round and won the game with 71-60.