Cyprus will be Italy's first hurdle when the world champions kicks off their campaign to retain the World Cup in September, it was decided today.
At a meeting in Sofia, delegates from the six nations in qualifying Group Eight agreed on the following schedule for Italy's ten games:
6-9-2008 Cyprus-Italy
10-9-2008 Italy-Georgia
11-10-2008 Bulgaria-Italy
15-10-2008 Italy-Montenegro
28-3-2009 Montenegro-Italy
1-4-2009 Italy-Ireland
5-9-2009 Georgia-Italy
9-9-2009 Italy-Bulgaria
10-10-2009 Ireland-Italy
14-10-2009 Italy-Cyprus
