[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Every World Cup finalist except North Korea and Chile will play in midweek action. Six games will be televised, beginning with Tuesday's Brazil-Ireland game and ending with Wednesday night's Mexico-New Zealand game at the Rose Bowl.

The Tuesday-Wednesday date is FIFA's final international fixture date before World Cup rosters are selected. If teams play other games before then, players don't need to be released by their foreign clubs.

Chile had planned to host both Costa Rica and North Korea on the same evening at Santiago's National Stadium but the games were called off because of the earthquake that struck the country on Saturday.

(All times are ET.)

Tuesday
Friendly
Ireland vs. Brazil (in London), 3 pm (Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports en Espanol, live)

Wednesday
Asian Cup Qualifier
Australia vs. Indonesia, 5 am
Japan vs. Bahrain, 5 am

Friendlies
Ivory Coast vs. South Korea (in London), 9:30 am
Greece vs. Senegal, 10:00 am
Slovakia vs. Norway, 11:00 am
Turkey vs. Honduras, 1:00 pm
Algeria vs. Serbia, 1:15 pm
South Africa vs. Namibia, 1:30 pm
Switzerland vs. Uruguay, 2:15 pm
Netherlands vs. USA, 2:30 pm (ESPN2 and Galavision, live)
Austria vs. Denmark, 2:30 pm
Germany vs. Argentina, 2:45 pm (Gol TV, live)
Italy vs. Cameroon, 2:45 pm (Gol TV, delay, 4:45 pm)
Portugal vs. China, 2:45 pm
Slovenia vs. Qatar, 2:45 pm
England vs. Egypt, 3:00 pm (Fox Soccer Plus, live)
France vs. Spain, 3:00 pm
Mexico vs. New Zealand (in Pasadena, Calif.), 11:00 pm (Telemundo and Mun2, live)
Nigeria vs. DC Congo time TBD
Athletic Bilbao vs. Paraguay time TBD
Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Ghana time TBD