Malta will be commencing its World Cup qualifying Group B programme with a home match against Armenia.

The dates were agreed upon by representatives of all the six teams in the Group, that is Malta, Bulgaria, Italy, Armenia, Denmark and the Czech Republic.

Malta was represented at the meeting in the Czech Republic by MFA president Norman Darmanin and the Association’s CEO Bjorn Vassallo.

Malta will play its matches against top guns Italy on 11 September 2012 in Italy and on 26 March 2013 in Malta.

The following is the full programame of the Group B matches:

7 September 2012: Malta-Armenia; Bulgaria-Italy

8 September 2012: Denmark-Czech Republic

11 September 2012: Italy-Malta; Bulgaria-Armenia

12 October 2012: Armenia-Italy; Czech Rep.-Malta; Bulgaria-Denmark

16 October 2012: Italy-Denmark; Czech Rep.-Bulgaria

22 March 2013: Bulgaria-Malta; Czech Rep.-Denmark

26 March 2013: Malta-Italy; Armenia-Czech Rep.; Denmark-Bulgaria

7 June 2013: Armenia-Malta

8 June 2013: Czech Rep.-Italy

11 June 2013: Denmark-Armenia

6 September 2013: Italy-Bulgaria; Czech Rep.-Armenia; Malta-Denmark

10 September 2013: Italy-Czech Rep.; Armenia-Denmark; Malta-Bulgaria

11 October 2013: Denmark-Italy; Malta-Czech Rep.; Armenia-Bulgaria

15 October 2013: Italy-Armenia; Bulgaria-Czech Rep.; Denmark-Malta

The national team is still without a national coach after the MFA decided to axe John Buttigieg and his assistant Carmel Busuttil a few weeks ago.