Thursday 15 October 2009

Twenty-three World Cup qualifiers

We now have 23 nations through to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Four more countries were added to the list yesterday.

Switzerland only needed a point to qualify, and duly got it in a 0-0 draw with Israel.

Slovakia made it through to their first final tournament with 1-0 win in Poland  to clinch their group ahead of Slovenia.

Having struggled for much of the qualifying competition, Argentina clinched their spot with a 1-0 win in Uruguay, who face a play-off.

Honduras made it through to the finals with a 1-0 over El Salvador.

Countries in the European play-offs will be: Russia, France, Portugal, Greece, Ukraine, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Republic or Ireland.

The other 19 are:

Ivory Coast
Germany
Denmark
Serbia
Italy
Chile
Mexico
United States
England
Spain
Paraguay
South Africa
Japan
Australia
South Korea
Holland
North Korea
Brazil
Ghana

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