Monday 16 November 2009

Latest World Cup qualifiers

We now have 26 nations through to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Three more countries were added to the list over the weekend.

New Zealand beat Bahrain 1-0 over two legs with the win coming in Wellington in front of a record football crowd for the country.

Nigeria won an exciting game over Kenya, 3-2, in Nairobi to confirm their place in the finals. Ex-Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins got the winner.

Cameroon beat Morocco 2-0 to clinch their place in South Africa.

In European play-off first legs Russia beat Slovenia 2-1, France beat Republic of Ireland 1-0, Portugal beat Bosnia-Herzegovina  1-0 and Greece drew nil-nil with Ukraine. Second legs are on Wednesday.

In the South America-Concacaf play-off Uruguay won 1-0 in Costa Rica to take a huge step towards the finals.

The final place is between Algeria and Egypt who finished completely level in their qualification group. A play-off will take place between them on Wednesday 18 November 2009 in Sudan

The other 23 qualifiers are:

Switzerland
Slovakia
Argentina
Honduras
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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