Who can qualify for the World Cup tonight A number of teams - TopicsExpress

Who can qualify for the World Cup tonight A number of teams will be fighting it out for a place at the 2014 World Cup tonight, including England, France, Spain, Portugal and Mexico. Apart from hosts Brazil, the teams already qualified are: Conmebol Argentina Colombia Uefa Belgium Italy Germany Netherlands Switzerland Asian Football Confederation Japan Australia Iran South Korea Concacaf Costa Rica USA A number of countries from Africa, Europe, North America and South America can also seal qualification in the coming days. EUROPE Group F final fixtures: 15 October 2013 Azerbaijan v Russia Israel v Northern Ireland Portugal v Luxembourg With just one more game to go in Group F, Fabio Capello’s Russia need just a draw against Azerbaijan to secure top spot ahead of Portugal. They can still go through with a loss, as their goal difference is +15, while Portugal’s is +8. Group G final fixtures: 15 October 2013 Greece v Liechtenstein Lithuania v Bosnia and Herzegovina Latvia v Slovakia Bosnia-Herzegovina and Greece are equal on 22 at the top, but the former is more likely to top the group if they win against Lithuania as their goals difference is +23, to Greece’s +6. Group H final fixtures: 15 October 2013 England v Poland Montenegro v Moldova San Marino v Ukraine England neat a win against Poland to qualify, while a draw or loss will only be enough if second-placed Ukraine fail to beat San Marino. Group I final fixtures: 15 October 2013 France v Finland Spain v Georgia World champions Spain need just a point from their match against Georgia to qualify. If they lose, France need to beat Finland by more than three goals to better Spain’s goal difference. CONCACAF Final fixtures: 15 October 2013 Costa Rica v Mexico Jamaica v Honduras Panama v United States With the United States and Costa Rica already qualified, Honduras in third spot look likely to join them, as a draw against bottom-of-the-log Jamaica will be enough. Mexico can overtake Honduras if the latter lose and Mexico get a win against Costa Rica. Otherwise Mexico face fourth spot and a play-off against New Zealand, the winner of the Oceania qualifiers. CONMEBOL Final fixtures: 15 October 2013 Paraguay v Colombia Chile v Ecuador Uruguay v Argentina Peru v Bolivia With Argentina and Colombia already qualified, Ecuador and Chile are guaranteed to qualify automatically with a draw against each other. Fifth-placed Uruguay need a win against Argentina and need either Ecuador or Chile to win, and also need to vastly improve their goal difference. CAF Fixtures: 15 October 2013 Ghana v Egypt The African region has reached the play-off stage, with three of the four ties first leg ties completed on Sunday. Nigeria won 2-1 in Ethiopia; Burkina Faso won 3-2 at home against Algeria, while Tunisia and Cameroon drew 0-0. The return legs are in November. INTER-CONFEDERATION PLAY-OFFS Oceania’s New Zealand and Asian side Jordan will be monitoring the action closely, with the intercontinental play-offs taking place in November. Jorden face the fifth placed CONMEBOL qualifier, while New Zealand will face the fourth place CONCACAF team. Phats