Who needs what from the remaining European Qualifiers to join Belgium, England. Germany and hosts Russia at next summer's FIFA World Cup? With the penultimate games continuing on Friday, we explain the permutations.All nine group winners qualify automatically, with the eight runners-up with the best record against the sides first, third, fourth and fifth in their group going into the play-offs. Road to Russia: schedulePlay-off draw (Zurich): 17 October Play-off first legs: 9-11 November Play-off second legs: 12-14 November Final tourmant draw (Moscow): 1 December
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Germany and England reach World Cup, Poland must wait
Holders Germany qualify with victory in Northern Ireland England also into FIFA World Cup finals after dramatic win against Slovenia Robert Lewandowski makes history but Poland must wait to reach Russia Watch highlights of tonight's games from 24:00CET on Friday Permutations: who needs what to qualify Qualified: Belgium, England, Germany, Russia (hosts) Group CNorthern Ireland 1-3 GermanyGermany only needed a point to clinch qualificat... UEFA.com - News
Goals per game: Europe’s top international scorers
Cristiano Ronaldo's longevity and consistency as an international goalscorer is not in dispute; qualifying included, he has made more outfield appearances in FIFA World Cups and UEFA European Championships than any other player, and scored more goals, but in terms of strikes per game, his score of 0.63 (rounded up from 0.6288) leaves him a good way down our all-time standings.Poland's Robert Lewandowski (0.72 goals per game) is the only current international who makes it into our top ten. For our calculations, we included only players who had scored a minimum of 20 goals in World Cups and EUROs (qualifying and
2018 FIFA World Cup™: More than 1.5 million tickets requested
With a week still to go until the first sales period concludes on 12 October, more than 1.5 million 2018 FIFA World Cup™ tickets have already been requested through FIFA.com/tickets. This milestone was reached as excitement continues to build ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Russia, with several teams hoping to secure their passage or move a step closer to qualification this week. Russian fans lead the way, having requested around 70 per cent of all tickets, while demand from around the world accounts for around 30 per cent. Brazilian, Mexican, Argentinian, US, German, Colombian, Chinese, Israeli and English fans all rank in the top 10, with more and more international fans expec... FIFA.com - News
As it stands: ranking of second-placed teams
How the best second-placed teams are rankedAll nine group winners qualify automatically. The eight best runners-up with the best records against the sides first, third, fourth and fifth in their groups go into the play-offs for UEFA's remaining four berths (the exclusion of results against sixth-placed sides was retained to alleviate any possible imbalance between the qualifying groups caused by the late introduction of Gibraltar and Kosovo). With matches against the bottom side in the six-team groups discounted, the runners-up are ranked by the following criteria, in this order, as per FIFA competition regulations, article 20 paragraph ... UEFA.com - News
Women’s Champions League knockouts begin
The UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase begins on Wednesday as the round of 32 is played with Lyon starting their bid for an unprecedented third straight title.Round of 32 ties (4 & 11 October)*Stjarnan (ISL) v Rossiyanka (RUS)Fiorentina (ITA) v Fortuna Hjørring (DEN)Apollon (CYP) v Linköping (SWE)Montpellier (FRA) v Zvezda-2005 (RUS)BIIK-Kazygurt (KAZ) v Glasgow City (SCO)**Gintra Universitetas (LTU) v FC Zürich (SUI)Atlético Madrid (ESP) v Wolfsburg (GER)LSK Kvinner (NOR) v Brøndby (DEN) A... UEFA.com - News
Qualifying round kicks off road to Finland
Kosovo are making their UEFA European Under-19 Championship debut and kick off the 2017/18 competition with a game against Austria as the qualifying round gets under way on Tuesday.How the competition worksHosts Finland qualify automatically for next summer's final tournamentSpain and Portugal are also given a bye to the elite round, to be played in spring 2018The remaining 52 entrants are split into 13 groups of fourThe top two in each group qualify for the elite roundIn the elite round, the seven group winners will join Finland in the July 2018 finals.