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
Castellanos casts her eye towards France
At 18 years of age, Castellanos is already one of the best players in the world Nominated for The Best FIFA Women's Player, she has starred at successive U-17 World Cups She told us all about her dream to play at France 2019 with Venezuela As the world of football counts down to the reveal of the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 official emblem and slogan – in Paris on 19 September – we are interviewing major figures from the women’s game about the history, the present and the future of the Women’s World Cup. At only ... FIFA.com - News
Germany and England close on World Cup spots
UEFA.com has highlights of every qualifier; Monday's games will be available to view from midnight CET on Tuesday. Group CGermany 6-0 NorwayThree goals in the opening 23 minutes set the world champions on course for an impressive victory in Stuttgart. Mesut Özil, Julian Draxler and Timo Werner were all on target, with Werner grabbing his second of the night before half-time – his sixth in eight caps. Headers from second-half substitutes Leon Goretzka and Mario Gomez sealed Germany's eighth win from eight in Group C.Northern Ireland 2-0 Czech Republic< ... UEFA.com - News
European Qualifiers for World Cup: who can qualify?
Belgium could become the first team from Europe to join hosts Russia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup on Sunday and Germany could emulate them the following night: we explain the permutations for the groups with three rounds of matches remaining. Correct after games played on 1 SeptemberWhich European teams have qualified?Russia (hosts)Who can still qualify automatically?Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, England, France, Georgia, Germany (holders)*, Greece, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Moldova, Montenegro, Net... UEFA.com - News
World Cup stadiums improving day by day
Russia 2018 will take place in 12 stadiums across 11 cities Work on the arenas did not stop in winter Up-to-date photos available above As the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ draws closer, construction on all the tournament's stadiums continues apace. Every month FIFA.com updates fans on how progress is going. Four venues – Spartak Stadium in Moscow, Kazan Arena, Saint Petersburg Stadium and Fisht Stadium in Sochi – will be hosting matches at the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 in just over a month and a half from now. The first two arenas have bee... FIFA.com - News
FIFA To Expand World Cup, Radically Change Format Starting In 2026
The world’s biggest sporting event will grow even larger in the future. FIFA announced on its website Tuesday it has voted to expand the FIFA World Cup finals from 32 teams to 48 starting in 2026. The FIFA Council decided to expand the World Cup by unanimous decision. In the new format, the 48 teams will split into 16 groups of three. The top two teams in each group will then advance to a 32-team knockout phase. FIFA will continue to stage the tournament over 32 days, and no team will play more than seven games, as is the current practice. The news comes as no surprise to most, as World Cup expansion was one