Croatia becomes the 30th team to qualify for the World Cup; Germany and the Netherlands will ensure qualifying with points in the final round

6686 Sports News on November 15 The ninth round of the European Qualifying Tournament of the World Cup was held today among three groups. The Croatian home team defeated the Faroe Islands 3-1 and became the 30th team to qualify directly for the World Cup. It is also the third team in the European Area to definitely qualify after England and France.

In addition, the German away team in Group A defeated Luxembourg 2-0, and in another game in the same group, Slovakia defeated Northern Ireland 1-0 in the final game. As a result, with one round left, Germany and Slovakia have 12 points together, and Germany has 3 more goal differences than Slovakia. The two teams will meet directly in the final round. As long as Germany draws with Slovakia, it can advance to the World Cup as the first in the group.

The Netherlands, the leader of Group G, drew 1-1 with the second-placed Poland in the away team. With one round left, they still lead Poland by 3 points and have a 13-goal difference more than Poland. Although qualifying has not yet been determined, as long as the Dutch team draws with Lithuania, which is at the bottom of the group, they will be able to advance to the World Cup as the first place in the group. In addition, due to the advantage of 13 more goal differences, the Netherlands has a high probability of going straight to the World Cup even if they lose in the final round.

Teams that have already qualified for the World Cup

3 seats in Europe: England, France, Croatia

6 seats in South America: Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay, Colombia, Paraguay

8 seats in Asia: Japan, Iran, South Korea China, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Australia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia

9 seats in Africa: Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Ghana, Cape Verde, South Africa, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire

3 seats in Central and North America: the United States, Canada, Mexico

1 seat in Oceania: New Zealand