The Finals

The World Cup finals start on Wednesday 10 June. The final is at the new Stade de France in Paris on Sunday 12 July.
The draw for the World Cup finals will take place in Marseilles on Thursday 4 December. A record number of 32 teams will take part in the finals, which will feature 64 matches.Finals format: First round: Eight groups of four teams. Second round: Last 16 (group winners and runners-up) knock-out Quarter- finals: Last eight knock-out. Semi-finals: Last four knock-out.Already qualified HostsFrance HoldersBrazil Europe Norway Bulgaria Spain Romania South America Argentina Colombia Paraguay Africa Nigeria Morocco Tunisia South Africa CameroonStill to qualify: Europe: 11 more teams (six to be decided today) South America: One more team Concacaf: Three teams.

Asia-Oceania: Four teams.EuropeQualification process: The first round of European qualification ends today with the nine group winners and the best runner-up (see runners-up standings) qualifying directly for the finals.The other eight runners-up will be drawn on Monday in four pairs and play qualifying matches on a home and away basis on 29 October and 15 November. The four winners on aggregate will also qualify for the finals.European Group OneP W D L F A PtsDenmark 7 5 1 1 14 6 16Greece 7 4 1 2 11 4 13Croatia 7 3 3 1 14 11 12Bosnia 8 3 0 5 9 14 9Slovenia 7 0 1 6 4 17 1Remaining fixtures: Today: Greece v Denmark; Slovenia v Croatia.Denmark, who have recalled the Middlesbrough forward Mikkel Beck, travel to the cauldron of the Olympic stadium in Athens knowing that a draw will ensure qualification for France. A Greek win, however, would earn the home side top place on goal difference.If the Greeks don’t win they are likely to miss out altogether, though, because Croatia can be expected to gain maximum points away to their Balkan neighbours, Slovenia, the section’s bottom team. That would be enough to earn the Croats a play-off place – unless Greece win.One to watchBrian Laudrup (Denmark)After the Danes were crushed by Croatia at Euro 96, few would have expected Denmark to be where are now: four points ahead of the Croats. The outstanding Rangers forward can take much of the credit: he scored a late leveller in a 1-1 draw in Croatia and opened the scoring in a 3-1 home win over the Croats.

When he was absent, the Danes were done 3-0 in Bosnia…Group TwoP W D L F A PtsEngland 7 6 0 1 15 2 18Italy 7 5 2 0 11 1 17Poland 7 3 1 3 10 9 10Georgia 7 2 1 4 4 9 7Moldova 8 0 0 8 2 21 0Remaining fixtures: Today: Italy v England; Georgia v Poland.In contrast to Group One, the qualification equation is simple. If England draw or win, their fans can start booking their Eurostar tickets. They might even qualify today if they lose – as long as the Scots do not win.England have worries over David Beckham (heavy cold) and Gareth Southgate (thigh injury) while Italy’s only known fitness worry, the experienced sweeper Ciro Ferrara, is on the road to recovery from a knee injury.Italy’s Gianfranco Zola has said that his countrymen are at their best when they are up against it. Tonight, we will find out if that is true…One to watchTeddy Sheringham (England)Not, perhaps, the obvious choice as England’s man of the qualifying series but, if Hoddle’s team get a draw in Rome and top the group despite taking only one point off Italy, they can thank Sheringham, who scored in both Poland and Georgia to help England to away wins which were beyond the Italians against the same opposition.Group ThreeP W D L F A PtsNorway (Q) 8 6 2 0 21 2 20Hungary 7 3 2 2 9 7 11Finland 7 3 1 3 10 11 10Switzerland 7 2 1 4 6 12 7Azerbaijan 7 1 0 6 3 17 3Remaining fixtures: Today: Finland v Hungary; Switzerland v Azerbaijan.Norway have won the group easily, so all that remains to be decided is the play-off place.

As ever, Spain look a solid side but, because their clubs employ so many foreign players, some of their squad spend their weekends on substitutes’ benches.The Yugoslavs will be tough opponents for anyone in the play-offs – as long as they do not have to rely on Savo Milosevic to score their goals.One to watchFernando Hierro (Spain)For over a decade the Spanish team has been stronger in defence than in attack – which is not surprising because the top clubs in the Primera Liga always have forward lines filled with expensive foreigners. A charismatic player who has become something of a cult hero in western Europe, Ivanov will make his mark on the finals in more ways than one…Group SixP W D L F A PtsSpain (Q) 9 7 2 0 23 5 23Yugoslavia 9 6 2 1 24 7 20Slovakia 9 5 1 3 18 11 16Czech Rep 9 4 1 4 13 6 13Faroe Isles 9 2 0 7 9 28 6Malta 9 0 0 9 2 32 0Remaining fixtures: Today: Malta v Yugoslavia; Czech Republic v Slovakia; Spain v Faroe Isles.Even if the unthinkable should happen and the Spaniards lose at home to the Faroes today and Yugoslavia beat the Maltese to win the group, Spain would still qualify for the finals as the best of the runners-up. He also scores vital goals, including the only goal of the game against Russia in Sofia last month, a victory which confirmed Bulgaria’s place in France. The new players, including Georgi Bachev and Georgi Ivanov, both just promoted from the Under-21 squad, are untested at top level.Russia have rarely looked fluent in the qualifiers and have recalled two veterans for today’s game: Igor Dobrovolski and the former Millwall striker Sergei Yuran, now with VfL Bochum in the German Bundesliga.One to watchTrifon Ivanov (Bulgaria)The captain of Bulgaria is one of Europe’s most-feared – and hairiest – defenders.

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