JoshMartini007

will also return for the first time since 1998

holds on to qualify to the World Cup for the first time since 1998

I think you're right, I thought Iraq had a bigger point lead

Here's what the inter-continental play-offs look like among eligible nations, Top 2 will get a bye to the final: - 31st - 45th - 57th - 60th - 64th - 67th - 68th - 76th - 82nd - 88th - 126th - 150th Bolivia and New Caledonia cannot finish in the top 2. DR Congo will be watching the Asian qualifier and hoping UAE wins so they can clinch top 2 as it is impossible for both Panama and Costa Rica to advance together to the inter-continental round. An Iraq win means they will finish top 2. CONCACAF as you can see is still a big mess with 7/12 nations not only eligible to finish second, but also outright qualify to the World Cup. It's quite possible for someone to finish with 11 points and still fail to make the play-off. Considering the amount of draws we've seen this round, a draw for anyone except Curacao (who will qualify to the World Cup outright) means they will have to watch the other results and hope things go their way.

Here's an update to the potential second placed teams based on the October World Rankings - I - 9th - C - 20th - H - 24th - E - 26th - D - 27th - G - 33rd - J - 34th - C - 38th - L - 44th - A - 46th - K - 61st - F - 62nd - J - 65th - H - 75th - B - 84th Slovakia is the second place team for Group A. They appear to be destined for Pot 2, but could end up in Pot 3 if things don't go their way. The removal of Germany means one of Turkey or Ukraine will move up to Pot 1, the other will hope to move up after tomorrow's matches.

I wonder how much Pegoes and Capataz paid for those advertisement spots.

Here's an update to the potential second placed teams based on the October World Rankings - I - 9th - A - 10th - C - 20th - H - 24th - E - 26th - D - 27th - G - 33rd - J - 34th - C - 38th - L - 44th - A - 46th - K - 61st - F - 62nd - J - 65th - H - 75th - B - 84th Ukraine and Ireland locked up their spots as second place teams. Ireland is currently in Pot 3, but I suspect they will leapfrog Albania in the November rankings which means there's a chance for them to sneak into Pot 2 if other results go their way. In a worst case scenario, Ukraine would be in Pot 2, but should the favourites pull through they will move into Pot 1.

Do you think the team will be on the front page tomorrow?

scores in the 90+6 minute to move on to the second round, is eliminated. also snuck one more goal in and won 9-1 against . I guess they wanted to make up for the loss against Ireland a few days ago.

Still a few minutes to go, but scored two hat-tricks, currently 8-1 against

Looking towards the second round for Europe, the runner-ups will be seeded based on their November World Rankings. Pot 4 will contain the nations who qualified from the Nation's League. Here are the October rankings of teams which are likely to finish second in their group: - I - 9th - A - 10th - C - 20th - H - 24th - E - 26th - D - 27th - G - 33rd - J - 34th - F - 37th - C - 38th - L - 44th - A - 46th - K - 61st - F - 62nd - J - 65th - D - 74th - H - 75th - B - 84th The bolded nations are the ones which will (>99%) finish second in their respective groups. There's still a lot to be decided. Of the six nations which will finish second; Italy will be in Pot 1, Turkey and Poland could be in Pots 1 or 2, Czechia and Albania could be in Pots 2 or 3 and Kosovo will be in Pot 3. Given that Pot 4 will have the likes of Sweden (40th), Romania (47th), Northern Ireland (69th) and one of Wales (34th) or North Macedonia (65th) you might have an easier first opponent if you are in Pot 2 rather than Pot 1

Today's results discussion Group B v will determine the World Cup quota, but Kosovo needs to win by 6 goals. will advance to the next round through the Nation's League ranking. Group C Not a good day for or . Denmark needs a win or draw to qualify to the World Cup, a loss means Scotland qualifies instead. Group E v will determine the World Cup quota, but Turkiye needs to win by 7 goals. Group H v will determine the World Cup quota with Austria qualifying should they draw. will advance to the next round through the Nation's League ranking. Group J just needs to defeat to qualify to the World Cup, a draw will likely be enough unless v ends in a blowout. Speaking of that match, the winner could qualify to the World Cup if Liechtenstein does the unthinkable. In reality, both nations will advance to the next round, one as the second place team and the other through the Nation's League ranking. In summary, are qualified via the Nation's League and the final spot will go to either or . Going into the final set of matches only 3/12 groups have been decided. To be fair, six of the nine remaining groups the leader either has to lose by a massive margin or lose to a minnow, thus are probably safe which leaves v , v , and v as the true deciding matches.

Just for fun, here's what needs to advance to the second round through the Nations League Ranking: Group B defeats defeats defeats defeats Additionally to the above, one of the games need to have a winner of 2 goals or more. Group H If defeats then, there are multiple ways, the simplest being defeats by a larger margin than defeats (Bosnia drawing/losing means Romania just needs to win by any amount). Alternatively, if defeats then the margin also doesn't matter. If draws then, defeats defeats One of those two results must contain a 2 goal victory or more. Group J defeats defeats defeats draws Additionally, Belgium's goal differential would have to drop below Wales and North Macedonia Also those results would mean will advance to the second round.

Today's results discussion. Group A v will decide who qualifies to the World Cup, with Germany holding the better goal differential. Loser will advance to the second round. will also advance to the second round through the Nation League ranking (unfortunately it makes it almost impossible for to advance) Group G grabbed a shocking win over . To be fair, other than the 8-0 loss to the Netherlands, they've been doing quite decent. is almost qualified to the World Cup, they just need to avoid losing to and while gets Malta as their final game, swinging a 13 goal differential will be tough. Still, Poland gets to at least move on to the second round. Group L becomes the latest nation to qualify to the World Cup. The other consequence to beating is that will now finish second in the group.

But the way it's written they are including 2028 and 2032. Or else they are incorrect in that LA has hosted 3 times prior to 2028.

Using AI is okay, but you have to review its output. It clearly saw Coventry is both from Zimbabwe and a president and made the leap that it was Zimbabwe that wanted to host. The first paragraph in the actual article also has some inaccuracies. It claimed Australia and the United States has hosted the Summer Olympics 2 and 4 times respectively when in reality it's 3 and 5 times respectively

Didn't you see the updated program? We now have: Test Cricket One Day International Cricket Twenty20 Cricket 100-ball Cricket T10 Cricket They tried to implement a "six runs derby", but it didn't go through

Quite possible that no Central American teams qualify to the World Cup, definitely did not expect that.

with a big 4-1 victory over . needs to run up a the score against (like win by double digit goals) to have any realistic chance going into the final day.

Does anyone know if they are going to force artistic swimming teams to have 2 men as per the listed gender split? I suspect it's a placeholder just like how equestrian typically gives an equal split, but allows the NOC to chosen whoever.

So the top 20 will win 336/353 events. As a comparison, in 2024, the top 20 won 257/329

She's planning to compete in 5 individual events and should be at least a medal threat in all of them. If fatigue wasn't a thing she could outright compete and be a medal threat in 8 individual events (though 200m back would be very small). She'd probably also hit the OQT in the 100m free, 100m fly and 200m breast, but probably won't be competitive.

Now if only we can get the qualification manual for the 2027 Pan Am Games.

Going the distance now.

Quite the final day for Panama to win 10 gold medals to surpass El Salvador