Portugal qualified for the 2010 World Cup after coming through a play off against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Portugal had looked doubtful for making the 2010 World Cup as they started their qualification for the tournament poorly, however they picked up the necessary points towards the end of the group to earn .

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Last week UEFA released the seeds for the final eight matches of the UEFA qualifying season for the 2010 World Cup. The seeding system based on the division of the eight second-placed teams into a top-four and bottom-four pot, guaranteeing that the four "best" teams would face the four "worst" has been controversial, with the bottom four teams protesting vigorously and the top four keeping mum.

The final six World Cup 2010 places all get decided today, with the second legs of the four European playoffs and the CONMEBOL vs CONCACAF game, plus the special Algeria vs Egypt single game playoff for the final African qualifying spot.

It's all very very tight. The winners of these six ties get the the glory, the losers learn firsthand the meaning of the word "nearly".

The name Bosnia and Herzegovina may not have an extremely familiar ring to it, but perhaps you know the squad by their previous title, Yugoslavia. In 1993 following the split of socialist Yugoslavia, a new team was born. Unfortunately, Bosnia and Herzegovina has yet to make a name for themselves on the biggest and brightest stage (the World Cup), but the squad has proven to be a contender for the tournament several times throughout their brief history.

The following teams have already Qualified for the 2010 World Cup:

2010 World Cup Teams:

South Africa
Japan
Australia
South Korea
Netherlands
North Korea
Brazil
Ghana
England
Spain
Paraguay
Ivory Coast
Germany
Denmark
Serbia
Italy
Chile
Mexico
United States
Switzerland
Slovakia
Argentina
Honduras

In addition, the following teams are in the playoffs to determine the final 9 teams to join the above group in South Africa next year:

Bahrian (AFC) v New Zealand (Oceania)
Costa Rica (CONCACAF) v Uruguay (Conmebol)

UEFA Playoff teams:

Russia
Greece
Ukraine
France
Slovenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Portugal
Republic of Ireland

"2010 World Cup Teams" was originally published at Soccerlens.

November, 18, 2009
Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
19:45 Lisbon, London; 14:45 New York; 20:45 Zenica

24 hours to go for the all deciding match at Zenica.

Bosnia Herzegovina needs to come back from the marginal defeat picked up last Saturday in Lisbon and win by a margin of 2 goals.

(Editors note: This entry is from Richard Farley, who will soon have SB Nation's new World Cup blog up and running. Here's a great example of what you can expect regularly)

Wednesday, we will see the field for the 2010 World Cup field completed, with invitations to be handed-out after the six matches spanning Africa, Europe, South America and (by extension) Central America.

We've been working on ColoradoSoccerNow.com for three solid months, and we've built up a pretty good following so far.

On Monday, we added readers in three countries: Finland, Turkey and the Dominican Republic.

So for this week's edition of The Tuesday List, we present a roll call of all of the nations to have visited our Web site in this short period:

United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Ireland
France
Germany
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Pakistan
Puerto Rico
Russia
Italy
Spain
Brazil
Switzerland
Japan
Argentina
Mexico
Israel
Greece
China
Costa Rica
Denmark
India
Iceland
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Another busy day of World Cup qualification spanning the globe saw three more teams book their ticket to South Africa. England, Spain, and Paraguay now mean that 11 nations have qualified for next year's competition.

In England, revenge was sweet against Croatia, as two goals apiece from midfield stalwarts Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard keyed a 5-1 romp.

Another busy day of World Cup qualification spanning the globe saw three more teams book their ticket to South Africa. England, Spain, and Paraguay now mean that 11 nations have qualified for next year's competition.

In England, revenge was sweet against Croatia, as two goals apiece from midfield stalwarts Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard keyed a 5-1 romp.

There are 4 more nations who qualified for the 2010 World Cup after the games played on October 14th: Switzerland, Argentina, Honduras, and Slovakia. The final 9 berths are still up for grabs.The 4 European berths will be decided by playoff matches between Russia, Greece, Portugal, Ukraine, France, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Republic of Ireland.

There are 4 more nations who qualified for the 2010 World Cup after the games played on October 14th: Switzerland, Argentina, Honduras, and Slovakia. The final 9 berths are still up for grabs.The 4 European berths will be decided by playoff matches between Russia, Greece, Portugal, Ukraine, France, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Republic of Ireland.

This weekend will make and break the careers of some coaches and players. The European play-offs which will begin on Saturday the 14th November and conclude on the following Wednesday, will definitely be a must win for the likes of France, Portugal and Russia.

A world cup without the reigning world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo is simply unimaginable.

Nassim Ben Khalifa, the face of the U17 Swiss squad

In a few minutes the Swiss U-17 squad will take the field to face Colombia in the U17 World Cup semi-final. It is worth commenting that one has to look once or twice to find a name of Swiss extraction in the squad.

Nassim Ben Khalifa, their pre-eminent striker is a second generation Swiss with Tunisian roots.