Who is on course for World Cup finals?The final line-up for next year’s World Cup in South Africa will not be known until November, but here is the picture so far:
ALREADY QUALIFIED
Japan became the first country, apart from hosts South Africa, to book their place in the finals when they defeated Uzbekistan 1-0 on Saturday and were quickly followed by fellow Asian qualifiers South Korea and Australia. South Korea qualified for their seventh successive finals while Australia made it through the Asian group for the first time since transferring from Oceania.
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