The Netherlands can become the first European team to clinch a place at the 2010 World Cup on Saturday. While England and Denmark are among the other teams able to move closer to a spot in South Africa, the Dutch can get there with two games remaining if they win at Iceland. The Netherlands has almost a full-strength side for the game in Reykjavik, one of 14 qualifiers in Europe on Saturday.
Champions League first qualifying round, 2nd leg results
Champions League first qualifying round,
second leg results on Wednesday:
Pyunik (Armenia) 0 Anorthosis Famugusta (Cyprus) 2
(Anorthosis Famugusta won 3-0 on aggregate)
Levadia Tallinn (Estonia) 0 Drogheda United (Ireland) 1
(Drogheda United (Ireland) won 3-1 on aggregate)
IFK Goteborg (Sweden) 4 Murata (San Marino) 0
(IFK Goteborg won 9-0 on aggregate)
Buducnost Podgorica (Montenegro) 1 Tampere United (Finland) 1
(Tampere United won 3-2 on aggregate)
Modrica (Bosnia) 2 Dinamo Tirana (Albania) 1
(Modrica won 4-1 on aggregate)
Artmedia Bratislava (Slovakia) 1 Valletta (Malta) 0
(Artmedia Bratislava win 3-0 on aggregate)
Domzale (Slovenia) 2 Dudelange (Luxembourg) 0
(Domzale won 3-0 on aggregate)
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 1 Linfield (Northern Ireland) 1
(Dinamo Zagreb won 3-1 on aggregate)
Valur Reykjavik (Iceland) 0 BATE Borisov (Belarus) 1
(BATE Borisov won 3-0 on aggregate)
Champions League 1st qualifying round 1st leg results
Results of Champions League first
qualifying round, first leg matches played on Tuesday:
Valetta (Malta) 0 Artmedia Bratislava (Slovakia)
2
Santa Coloma (Andorra) 1 Kaunus (Lithuania) 4
Murata (San Marino) 0 IFK Gothenburg (Sweden) 5
Llanelli (Wales) 1 Ventspils (Latvia) 0
Anorthosis Famugusta (Cyprus) 1 Pyunik (Armenia) 0
FC Baku (Azerbaijan) 0 Rabotnicki (Macedonia) 0
Tampere United (Finland) 2 Buducnost Podgorica
(Montenegro) 1
Dudelange (Luxembourg) 0 Domzale (Slovenia) 1
Dinamo Tirana (Albania) 0 Modrica (Bosnia) 2
BATE Borisov (Belarus) 2 Valur Reykjavik (Iceland) 0
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