11.   Argentina has already qualified from the South American region.

12.   Argentina has qualified from South America, while the five African qualifiers are Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon, Tunisia and newcomer Senegal.

13.   Australia, if it beats Fiji on Saturday, will qualify from Group One.

14.   But the result of the game was academic as Morocco had already qualified from the group.

15.   But UEFA secretary Gerhard Aigner had already explained that teams who had qualified from the same group in the previous round could not be drawn together.

16.   China has already qualified from Group B.

17.   Croatia, which is idle Wednesday, is favored to qualify from Group Four but still has second place Italy to play at home.

18.   Defending champion Argentina, which has already qualified from Group E, was to play Australia, which has four points, later Monday.

19.   Deportivo has already qualified from Group D, with Arsenal and Bayer Leverkusen chasing the other place.

20.   Four teams qualify from the Americas for the finals, as well as the United States who have an automatic berth as world champion.