31.   Soccer-crazy Vietnam has become obsessed with the World Cup, even though the country never has qualified for the competition.

32.   The Eurostat definition of public finances will be used as the basis for determining which EU countries have qualified for the launch of the euro.

33.   The game will have a major bearing on which country qualifies automatically for the finals by finishing top of Group Two.

34.   The organization said the two countries did not qualify now, but they were not flatly rejected.

35.   To date, six countries qualify.

36.   - For the first time all four British countries qualified, with Wales and Northen Ireland, who ousted Italy, making their debuts.

37.   A top Bundesbank official on Friday raised the possibility that European Union leaders might stop the procedural clock to enable countries to qualify for a single currency.

38.   As non-EU states these two countries do not qualify for membership of Schengen.

39.   EU countries will qualify for participation of the launch of the currency on the basis of their economic performance this year.

40.   Waigel himself sought to calm the storm by saying that any country could qualify if it met the convergence criteria.