Nur M. Hisham
With Japan, Mexico and Belgium having qualified over recent days, and Brazil, Iran and hosts Russia already assured of their spots, six of the 32 berths at next year’s FIFA World Cup™ have now been allocated.
That leaves 26 still to play for, and a few more of those could be chalked off over the next couple of days. Only in South America, where the gap between those trailing the Brazilians remains too tight for anything to be decided, and in Oceania, where an intercontinental play-off spot is the target, is direct passage to Russia not on the table this week.
