The complete list of 32 teams for the 2010 World Cup betting markets at Pinnacle Sports will soon be available after the final stage of qualification which ends on November 18th. Eight European teams are fighting it out through two-legged playoff games (November 14th and 18th) for a place in South Africa, the finals round of Group games take place in Africa, while New Zealand and Bahrain, Uruguay and Costa Rica contest single playoff elimination matches. World Cup 2010 Betting - The Final 32 Soon To Be Decided
The final pieces of the World Cup 2010 puzzle will be put in place over the next week as the qualification process comes to a close. Teams from each of the FIFA Confederations enter the last chance saloon, bidding to be part of the greatest soccer show on earth, next summer. In Europe, eight of the runners-up from the Group stage play the first leg of elimination games on Saturday: The Republic of Ireland host France - 1998 winners -at Croke Park in Dublin; Slovenia travel to Moscow to play Russia; Greece and the Ukraine square off in Athens; and Portugal, without the injured Cristiano Ronaldo, host Bosnia in Lisbon.
Costa Rica have to get past Uruguay to make it to their fourth World Cup. Uruguay, winners in 1930 and 1950, will want to erase the memory of four years ago when they were eliminated at the stage on penalties by Australia. New Zealand and Bahrain, go through the same process for a chance of joining the big boys in South Africa, while the final matchday of the African group phase takes place on November 14th to determine who makes it to the event on their home continent.
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