The final round of World Cup qualifying games took place last night. England have already booked their places in South Africa next year – and they could be joined by the Republic of Ireland who have reached the play-offs. 

The play-off draw takes place on Monday (19^th Oct) with 8 teams entered. FIFA have seeded the draw for the first time. 

Here is the list of teams that have made the play-offs… 

Seeded                       Un-seeded

Russia                     Ukraine
Greece                    Slovenia
France                    Rep of Ireland
Portugal                  Bosnia & Herzegovina

The play-offs are two legged affairs with the 1^st leg on Saturday 14^th November with the return leg on the following Wednesday (18^th).

The current favourites for the World Cup in South Africa are reigning European Champions Spain at 9/2, followed by Brazil at 5/1.

England are available at 6/1 with old enemies Argentina at 9/1 - Diego Maradona's men booked their place in next summer's tournament by winning in Uruguay 1-0.

You can keep up-to-date will all the latest World Cup odds here:

http://odds.sportsxtra.co.uk/football/world-cup-2010/winner/

 Specials at William Hill…

At William Hill you can bet on what stage of the tournament England will be eliminated. The current favourite is the Quarter Finals at 7/4.

That's based on the fact that in the last three tournaments England have be knocked in the Quarter Finals.

In the 2002 World Cup, England were knocked out by Brazil. Then in the next two tournaments they have been beaten by Portugal on penalties (Euro 2004 and World Cup 2006).

There's another market that could attract a bit of interest at William Hill…

'Who will be singing England's official World Cup Song?'

The current favourite is James Corden of 'Gavin & Stacey' fame at 3/1. He's followed by Peter Kay and Robbie Williams at 9/2 and 5/1 respectively. New Order who sang England's World Cup song for Italia '90 are 10/1 shots.

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