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Results!

⚽️ RESULTS ⚽️

🇮🇸 Iceland & 🇷🇸 Serbia qualify! 🙌
🇭🇷 Croatia & 🇮🇪 Ireland secure play-off spots! 💪

EQ highlights: https://t.co/stM4juQNGh pic.twitter.com/1a3P9QF5uv
- European Qualifiers (@EuroQualifiers) October 9, 2017

Any surprises?

Croatia negotiate their group, but will have one more hurdle before a @FIFAWorldCup place... the play-offs! 🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷 👏 pic.twitter.com/szRLzPYB84
- European Qualifiers (@EuroQualifiers) October 9, 2017

Whoa. How did Croatia end up here?

🇮🇸 Group I winners Iceland: the 1st country with a population under 1 million to reach a @FIFAWorldCup! 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/oKOSHVbP9b
- European Qualifiers (@EuroQualifiers) October 9, 2017

Population of Leicester

QUALIFIED! 🙌
Congratulations, 🇮🇸Iceland! 👏
The smallest nation ever to reach a #WorldCup! See you in 🇷🇺Russia! #WCQ pic.twitter.com/Xy1ysyLdpA
- #WCQ ⚽️🏆 (@FIFAWorldCup) October 9, 2017

Scenes when Iceland knock out England again at the World Cup (I hope it's not true, but sod's law)

News in tweets

Familienrat im Hause #Heynckes. pic.twitter.com/73ea9Ll97X
- Sportschau (@sportschau) October 9, 2017

Okay, dude

Belgium manager Roberto Martinez complains about receiving calls at 3 am from a stranger asking him to keep Lukaku out of his squad.
- The 4th Official (@Official_T4O) October 9, 2017

This must be a joke

17 nations have qualified for the 2018 World Cup! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/hdLNXthjVY
- Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) October 10, 2017

Nations confirmed for the World Cup at the minute

When Salah sent Egypt to the WC after 28 years, a handicapped fan jumped off his wheelchair to celebrate on one leg!pic.twitter.com/7xq4Tg2Wgq
- Waleed Abu Nada (@waleedabunada) October 9, 2017

Neat

Photo of that same handicapped fan just released. After a 28 year wait, Egypt's qualification for the WC meant everything for him. pic.twitter.com/zjaaACxyJZ
- Waleed Abu Nada (@waleedabunada) October 9, 2017

Neat

News in Links

• Wales are out Irish eyes are smiling
• Emre Can admits Juventus offer was "an honour" as speculation mounts over Liverpool future hmmm
• As Brazilan fans chuckle at Argentina's misfortune, a campaign is underway for the national side to let Chile win to ensure the Albiceleste miss out on Russia. Isn't this collusion? This sounds like collusion?

OP: Done! Cheers, jeers and the rest of it, you know the drill