ワールドカップ２０１０、欧州の最後の４ヶ国はどうやって決める？

ＢＢＣのＨＰより。

QUALIFICATION DETAILS
The nine European group winners qualified automatically for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The eight best runners-up go into four two-legged play-off matches (on 14 and 18 November) with the winner of each tie also qualifying. As Group 9 had only five teams (the other groups have six), the eight best runners-up were judged after expunging results against the bottom-placed team in each group. In the event, Group Nine's runners-up Norway were the unlucky team to miss out on a second chance at qualifying.

* The runners-up draw is seeded according to the Fifa rankings (published Friday 16 October). That will determine the top four seeds, who will be kept apart in the draw. On Monday 19 October in Zurich at 1300 BST the draw for the play-offs will be made, along with a separate draw to determine the home teams for the first legs.

The two-legged play-offs will take place on Saturday 14 November and Wednesday 18 November.

(NB Teams which finished level on points were separated by goal difference, then goals scored, then goals scored away from home, then by disciplinary record)

９組の２位の内、最も成績の悪いノルウェーが脱落。
１０月１６日に発表されるＦＩＦＡランキングにより、４ヶ国のシードが決定。
プレーオフの組み合わせは、１０月１９日に決定。
プレーオフの２試合は１１月１４日と１８日に行われる。

シード４ヶ国候補：　ロシア、フランス、ギリシャ、ポルトガル
　余程の事が無い限り、この４ヶ国が本戦出場となりそうだ。
　ランキング上位は有利な様にできている。