Win sees Netherlands qualify for World Cup

The Netherlands booked their place in next year's World Cup finals with a 2-1 victory over Iceland in Reykjavik tonight.

Sat, 06 Jun, 2009 - 23:15

The Netherlands booked their place in next year's World Cup finals with a 2-1 victory over Iceland in Reykjavik tonight.

Goals from Nigel de Jong and Mark van Bommel enabled the Dutch to maintain their 100% record in qualifying Group Nine - this was their sixth win out of six - before Kristjan Orn Sigurdsson headed a late consolation.

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Courts Soccer World Cup Place: Reykjavik Place: Skopje Place: Bratislava Place: Albania Place: Belgrade Person: Nigel de Jong Person: Mark Van Bommel Person: Kristjan Orn Sigurdsson Person: Gennady Bliznyuk Person: Sergey Kornilenko Person: Mladen Petric Person: Andrei Shevchenko Person: Oleksiy Gai Person: Luka Modric Person: Marek Cech Person: Peter Pekarik Person: Miroslav Stoch Person: Jan Kozak Person: Martin Jakubko Person: Lubos Hanzel Person: Thomas Kahlenberg Person: Kim Kallstrom Person: Swedes Person: Morten Olsen Person: Eduardo Bruno Alves Person: Miguel Hugo Almeida Person: Erjon Bogdani Person: Mario Frick Person: Mikael Forssell Person: Jonatan Johansson Person: Konstantinos Makridis Person: Chrysostomos Mihail Person: Dejan Damjanovic Person: Nenad Milijas Person: Serbians Person: Cipriani Marica Event: World Cup Organisation: Netherlands Organisation: Iceland Organisation: Norway Organisation: FYR Macedonia Organisation: Belarus Organisation: Andorra Organisation: England Organisation: Croatia Organisation: Ukraine Organisation: Chelsea Organisation: Tottenham Organisation: Slovakia Organisation: Northern Ireland Organisation: San Marino Organisation: Denmark Organisation: Hungary Organisation: Sweden Organisation: Portugal Organisation: Finland Organisation: Liechtenstein Organisation: Birmingham Organisation: Russia Organisation: Wales'Organisation: Republic Organisation: Cyprus Organisation: Montenegro Organisation: Serbia Organisation: Austria Organisation: France Organisation: Romania Organisation: Lithuania

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