Five-time winners Brazil are favorites to lift the World Cup trophy in South Africa this July, according to a poll of international sports jounalists.

根据国际体育记者的投票，在今年7月举行的南非世界杯决赛上，5届冠军得主巴西队被评为最有可能夺冠的球队。

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Paul the Octopus pioneered the grand tradition of animals picking World Cup winners after a dream run of forecasts for the 2010 tournament in South Africa.

章鱼保罗曾开启了动物预测世界杯结果的先河，它对2010年南非世界杯的比赛结果进行了预测。

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The 12 group winners and the best eight runners-up advance to the final qualifying phase where they will be split into five groups with the winners joining hosts South Africa at the first World Cup to be staged by Africa.

BBC: Group Five goes down to the wire

The 20 remaining teams are to be divided into a final stage of five groups of four, with the resultant group winners going onto the World Cup in South Africa and the top three in each group qualifying for the 2010 Nations Cup finals in Angola.

BBC: SA to play in World Cup qualifiers

Portugal face Bosnia over two legs on November 14 and 18 with the winners qualifying for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.

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