Only an improbable victory by Papua New Guinea against Australia on Sunday can deny England a semi-final spot.
The final spot went to South Africa's Desvonde Botes, winner of the 2000 qualifying school finals.
The last semi-final spot will be decided on Friday when Gaston Gaudio plays Fernando Gonzalez.
The win booked Zambia a semi-final spot against Zimbabwe in the annual event for teams from southern Africa.
But Phil Barnes saved two penalties before Darren Dunning netted the final spot-kick to win the shootout 3-2.
The pitcher will be competing for the final spot in the starting rotation.
Another veteran, South African Wayne Ferreira , booked his quarter-final spot with victory over big-serving Australian Mark Philippoussis .
Louisville and Rutgers are both unranked, meaning the Golden Flashes will take the final spot with a climb to No. 16.
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The Slovenians produced the fastest sprint for the line, coming home 1.79 seconds behind Britain with USA taking the third final spot.
Hendriks, bidding for the final spot in Minnesota's rotation, allowed an unearned run, struck out two and walked two over four innings.
Meanwhile, favourites Australia earlier beat Olympic silver-medallists Spain 2-1 to put themselves in line for the second semi-final spot in the group.
After a steady showing in Beijing with a semi-final spot, this part-time jazz singer now looks ready to shine on the world stages.
Following them down the course in the double, Stephen Rowbotham and Matt Wells broke clear of France with 1, 250m gone to book a final spot.
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Arsenal edged out Tottenham by a point to claim the fourth and final spot in next season's Champions League as both sides held on to 1-0 victories Sunday afternoon.
Ireland coach Andy Kelly rated Fiji higher than fellow Pacific Islanders Tonga and Samoa, the other teams in his side's pool, and he said they thoroughly deserved their semi-final spot.
Mets manager Terry Collins said Hefner will be the team's No. 4 starter behind Jonathon Niese, Matt Harvey and Dillon Gee, and that the final spot is a question mark.
The host nation needed to win all three rubbers in straight sets to snatch a final spot off the unbeaten Spanish pairing of Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Tommy Robredo.
His career has continued on a steady upward curve in the intervening two years, with two quarter-final appearances at the US Open and a semi-final spot in Australia this year.
The result moves Kumar Sangakkara's men two points clear of Pakistan and New Zealand at the top of Group F and they remain in pole position for a semi-final spot.
His best chance of getting a game in South Africa may be if the Aussies choose to rest Glenn McGrath or Brett Lee once they are certain of securing a semi-final spot.
Froch won his first fight in American network Showtime's Super Six tournament, beating American Andre Dirrell, and a victory over 31-year-old Kessler would go a long way towards assuring him a semi-final spot.
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Chile's Fernando Gonzalez, currently in the eighth and final spot in the race to the World Tour Finals, will play Davydenko in the last 16 after beating Brazilian qualifier Thomaz Bellucci 6-3 6-4.
It felt too similar to what he went through last season, when he battled with Josh Lindblom until the last day of spring training for the final spot in the Los Angeles Dodgers' bullpen.
But if Kent State loses, or simply fails to move up to 16, then the final spot will be up for grabs by an at-large team out of the ACC, Big Ten or Big 12.
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Phelps and Ivan Nova were fighting for the final spot in New York's rotation, but will both have jobs with Phil Hughes beginning the season on the disabled list with a bulging disk in his back.
Though winner Carmelita Jeter (10.92) and runner-up Tianna Madison (10.91) secured Olympic berths, it appeared that Jeneba Tarmoh had edged three-time Olympic medalist Allyson Felix by a hundredth of a second for the third and final spot.
The defeat is a crushing blow to co-hosts Bangladesh, who would have seen this game as a clear opportunity to muscle their way into a possible quarter-final spot and now face what could be a crucial match with England on 11 March.
Watching Georgetown and Villanova clash in the South regional final for a spot in the Final Four would be a tremendous start.
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The Hammers will likely enter a four-way playoff series for the final promotion spot.
Harrington, the Open champion, took the week off but still held on to the final qualifying spot.
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