The Cougars qualified for the last eight after winning three of their four group games.
The World Cup, co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, begins on 19 February - with Kolkata originally scheduled to host four group games.
Yet after winning their opening four Group E matches - beating Malawi, Guinea and main rivals Burkina Faso home and away - qualification had never been in doubt.
Leaders England have won their opening four Group Six games under the Italian and they warmed up for this week's tie by firing four past Slovakia at Wembley on Saturday.
Togo head home with their pride intact as all four teams in Group A ended with four points each.
Woodbridge's Company of Four theatre group will open the evening and there will also be performances from ventriloquist Richard Wymark and Simon Warr.
In fact, Four Housing Group, which rents them out, had no trouble filling them - it had more than 500 applicants vying to live in its 21 rented, three-bedroom houses and apartments.
For all its tortuous history, that's nothing compared to the competition's head-wrecking format, which welcomes teams at various points from June to February and features four qualifying rounds, a group stage, four more knockout rounds, then a final played in neutral territory.
The four teams in Group A are very close, so any result can help.
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In this case, when the groups were small (four individuals per group), co-operators came to dominate.
Vokes raced to Wales' rescue as Group Four minnows Azerbaijan had looked set to humiliate John Toshack's team.
The Republic are four points behind group leaders Italy with just one match to come after Saturday's encounter.
It was Algeria's worst home defeat in 39 years and put the team at the bottom of Group Four.
But Russia, vying for top spot in Group Four with Germany, were penned back within nine minutes of the restart.
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The victory leaves England level with France at four points in Group D ahead of its final match with Ukraine.
The result in Rustenburg leaves all four teams in Group F on a point each after Italy's draw with Paraguay on Monday.
Despite the win, Wales still need nothing short of a miracle to qualify from Group Four for next year's tournament in South Africa.
Meanwhile, in Group Four, Mark Williams and Peter Ebdon drew 3-3 to rule themselves out of the running for a last four spot.
Sudan's woeful run continued as they slipped to 2-1 home defeat to Benin and ended their Group Four campaign with just one point.
Earlier this month, Angola were drawn in Group Four of the 2006 World Cup and Nations Cup qualifiers alongside Nigeria, Algeria, Gabon, Rwanda and Zimbabwe.
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By finishing third in its four-team group, Chelsea earned entry into the UEFA Europa League, in which it contested nine matches before ultimately lifting the trophy.
Gareth Bale tormented group four bottom side Liechtenstein with a man-of-the-match display and his run and cross set up Vaughan who slid in for the first.
The 14 teams are divided into two groups of seven and after a round-robin section the top four from each group will go through to the quarter-finals.
Miroslav Klose's strike gave Germany a 1-0 win over Russia and stretched their lead at the top of Group Four to four points with one round of matches left.
Toshack had made no secret of his desire for a good start on the road to South Africa but it was the supposed whipping boys of Group Four who surprised the hosts.
After four years the group raised enough money to transform an outdated village hall into a community hub - with a local shop, coffee shop and a post office due to open soon.
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It looked as though the Parisians were going to head back across the channel as Group Four leaders, but in a nerve-shredding finale Evans stepped up to snatch an epic victory for Harlequins.
With both teams out of contention for qualification for next year's World Cup in South Africa, third place in Group Four was still the target with the Finns going into the game occupying that spot.
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