Libya's win takes them to the top of Group Three, with 10 points from five matches.
Northern Ireland are fifth in Group Three after picking up just one point from their opening three qualifiers.
Linked to the Pattern are Listed races, which are a level below Group Three in terms of importance.
Worthington believes Northern Ireland need seven points from three games to have a chance of topping Group Three.
Victory over San Marino could see Northern Ireland leap into second place in Group Three on goal difference.
However, Group Three - and to a lesser extent Group Five - provide the Scots with most hope.
The defeat leaves N Ireland with just one point from their three qualifiers and lying fifth in Group Three.
In Group Three, Slovenia stopped Slovakia from clinching an automatic place in the finals by winning 2-0 in Bratislava.
Slovakia lead Group Three and are currently two points clear of Northern Ireland ahead of their visit to Belfast on Wednesday.
In addition, there is a Group Three race and three listed races.
McIlroy's men finished next to bottom in World Cup European Qualifying Group Three with three wins and two draws from ten matches.
Nigel Worthington's team has slipped to third in Group Three with Slovenia moving up to second on goal difference after beating Poland 3-0.
They are a stroke clear of the field, with former major winners Justin Leonard and David Duval among a group three shots off the lead.
Cameroon - who had secured leadership of Group Three after beating Ivory Coast 3-2 in Abidjan - needed to beat Egypt to secure qualification for Germany 2006.
Wales lead Group Three with four wins and a draw from their opening five games, but their remaining three games are away from home, starting with bottom side Bosnia on Wednesday.
Leicester do at least head back to the east Midlands with a losing bonus point which puts them level on points with group leaders the Ospreys at the top of Group Three.
Angola go into their Group Three qualifier against Uganda with concerns over the fitness of striker Flavio and winger Gilberto, while Mali meet Sudan without injured Juventus midfielder Momo Sissoko and defender Souleymane Diamoutene.
The Breeders' Cup features 14 races in all - 10 Group One races, three Group Twos and one Group Three - and the star attraction in the Classic will be undefeated six-year-old mare Zenyatta.
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The result took Nigel Worthington's side a point clear in Group Three after Slovenia and the Czech Republic, who started the day level with Northern Ireland on seven points, played out a scoreless draw.
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Amr Zaki had put Egypt ahead in the second minute in the Group Three clash but Algeria's defense stood firm and they looked set to progress to the tournament in South Africa as the clock ticked past the 90-minute mark.
The whole country will want to see their team in action, and so Brazil will play their three group matches in three different regions.
Mexico, ranked 15th in the world, is fifth in the six-team group with three points.
Camatte was abducted four days before the group kidnapped three Spanish aid workers from neighboring Mauritania.
MEP, as the new leader of their parliamentary group, three of the four will have German leaders.
Starting in 1993 they began selling off noncore holdings and reorganized the group into three distinct areas.
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For instance, in England in the early 1980s only about 10% of the year group achieved three A-levels.
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