youdao

Hiddink took over as coach in 2006 and guided Russia through a difficult qualifying group involving England and Croatia to a historic semi-final place at the 2008 European Championship.

希丁克于2006年开始执教俄罗斯队。2008年欧洲足球锦标赛中，面对分在同一个预选赛组的英格兰队及克罗地亚队这样的强队，他带领俄罗斯队突破重围，历史上首次闯入半决赛。

youdao

European champions Spain will face the Czech Republic, Scotland, Lithuania and Liechtenstein of Group I in the qualifying competition for the Euro 2012 championship at Sunday's draw in Poland.

当地时间7日，2012年欧洲杯预选赛分组抽签结果在波兰揭晓。卫冕冠军西班牙队被分到I组，将对阵捷克、苏格兰、立陶宛和列支敦士登。

youdao

More than 55,000 people turned out for the first World Cup Qualifying match held at Soldier Field, home of the 1994 World Cup opening game.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

But she earned her LPGA Tour card last year at qualifying school and was selected for the team after posting five top-10s in 13 starts this season.

BBC: Davies craves Cup success in US

Before we go on to some of the issues raised by this, did he actually have a shot at qualifying for the Olympics or doing well there?

NPR: Amputee's Lost Bid for Olympics Stokes Debate

In a division once solely dominated by the Yankees and Red Sox, the Blue Jays have made a bold and expensive attempt at qualifying for the playoffs for the first time since 1993.

FORBES: Misfortunes of the Marlins Could Lead the Blue Jays to the Postseason