Sentence examples for off the qualification from inspiring English sources

Mears eventually finished 16th, four off the qualification spots, but two below the 2011 worlds in Shanghai.

Napoli are four points off the qualification spaces in Serie A. Benitez is aiming to become the first manager to win the Uefa Cup or Europa League with three different clubs, having won with Valencia in 2004 and Chelsea two years ago.

Indeed, getting to that championship proved a job in itself – England engendering optimism with a 2-0 awin win against Scotland in the first leg of the qualification play-off before slumping to a miserable 1-0 defeat at Wembley, a dichotomy which sums up Keegan's tenure rather well.

This coming weekend's two preliminary semi-finals winners will then go through to meet the two winners of the qualification play-offs, but exactly who plays whom will be decided by 'Club Call'.

Professor David Hargreaves, former head of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and main adviser to Estelle Morris on the reform of 14 to 19 education, has accused elitist dons of killing off the new qualification at conception.

Obviously it was in the worst circumstances but I'm hoping to continue in the footsteps that Senzo set us off in during the qualification campaign.

He recited the details of her childhood and Ivy League schooling, as if rattling off the qualifications of a sports star.

Libya, who also have an extraordinary tale to tell after qualifying for the tournament amid the revolution in their homeland, are the other team in Group A – and they took four points off Zambia during the qualification campaign.

But concern has been mounting that the cost of transporting students will hit rural local authorities, which have responsibility for the diplomas after the Learning and Skills Council was wound up at the end of last month, and that a lack of proper transport between sites will put students off taking the qualification.

It took a 92nd-minute goal against Turkey to take them into the qualification play-offs, an 88th-minute goal against France to win those play-offs and an 89th-minute goal against Portugal in the group stages to lead them into the knockout rounds here.

Spain, who won the tournament in 2011 and 2013, will not be able to defend their title following their defeat to Serbia in the qualification play-offs.