Lionel Messi stole the show on Tuesday when he single-handedly rescued Argentina by scoring a hat-trick to secure a place for the two times champions of the world in Russia.

In all 22 nations have already qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia with 9 more slots remaining to battle for ahead of the final duels.

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Russia will host the rest of the world and these are the countries that have booked their place for the Mundial.

Five-time winners Brazil are there, as are defending champions Germany, plus Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Costa Rica, England, Egypt, France, Iceland, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain and Uruguay.