Republic finish third and into play-offs
One more goal would have sent them through
Poland and Germany qualify automatically
Result: Finland 1-1 Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland finish top of Group F
Scotland win 6-0 away against Gibraltar
Greece 3-3 Hungary
A couple more goals in Greece, first Krisztian Nemeth scores his second of the game to give Hungary the lead, but Fulham's Konstantinos Mitroglou levels things up just four minutes later.
Alexandru Maxim has put Romania 3-0 up away in the Faroe Islands too, so it looks like third place in Group F for Hungary.
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Josh Magennis bursts forward but can't quite get his final pass right and Finland escape. They break to the other end but the Northern Ireland defence is holding firm.
Finland are knocking, NI are not letting them in.
Finland 0-1 Northern Ireland
Kasper Hamalainen's ball into the box is too long and that's catching practice for Michael McGovern.
Seven to go.
Serbia 1-2 Portugal
Portugal are back in front against Serbia, Joao Moutinho with the goal. Serbia are down to nine men too, Manchester City defender Aleksandar Kolarov was shown two yellow cards, while Chelsea's Nemanja Matic lashed out and was shown a straight red.
Finland 0-1 Northern Ireland
No chance are Finland breaking through Northern Ireland's defence today. Such poor quality on their crosses.
Gibraltar v Scotland (19:45 BST)
Image source, PAScotland are out of the running but are expected to have 12,000 (TWELVE THOUSAND) fans following them in Faro this evening. Madness. Genuinely madness. Chris Martin comes in up front as Gordon Strachan makes seen changes.
Scotland XI: McGregor, Hutton, Greer, Berra, Robertson, Brown, Dorrans, Ritchie, Maloney, S.Fletcher, C.Martin.
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Finland 0-1 Northern Ireland
Kasper Hamalainen's first act is to miss the ball and kick Conor McLaughlin. A painful one. Lucky not to get a yellow.
Armenia 0-3 Albania
Albania are on their way to qualification for a major tournament for the very first time in their history. Armando Sadiku has added a third goal in the 76th minute - a win will see them finish second in Group I ahead of Denmark.
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Rasmas Schuller off and Kasper Hamalainen on for Finland.
Meanwhile, Josh Magennis enters the fray for Northern Ireland in place of Kyle Lafferty.
Finland 0-1 Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland have brought the bus on and firmly applied that handbrake in front of the goal.
Finland 0-1 Northern Ireland
Former Northern Ireland defender John O’Neill
BBC Radio Ulster in Helsinki
"It hasn't been the best performance from Northern Ireland. We'd certainly like to finish the qualifying campaign on a better note.
"We're never satisfied are we..."
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Finland 0-1 Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland happy to sit back, they don't need to take any chances. Finland will have to work hard to break them down.
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Pass, pass, give the ball away.
Repeat.
Finland 0-1 Northern Ireland
Former Northern Ireland defender John O’Neill
BBC Radio Ulster in Helsinki
"It's been all defence for Northern Ireland this half, possession must be well in Finland's favour.
"Fortunately for Northern Ireland Finland aren't doing too much with it. They are neat and tidy but always seem to take an extra touch in attack."
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Image source, ReutersFinland 0-1 Northern Ireland
Winger Niall McGinn's game is done, he comes off and Shane Ferguson comes on.
Finland 0-1 Northern Ireland
Tim Sparv six-irons a chip into the box towards Robin Lod, but the sub is offside. Finland pushing forward now.
Finland 0-1 Northern Ireland
But Northern Ireland deal with the corner well. They're under a little bit of pressure now.
Finland 0-1 Northern Ireland
Teemu Pukki into the action and earns a corner.