winners

With tropical flair, the performance kicked off the three-hour spectacle, which brought the audience to its feet, tears to winners’ faces and nostalgic moments.

The benefits of being in pot one are obvious given only the group winners in World Cup qualifying are guaranteed a place at the finals, with the runners-up going into the play-offs.

Only Nations League group winners have the insurance policy of a guaranteed play-off and that horse has long since bolted for Scotland.

The winners next Wednesday will advance to the championship game at Crenshaw on Nov. 23.

Winners could lose their awards if they receive a prison sentence of at least three months, whether suspended or not, or are "proven to have used duplicitous and/or illegal methods in the course of making their work".