Wayne Rooney scored in the 41st minute and Steven Gerrard in the 88th to give England a 2-0 win over Poland at Wembley Stadium and first place in Group H by one point over Ukraine. The English qualified for their 14th World Cup and fifth in a row.
"We have a great togetherness, are there for each other and proved we can perform under pressure," Gerrard said.
Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal, Greece, Ukraine, Romania and Iceland placed second in their groups, winding up in Monday's draw for the eight-team European playoffs next month along with Sweden and Croatia. The four playoff winners also will earn berths.
With a population of just over 300,000, Iceland would be the smallest nation to qualify for a World Cup. Trinidad and Tobago, at about 1.3 million, was at the 2006 tournament in Germany.
The seedings for the playoffs will be determined by Thursday's FIFA rankings. Denmark had the worst record among the nine second-place teams and missed out on a playoff berth.
Bosnia won 1-0 at Lithuania on Vedad Ibisevic's 68th-minute goal to win Group G on goal difference over Greece. Bosnia-Herzegovina gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1992. Almost 10,000 fans jumped, cried and screamed `Vamos Bosnia' -- or `Go Bosnia' -- when Ibisevic scored in Kaunas.
