MERIDA, Spain: Spain clinched their place at next year's World Cup finals when a clinical strike from Cesc Fabregas set them on their way to a slick 3-0 win over visiting Group Five rivals Estonia.

The comfortable victory on a sweltering night at the Estadio Romano in Merida meant Vicente del Bosque's side qualified as group winners with two matches to spare and eight wins out of eight.

"It was a good day and even if we perhaps weren't at our best it was enough to secure qualification," Del Bosque said.