FINAL ROUND LEADERBOARD GB&Ire unless stated -21 MA Jimenez (Spa) -19T Levet (Fr) -16 P Casey (Eng), A Cejka (Ger), C Montgomerie (Sco) -15 D Clarke (NIre), D Lynn (Eng), F Jacobson (Swe), P McGinley (Ire), R Goosen (SA) Clubhouse scores

A host of players had a chance of one of the final four spots on the European team, but Paul Casey, David Howell, Ian Poulter and Paul McGinley made it.

European captain Bernhard Langer will select two wildcards at 1730BST.

Padraig Harrington, Darren Clarke, Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia, Jimenez and Thomas Levet had already qualified through their world rankings.

Jimenez fired a final-round 66 for his fourth win of the year with France's Levet two shots adrift in second and England's Paul Casey, Germany's Alex Cejka and Scotland's Colin Montgomerie in a tie for third.

But the action was hotting up behind as England's Poulter and Ireland's McGinley, who holed the winning putt in the Ryder Cup at The Belfry in 2002, narrowly held off a late charge by Sweden's Fredrik Jacobson.

I wanted to make this team so badly Ian Poulter

Jacobson was 12th in the Ryder Cup standings before the tournament began but was denied a chance of a Cup debut when playing partner McGinley holed a five-foot putt on the final green to claim the 10th and final automatic berth with a tie for sixth on 15 under.

The 37-year-old Irishman had been in danger of missing out on a second Ryder Cup cap before a burst of four top-10 finishes in his last six tournaments, including tied sixth at the USPGA, boosted him up the list.

Poulter, meanwhile, tied for 25th place and qualified for the side in ninth position after a quadruple bogey nearly derailed his challenge.

"After that quadruple bogey, I went into overdrive," said Poulter, who dropped to 56th on the leaderboard and behind Jacobson in the Ryder Cup standings.

"I played some unbelievable golf. I wanted to make this team so badly.

"As I came off the green Darren and his caddie Billy [Foster] told me to try to make as many birdies as I could. 'Try and shoot five under,' they said. Well, I did better.

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"Thousands of things go through your mind. I was under pressure and on the back foot. I could have let the wheels fall off and finished 70th, but that's not me and that's why I want to be part of the Ryder Cup side.

"You can do anything in golf. Everything is possible."

England's Casey qualified safely for the team in seventh place, while Howell's share of 22nd maintained his eighth place on the list.

Sweden's Joakkim Haeggman was tied 11th on 14 under after starting the tournament in 11th place in the Ryder Cup standings but will go to Oakland Hills as an assistant to Langer.

The captain is likely to select Scotland's Colin Montgomerie and England's Luke Donald as his wildcard picks for the 17-19 September matches at Oakland Hills, Michigan.