31 teams heading to South Africa + 1
Last night saw the final matches in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifications take place. With South Africa qualifying automatically due its status as the host country, 31 other teams have secured their place in next year’s tournament. On 4 December, the official draw will take place in Cape Town to allocate 4 teams per group with 8 groups in total. The draw will dictate when and where individual teams will be playing and enable fans to make final travel arrangements.
Here are the teams, based on their geographic region:
Africa – 6 teams
| Algeria | |
| Cameroon | |
| Ghana | |
| Ivory Coast | |
| Nigeria | |
| South Africa |
Asia – 4 teams
| Australia | |
| Japan | |
| Korea Republic | |
| Korea DPR |
Europe – 13 teams
| Denmark | |
| England | |
| France | |
| Germany | |
| Greece | |
| Italy | |
| Netherlands | |
| Portugal | |
| Serbia | |
| Slovakia | |
| Slovenia | |
| Spain | |
| Switzerland |
North America, Central America and the Caribbean – 3 teams
| Honduras | |
| Mexico | |
| United States of America |
Oceania – 1 team
| New Zealand |
South America – 5 teams
| Argentina | |
| Brazil | |
| Chile | |
| Paraguay | |
| Uruguay |