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The World Cup

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EUROPE : For the purpose of this competition the nine Group Stage Leagues are amalgamated as follows:  
Groups 1 and 2 are linked together-Click here or on the relevant Group headings to move to the competition for the 12 countries playing in these groups
Groups 3 and 4 are linked together-Click here or on the relevant Group headings to move to the competition for the 12 countries playing in these groups
Groups 5 and 6 are linked together-Click here or on the relevant Group headings to move to the competition for the 12 countries playing in these groups
Groups 7, 8 and 9 are linked together-Click here or on the relevant Group headings to move to the competition for the 17 countries playing in these groups
 
ASIA,NORTH AMERICA/ CARIBBEAN, OCEANIA  
All these groups are linked together-Click here or on the relevant Group headings to move to the competition for the 26 countries playing in these groups
 
SOUTH AMERICA  
This is a stand alone group-Click here or on the relevant Group headings to move to the competition for the 10 countries participating in this group
 
AFRICA    
All 12 groups are linked together-Click here or on the relevant Group headings to move to the competition for the 47 countries competing in these groups
 

The 2010 world cup will be held in South Africa between 11th June and 11th July

31 countries will qualify from the groups identified below. The host nation also qualifies automatically
 

EUROPE

  

NORTH AMERICA / CARIBBEAN

  

AFRICA

Group 1

  

Group 1

  

Group 1

1

Albania  

54

Cuba  

90

Cameroon

2

Denmark  

55

Guatemala  

91

Cape Verde Islands

3

Hungary  

56

Trinidad and Tobago  

92

Mauritius

4

Malta  

57

United States of America
 

93

Tanzania

5

Portugal  

Group 2

  

Group 2

6

Sweden  

58

Canada  

94

Guinea

Group 2

  

59

Honduras  

95

Kenya

7

Greece  

60

Jamaica  

96

Namibia

8

Israel  

61

Mexico  

97

Zimbabwe

9

Latvia  

Group 3

  

Group 3

10

Luxembourg  

62

 

 Costa Rica  

98

Angola

11

Moldova  

63

El Salvador  

99

Benin

12

Switzerland  

64

Haiti  

100

Niger

Group 3

  

65

Suriname  

101

Uganda

13

Czech Republic   Qualification:The top 2 countries in each group  

Group 4

14

Northern Ireland  

form a final group of 6.The top 3 from this group

  

102

Equitorial Guinea

15

Poland  

qualify automatically, the 4th placed plays off

  

103

Nigeria

16

San Marino

 

against the 5th placed from South America

  

104

Sierra Leone

17

   Slovakia      

105

South Africa

18

Slovenia  

ASIA

  

Group 5

Group 4

  

Group 1

  

106

Gabon

19

   Azerbaijan  

66

Australia  

107

Ghana

20

Finland  

67

Bahrain  

108

Lesotho

21

Germany  

68

Japan  

109

Libya

22

Liechenstein  

69

Qatar  

Group 6

23

Russia  

70

Uzbekistan  

110

Algeria

24

Wales  

Group 2

  

111

Gambia

Group 5

  

71

Iran  

112

Liberia

25

   Armenia  

72

North Korea  

113

Senegal

26

Belgium  

73

Saudi Arabia  

Group 7

27

Bosnia-Herzegovina  

74

South Korea  

114

Botswana

28

Estonia  

75

United Arab Emirates  

115

Ivory Coast

29

Spain   Qualification:The top 2 countries in each group  

116

Madagascar

30

Turkey  

qualify by right.The 3rd placed meet each other

  

117

Mozambique

Group 6

  

for the right to play against the winner of the

  

Group 8

31

Andorra  

Oceania group to determine the final qualifier.

  

118

Ethiopia

32

Belarus      

119

Mauritania

33

Croatia  

OCEANIA

  

120

Morocco

34

England  

76

Fiji  

121

Rwanda

35

Kazakhstan  

77

New Caledonia  

Group 9

36

Ukraine  

78

New Zealand  

122

Burkina Faso

Group 7

  

79

Vanuatu  

123

Burundi

37

Austria   Qualification: New Zealand has already won  

124

Seychelles

38

Faroe Islands  

this group and has won the the right to play the

  

125

Tunisia

39

France

 

winner of the 3rd placed play off from Asia to

 

Group 10

40

Lithuania  

determine who wins through to South Africa.

  

126

Chad

41

Romania      

127

Congo

42

Serbia  

SOUTH AMERICA

  

128

Mali

Group 8

  

80

Argentina  

129

Sudan

43

Bulgaria  

81

Bolivia  

Group 11

44

Cyprus  

82

Brazil  

130

Swaziland

45

Georgia  

83

Chile  

131

Togo

46

Irish Republic  

84

Colombia  

132

Zambia

47

   Italy  

85

Ecuador  

Group 12

48

Montenegro  

86

Paraguay  

133

Congo Democratic Republic

Group 9

  

87

Peru  

134

Djibouti

49

Iceland  

88

Uruguay  

135

Egypt

50

Macedonia FYR  

89

Venezuela  

136

Malawi

51

Netherlands                                            

52

   Norway                      

 

                   

53

Scotland                      

 

                   
Qualification: The winner of each European group     Qualification: The top 4 countries from the South   Qualification: The 12 group winners and

qualifies automatically. The best 8 runners-up will

   

American group qualify automatically. The 5th placed

  the 8 best runners-up from Africa form 5 final

contest 4 quarter final, home and away fixtures. The

   

plays off with the 4th placed country from the final

  groups of 4 countries. The winners of these

winner of each quarter-final determines the final 4

   

NorthAmerican / Caribbean group as described

 

5 final groups qualify for the finals along

qualifiers. The aggregate total is that 13 European

   

above, to determine the final qualifier from the

 

with the host nation, South Africa, who are

countries participate in the 2010 World Cup Finals.

 

 

North / South America/ Caribbean groups.

  

exempted from the qualification process.