FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 Qualifying

Members: 207

Entered: 203 + Brazil (Host)

Not entered: Brunei (Asian Zone) (Suspended), Bhutan (Asian Zone), Guam (Asian Zone) & Mauritania (African Zone) (4)

Slots: 31

African Zone

Members: 53

Entered: 52 + South Africa (Host)

Not entered: Mauritania

Slots: 5

  • 14 Ocober 2007 - 15 November 2009
    FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 African Zone Qualifying
    Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic (Withdrew), Chad, Comoros, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe (Withdrew), Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia & Zimbabwe (52)

Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria & South Africa (Host) (FIFA World Cup South Afrcia 2010)

Asian Zone

Members: 46

Entered: 43

Not entered: Brunei, Laos & Philippines (3)

Slots: 4 or 5

  • 8 October 2007 - 9 September 2009
    FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 Asian Zone Qualifying
    Teams: Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Mariana Islands, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam & Yemen (43)

Australia, Japan, North Korea & South Korea (FIFA World Cup South Afrcia 2010)
Bahrain (FIFA World Cup South Afrcia 2010 Inter Zone Play-offs)

European Zone

Members: 53

Entered: 53

Slots: 13

  • 6 September 2008 - 18 November 2009
    FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 European Zone Qualifying
    Teams: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (Holder), Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine & Wales (53)

Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland (FIFA World Cup South Afrcia 2010)

North & Central American & Caribbean Zone

Members: 35

Entered: 35

Slots: 3 or 4

  • 3 February 2008 - 14 October 2009
    FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 North & Central American & Caribbean Zone Qualifying
    Teams: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, United States & Virgin Islands (35)

Honduras, Mexico & United States (FIFA World Cup South Afrcia 2010)
Costa Rica (FIFA World Cup South Afrcia 2010 Inter Zone Play-offs)

Oceanian Zone

Members: 11

Entered: 10

Not entered: Papua New Guinea

Slots: 0 or 1

New Zealand (FIFA World Cup South Afrcia 2010 Inter Zone Play-offs)

South American Zone

Members: 10

Entered: 10

Slots: 4 or 5

Argentina, Brazil, Chile & Paraguay (FIFA World Cup South Afrcia 2010)
Uruguay (FIFA World Cup South Afrcia 2010 Inter Zone Play-offs)

Inter Zone

Play-offs

Saturday 14 November 2009
Costa Rica 0-1 Uruguay
  0-1  
San Jose (Costa Rica)
Wednesday 18 November 2009
Uruguay 1-1 Costa Rica
  0-0  
Aggregate: 2-1
Montevideo (Uruguay)
Uruguay (FIFA World Cup South Afrcia 2010)
Saturday 14 November 2009
Bahrain 0-0 New Zealand
  0-0  
Manama (Bahrain)
Wednesday 18 November 2009
New Zealand 1-0 Bahrain
  1-0  
Aggregate: 1-0
Wellington (New Zealand)
New Zealand (FIFA World Cup South Afrcia 2010)