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
- 25 August 2007 - 19 November 2008
FIFA World Cup South Afrcia 2010 Oceanian Zone Qualifying
Teams: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Samao, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga & Vanuatu (10)
New Zealand (FIFA World Cup South Afrcia 2010 Inter Zone Play-offs)
South American Zone
Members: 10
Entered: 10
Slots: 4 or 5
- 13 October 2007 - 14 October 2009
FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 South American Zone Qualifying
Teams: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay & Venezuela (10)
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) |