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2010 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING LIST

1. South Africa (Host)

Africa (CAF) (53 teams competing for 5 berths, host South Africa occupying a 6th berth)

2. Morocco (Winners of Third Round Group A CAF)
3. Cote d'Ivoire (Winners of Third Round Group B CAF)
4. Senegal (Winners of Third Round Group C CAF)
5. Ghana (Winners of Third Round Group D CAF)
6. Cameroon (Winners of Third Round Group E CAF)

North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF) (35 teams competing for 3 or 4 berths; a playoff against CONMEBOL determines which confederation gets the extra berth)

1. USA (Winners of CONCACAF Final Group)
2. Jamaica (2nd place of CONCACAF Final Group)
3. Honduras (3rd place of CONCACAF Final Group)

South America (CONMEBOL) (10 teams competing for 4 or 5 berths; a playoff against CONCACAF determines which confederation fills the extra berth)

1. Brazil (Winners of CONMEBOL)
2. Paraguay (2nd place of CONMEBOL)
3. Argentina (3rd place of CONMEBOL)
4. Chile (4th place of CONMEBOL)
5. Uruguay (5th place of CONMEBOL and CONCACAF & CONMEBOL inter-confederation playoff winners)

Europe (UEFA) (53 teams competing for 13 berths)

1. Spain (Winners of UEFA Group 1)
2. England (Winners of UEFA Group 2)
3. Italy (Winners of UEFA Group 3)
4. Netherlands (Winners of UEFA Group 4)
5. Germany (Winners of UEFA Group 5)
6. Norway (Winners of UEFA Group 6)
7. Portugal (Winners of UEFA Group 7)
8. Russia (Winners of UEFA Group 8)
9. Croatia (Winners of UEFA Group 9)
10. Czech Republic (Winners of a UEFA second round playoff)
11. Ireland (Winners of a UEFA second round playoff)
12. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Winners of a UEFA second round playoff)
13. Bulgaria (Winners of a UEFA second round playoff)

Asia (AFC) (43 teams competing for 4 or 5 berths; a playoff against OFC determines which confederation gets the extra berth)

1. Australia (Winners of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) 4th Round Group A)
2. Japan (Runners-up of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) 4th Round Group A)
3. Iran (Winners of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) 4th Round Group B)
4. South Korea (Runners-up of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) 4th Round Group B)
5. Qatar (5th place of AFC and AFC & OFC inter-confederation playoff winners)

UEFA and CAF have a guaranteed number of places, whereas the number of qualifiers from other confederations is dependent on play-offs between the highest placed teams in the qualification tournaments not guaranteed a place in the finals, with CONCACAF's fourth-place team facing CONMEBOL's fifth-placed team, and AFC's fifth-placed team facing the winner of the OFC.