2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification - Qualified Teams

Qualified Teams

The following 32 teams qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup:

Team Qualified as Qualification date Appearance
in finals		 Consecutive
Streak		 Previous best performance FIFA
Ranking1
South Africa *Host !Host 0015 May 2004 03 !3rd 012002 !1 15 !Group Stage (1998, 2002) 85
Japan AFC A2 !AFC Fourth Round Group A Runners-Up 016 June 2009 04 !4th 042006 !4 14 !Round of 16 (2002) 40
Australia AFC A1 !AFC Fourth Round Group A Winners 026 June 2009 03 !3rd 022006 !2 14 !Round of 16 (2006) 24
South Korea AFC B1 !AFC Fourth Round Group B Winners 036 June 2009 08 !8th 072006 !7 09 !Fourth Place (2002) 48
Netherlands UEFA 9 !UEFA Group 9 Winners 046 June 2009 09 !9th 022006 !2 06 !Runners-Up (1974, 1978) 3
North Korea AFC B2 !AFC Fourth Round Group B Runners-Up 0517 June 2009 02 !2nd 011966 !1 12 !Quarter-finals (1966) 91
Brazil CONMEBOL 1 !CONMEBOL Winners 065 September 2009 19 !19th 192006 !19 01 !Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) 1
Ghana CAF D !CAF Third Round Group D Winners 076 September 2009 02 !2nd 022006 !2 14 !Round of 16 (2006) 38
England UEFA 6 !UEFA Group 6 Winners 089 September 2009 13 !13th 042006 !4 05 !Winners (1966) 7
Spain UEFA 5 !UEFA Group 5 Winners 099 September 2009 13 !13th 092006 !9 09 !Fourth Place (1950) 2
Paraguay CONMEBOL 3 !CONMEBOL Third Place 109 September 2009 08 !8th 042006 !4 13 !Round of 16 (1986, 1998, 2002) 21
Côte d'Ivoire CAF E !CAF Third Round Group E Winners 1110 October 2009 02 !2nd 022006 !2 16 !Group Stage (2006) 19
Germany UEFA 4 !UEFA Group 4 Winners 1210 October 2009 17 !17th2 152006 !15 03 !Winners (1954, 1974, 1990) 5
Denmark UEFA 1 !UEFA Group 1 Winners 1310 October 2009 04 !4th 012002 !1 12 !Quarter-finals (1998) 27
Serbia UEFA 7 !UEFA Group 7 Winners 1410 October 2009 11 !11th3 022006 !2 08 !Fourth Place (19305, 1962) 20
Italy UEFA 8 !UEFA Group 8 Winners 1510 October 2009 17 !17th 132006 !13 02 !Winners (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) 4
Chile CONMEBOL 2 !CONMEBOL Runners-Up 1610 October 2009 08 !8th 011998 !1 07 !Third Place (1962) 17
Mexico CONCACAF 2 !CONCACAF Fourth Round Runners-Up 1710 October 2009 14 !14th 052006 !5 11 !Quarter-finals (1970, 1986) 18
United States CONCACAF 1 !CONCACAF Fourth Round Winners 1810 October 2009 09 !9th 061990 !6 07 !Third Place (19305) 11
Switzerland UEFA 2 !UEFA Group 2 Winners 1914 October 2009 09 !9th 022006 !2 10 !Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954) 13
Slovakia UEFA 3 !UEFA Group 3 Winners 2014 October 2009 09 !9th4 011990 !1 06 !Runners-Up (1934, 1962) 33
Argentina CONMEBOL 4 !CONMEBOL Fourth Place 2114 October 2009 15 !15th 101974 !10 04 !Winners (1978, 1986) 6
Honduras CONCACAF 3 !CONCACAF Fourth Round Third Place 2214 October 2009 02 !2nd 011982 !1 16 !Group Stage (1982) 35
New Zealand OFC 1 !OFC v AFC Play-off Winners 2314 November 2009 02 !2nd 011982 !1 16 !Group Stage (1982) 83
Nigeria CAF B !CAF Third Round Group B Winners 2414 November 2009 04 !4th 012002 !1 13 !Round of 16 (1994, 1998) 32
Cameroon CAF A !CAF Third Round Group A Winners 2514 November 2009 06 !6th 012002 !1 12 !Quarter-finals (1990) 14
Algeria CAF C !CAF Third Round Group C Winners 2618 November 2009 03 !3rd 011986 !1 15 !Group Stage (1982, 1986) 29
Greece UEFA P !UEFA Play-off Winners 2718 November 2009 02 !2nd 011994 !1 16 !Group Stage (1994) 16
Slovenia UEFA P !UEFA Play-off Winners 2818 November 2009 02 !2nd 012002 !1 16 !Group Stage (2002) 49
Portugal UEFA P !UEFA Play-off Winners 2918 November 2009 05 !5th 032006 !3 07 !Third Place (1966) 10
France UEFA P !UEFA Play-off Winners 3018 November 2009 13 !13th 042006 !4 04 !Winners (1998) 9
Uruguay CONMEBOL 5 !CONMEBOL v CONCACAF Play-off Winners 3118 November 2009 11 !11th 012002 !1 04 !Winners (1930, 1950) 25
1.^ The rankings are shown as of 16 October 2009. These were the rankings used for the final draw.
2.^ Germany between 1951 and 1990 is often referred to as "West Germany", as a separate East German state and team existed then.
3.^ Competed as Yugoslavia from 1930 to 1938, SFR Yugoslavia from 1950 to 1990, FR Yugoslavia from 1992 – 1998 and Serbia and Montenegro for 2006; 1st appearance as Serbia.
4.^ Competed as Czechoslovakia from 1934 to 1990; 1st appearance as Slovakia.
5.^ No official third place match took place in 1930 and no official third place was awarded at the time; both United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. However, FIFA lists the teams as third and fourth respectively.

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