FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 SOUTH AFRICA  -  QUALIFICATION   (32 teams to qualify)
	#	Country		Qualified As	Date of	Finals	Consecutive	Last	Previous Best	Current FIFA
					Qualification	Appearance	World Cups	Appearance	Performance	Ranking
	1	South Africa		Host Nation	15th May 2004	3	1	2002	Group stage (1998, 2002)	85
	2	Japan		AFC Fourth Round Group A Runners-Up	6th June 2009	4	4	2006	Round of 16 (2002)	24
	3	Australia		AFC Fourth Round Group A Winners	6th June 2009	3	2	2006	Round of 16 (2006)	40
	4	South Korea		AFC Fourth Round Group B Winners	6th June 2009	8	7	2006	Fourth Place (2002)	48
	5	Netherlands		UEFA Group 9 Winners	6th June 2009	9	2	2006	Runners-Up (1974, 1978)	3
	6	Korea DPR		AFC Fourth Round Group B Runners-Up	17th June 2009	2	1	1966	Quarter Finals (1966)	91
	7	Brazil		CONMEBOL Top four finish	5th September 2009	19	19	2006	Winners (5 times)	1
	8	Ghana		CAF Third Round Group D Winners	6th September 2009	2	2	2006	Round of 16 (2006)	38
	9	England		UEFA Group 6 Winners	9th September 2009	13	4	2006	Winners (1966)	7
	10	Spain		UEFA Group 5 Winners	9th September 2009	13	9	2006	Fourth Place (1950)	2
	11	Paraguay		CONMEBOL Top four finish	9th September 2009	8	4	2006	Round of 16 (3 times)	21
	12	Ivory Coast		CAF Third Round Group E Winners	10th October 2009	2	2	2006	Group Stage (2006)	19
	13	Germany		UEFA Group 4 Winners	10th October 2009	17	15	2006	Winners (3 times)	5
	14	Denmark		UEFA Group 1 Winners	10th October 2009	4	1	2002	Quarter Finals (1998)	27
	15	Serbia		UEFA Group 7 Winners	10th October 2009	11	2	2006	Round of 16 (1998)	20
	16	Italy		UEFA Group 8 Winners	10th October 2009	17	13	2006	Winners (4 times)	4
	17	Chile		CONMEBOL Top four finish	11th October 2009	8	1	1998	Third Place (1962)	17
	18	Mexico		CONCACAF 4th Round Top three finish	11th October 2009	14	5	2006	Quarter Finals (1970, 1986)	18
	19	United States		CONCACAF 4th Round Top three finish	11th October 2009	9	6	2006	Third Place (1930)	11
	20	Switzerland		UEFA Group 2 Winners	14th October 2009	9	2	2006	Quarter Finals (3 times)	13
	21	Slovakia		UEFA Group 3 Winners	14th October 2009	1	1	x	x	33
	22	Argentina		CONMEBOL Top four finish	14th October 2009	15	10	2006	Winners (1978, 1986)	6
	23	Honduras		CONCACAF 4th Round Top three finish	14th October 2009	2	1	1982	Group Stage (1982)	35
	24	New Zealand		Asia/Oceania Play-Off v Bahrain	14th November 2009	2	1	1982	Group Stage (1982)	83
	25	Nigeria		CAF Third Round Group B Winners	14th November 2009	4	1	2002	Round of 16 (1994, 1998)	32
	26	Cameroon		CAF Third Round Group A Winners	14th November 2009	6	1	2002	Quarter Finals (1990)	14
	27	Algeria		CAF Third Round Group C Play-Off	18th November 2009	3	1	1986	Group Stage (1986)	29
	28	Greece		UEFA Play-Off v Ukraine	18th November 2009	2	1	1994	Group Stage (1994)	16
	29	Slovenia		UEFA Play-Off v Russia	18th November 2009	2	1	2002	Group Stage (2002)	49
	30	Portugal		UEFA Play-Off v Bosnia Herzegovina	18th November 2009	5	3	2006	Semi-Finals (1966, 2006)	10
	31	France		UEFA Play-Off v Ireland	18th November 2009	13	4	2006	Winners (1998)	9
	32	Uruguay		CONMEBOL / CONCACAF Play-Off	18th November 2009	11	1	2002	Winners (1930, 1950)	25