FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa

The next edition of FIFA Word Cup will be held in South Africa in the year 2010. The qualifying round for the final has completed recently. There are 32 nations which will compete in next year final. South Africa as the host nation is the only automatic qualifier to the final. Italy as the defending champion has to go through the qualifying round but they managed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup after 10 grueling matches. Italy qualified as group winner of Group 8 of the European zone. The teams that will be participating in the next year event come from 6 affiliates of FIFA.

List of FIFA affiliates:

1) UEFA - European region
2) CONMEBOL - South America region
3) CONCACAF - North, Central American and Caribbean region
4) CAF - Africa region
5) AFC - Asian region
6) OFC - Oceania region

List of the teams qualified to play in South Africa.

UEFA

1) Denmark
2) England
3) Germany
4) Italy
5) Netherlands
6) Serbia
7) Spain
8) Slovakia
9) Switzerland
10) Greece
11) Slovenia
12) Portugal
13) France

CONMEBOL

1) Brazil
2) Paraguay
3) Chile
4) Argentina
5) Uruguay

CONCACAF

1) Mexico
2) United States
3) Honduras

CAF

1) Ghana
2) Ivory Coast
3) Nigeria
4) Cameroon
5) Algeria

AFC

1) Australia
2) Japan
3) South Korea
4) Korea DPR

OCF

1) New Zealand

Uruguay and New Zealand qualified through two legged intercontinental play-off games. They beat Costa Rica and Bahrain respectively to earn the right to play in the final. The fifth team from South America region faces the fourth team from North, Central American and Caribbean region. Meanwhile, the fifth team from Asian region faces the winner from Oceania region.

Next year event will be watch by billions of people around the world. Brazil, Spain, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Netherlands, England and France are among the favorites to win next year event.