Full list of all 32 teams who qualified for FIFA 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa

November 19, 2009
By Jonathon Feyerherm

soccer_ball21The 2010 World Cup Qualification process has finished and all of the 32 teams have been determined. There aren’t too many surprises as many of the favorites such as Brazil, Spain, Italy, and England will all be there. Some nations such as France and Argentina struggled to advance but in the end will be there in South Africa. Below is the full list of all the qualifying nations along with how they qualified and their history in the tournament.

So, who will win next summer’s world cup? It’s now less than a year until the biggest soccer/football event resumes in South Africa.

Team Qualified as Qualification date Appearance
in finals
Consecutive
Streak
Previous best performance Current1 FIFA
Ranking [2]
South Africa Host 15 May 2004 3rd 1 (Last: 2002) Group Stage (1998, 2002) 85
Japan AFC Fourth Round Group A Runners-Up 6 June 2009 4th 4 Round of 16 (2002) 40
Australia AFC Fourth Round Group A Winners 6 June 2009 3rd 2 Round of 16 (2006) 24
Korea Republic AFC Fourth Round Group B Winners 6 June 2009 8th 7 Fourth Place (2002) 48
Netherlands UEFA Group 9 Winners 6 June 2009 9th 2 Runners-Up (1974, 1978) 3
Korea DPR AFC Fourth Round Group B Runners-Up 17 June 2009 2nd 1 (Last: 1966) Quarter-finals (1966) 91
Brazil CONMEBOL Winners 5 September 2009 19th 19 Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) 1
Ghana CAF Third Round Group D Winners 6 September 2009 2nd 2 Round of 16 (2006) 38
England UEFA Group 6 Winners 9 September 2009 13th 4 Winners (1966) 7
Spain UEFA Group 5 Winners 9 September 2009 13th 9 Fourth Place (1950) 2
Paraguay CONMEBOL Third Place 9 September 2009 8th 4 Round of 16 (1986, 1998, 2002) 21
Côte d’Ivoire CAF Third Round Group E Winners 10 October 2009 2nd 2 Group Stage (2006) 19
Germany UEFA Group 4 Winners 10 October 2009 17th2 15 Winners (1954, 1974, 1990) 5
Denmark UEFA Group 1 Winners 10 October 2009 4th 1 (Last: 2002) Quarter-finals (1998) 27
Serbia UEFA Group 7 Winners 10 October 2009 11th3 2 Fourth Place (19305, 1962) 20
Italy UEFA Group 8 Winners 10 October 2009 17th 13 Winners (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) 4
Chile CONMEBOL Runners-Up 10 October 2009 8th 1 (Last: 1998) Third Place (1962) 17
Mexico CONCACAF Fourth Round Runners-Up 10 October 2009 14th 5 Quarter-finals (1970, 1986) 18
United States CONCACAF Fourth Round Winners 10 October 2009 9th 6 Third Place (19305) 11
Switzerland UEFA Group 2 Winners 14 October 2009 9th 2 Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954) 13
Slovakia UEFA Group 3 Winners 14 October 2009 9th4 1 (Last: 1990) Runners-Up (1934, 1962) 33
Argentina CONMEBOL Fourth Place 14 October 2009 15th 10 Winners (1978, 1986) 6
Honduras CONCACAF Fourth Round Third Place 14 October 2009 2nd 1 (Last: 1982) Group Stage (1982) 35
New Zealand OFC v AFC Play-off Winners 14 November 2009 2nd 1 (Last: 1982) Group Stage (1982) 83
Nigeria CAF Third Round Group B Winners 14 November 2009 4th 1 (Last: 2002) Round of 16 (1994, 1998) 32
Cameroon CAF Third Round Group A Winners 14 November 2009 6th 1 (Last: 2002) Quarter-finals (1990) 14
Algeria CAF Third Round Group C Winners 18 November 2009 3rd 1 (Last: 1986) Group Stage (1982, 1986) 29
Greece UEFA Play-off Winners 18 November 2009 2nd 1 (Last: 1994) Group Stage (1994) 16
Slovenia UEFA Play-off Winners 18 November 2009 2nd 1 (Last: 2002) Group Stage (2002) 49
Portugal UEFA Play-off Winners 18 November 2009 5th 3 Third Place (1966) 10
France UEFA Play-off Winners 18 November 2009 13th 4 Winners (1998) 9
Uruguay CONMEBOL v CONCACAF Play-off Winners 18 November 2009 11th 1 (Last: 2002) Winners (1930, 1950) 25
1.^ Standings are current as of 16 October 2009.
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 SFR Yugoslavia from 1930 to 1990, and 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. 1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay
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