The FIFA Soccer World Cup 2010 has had a total of 200 teams racing against each other this year. It is going to be one of the most memorable and outstanding tournament of this year. An absolute treat for the eyes and a breathtaking match that it will be, people simply cannot stop themselves from flying to South Africa.
There are a total of 31 qualified teams in all. This involves countries from 5 from Africa, 5 from South America, 3 from North-Central America, 13 from Europe, 1 team from Oceania and 4 from Asia. In addition, the host country, South Africa will be playing in the tournament as well. The very first qualification match was played in August 25, 2007. The qualification for process completed in November 2009.
The Confederation of African Football had an introductory which was played primarily to bring down the teams to 48 only. This number is followed by 12 groups of 4.12 qualified winners. Amongst them, there are 8 runners-up. All these teams will be allotted into 5 sections, each section involving 4 teams. Whoever will be the winners from these sections will be playing in the final rounds of this year's World Cup.
The qualified teams from CAF (Africa) who have already qualified for this year's FIFA World Cup are Algeria, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Ghana.
Asian Football Confederation has trimmed down the teams from 42 to 20. These 20 teams will also be sub-divided into 5 categories. Each category will involve 4 teams. The winners of these categories will qualify to the finals while the remaining 2 3rd placed teams would play against each other. The qualified teams for AFC are Korea Republic, Korea DPR, Japan and Australia.
Europe's UEFA tournament had 1 group of 5 teams and 8 groups of 6 teams. Winners are qualified, the eight best second-placed determined the other 4 spots with a home and away play-off. Caribbean (CONCACAF) and North-Central America have already undergone 2 preliminary rounds which will be trimmed down to 12 from 35. The qualified teams are Mexico, Honduras and USA.
The qualified three teams of South Pacific Games had associated with New Zealand for the OFC Nations Cup. The fifth placed from AFC will play against the winner of Oceania. South America will have 10 teams playing for it. Therefore, South Africa will witness some of the most spectacular moments of soccer sports this year. The glitz and the glamor of the world's biggest football tournament will be a delight to watch for millions across the globe.
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