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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
| year           = 
| alt            = 
| caption        = 
| dates          = {{nowrap|25 August 2007 – 18 November 2009}}
| num_teams      = 205
| confederations = 6
| matches        = {{#expr: <!--AFC-->143 +<!--CAF-->202 +<!--CONCACAF-->109 +<!--CONMEBOL-->90 +<!--OFC-->36 +<!--UEFA-->268 +<!--play-off-->4}}
| goals          = {{#expr: <!--AFC-->374 +<!--CAF-->505 +<!--CONCACAF-->349 +<!--CONMEBOL-->232 +<!--OFC-->149 +<!--UEFA-->725 +<!--play-off-->4}}
| attendance     = {{#expr: <!--AFC-->3267023+<!--CAF-->4219427 +<!--CONCACAF-->2292282+<!--CONMEBOL-->3301363 +<!--OFC-->57989 +<!--UEFA-->6050105 +<!--play-off-->148000}}
| top_scorer     = {{fbicon|BFA}} [[Moumouni Dagano]]<br>{{fbicon|FIJ}} [[Osea Vakatalesau]]<br>(12 goals each)
| prevseason     = [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|2006]]
| nextseason     = [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification|2014]]
}}
Qualifying for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] was a series of tournaments organised by the six [[FIFA]] [[FIFA#Structure|confederations]]. Each confederation – the [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] (Asia), [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] (Africa), [[CONCACAF]] (North, Central America and Caribbean), [[CONMEBOL]] (South America), [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]] (Oceania), and [[UEFA]] (Europe) – was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament. A total of 205 teams entered the qualification competition, with [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]], as the host, qualifying for the World Cup automatically. The [[Football at the 2007 South Pacific Games#Men's Tournament|first qualification matches]] were played on 25 August 2007 and qualification concluded on 18 November 2009. Overall, 2,338 goals were scored over 852 matches, scoring on average 2.74 per match.

==Entrants==
At the close of entries on 15 March 2007, 204 football associations had entered the preliminary competition: 203 out of the 207 [[List of men's national football (soccer) teams|FIFA members at that time]] (including the host nation, South Africa, as the qualification procedure in Africa also acted as the qualification for the [[2010 African Cup of Nations]]) and the [[Montenegro national football team|Montenegro]] team, which later became FIFA's 208th member. The final number of teams entered breaks the previous record of 199 entrants set during the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]]. Four FIFA members (all from the [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]) failed to register for the tournament by 15 March 2007: [[Bhutan national football team|Bhutan]], [[Brunei national football team|Brunei]], [[Laos national football team|Laos]], and the [[Philippines national football team|Philippines]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=Record number of 204 teams enter preliminary competition|publisher=[[FIFA]] |date=30 March 2007 |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/organisation/media/newsid=122766/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603010101/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/organisation/media/newsid%3D122766/index.html |access-date=2 June 2007 |archive-date=3 June 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After the close of entries, Bhutan were allowed to enter and were included in the Asian preliminary draw, while Brunei and the Philippines had their late entries rejected.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}

However, five teams withdrew during qualifying without playing a match: [[Bhutan national football team|Bhutan]], [[Central African Republic national football team|Central African Republic]], [[Eritrea national football team|Eritrea]], [[Guam national football team|Guam]], and [[São Tomé and Príncipe national football team|São Tomé and Príncipe]]. In addition, [[Papua New Guinea national football team|Papua New Guinea]] failed to meet the registration deadline for the South Pacific Games (which was also the initial stage of the Oceania qualification) and took no part in qualification.

==Qualified teams==
[[File:2010 world cup qualification.png|thumb|center|700px|{{legend|#000cff|Country qualified for World Cup}} {{legend|#ffb400|Country failed to qualify}} {{legend|#000000|Country did not enter World Cup}} {{legend|#ababab|Country not a FIFA member}}]]

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

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|-
! scope="col" |Team
! scope="col" data-sort-type="text"<!--a=hosts; z=inter-confederal play-offs; numbers relate to final positions-->|Method of<br/>qualification
! scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date of<br/>qualification
! scope="col" |Total<br/>times<br/>qualified
! scope="col" |Last<br/>time<br/>qualified
! scope="col" |Current<br/>consecutive<br/>appearances
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number"<!--nm; n from 1 [never qualified] to 8 [winner], m is number of times-->|Previous best<br/>performance
|-
| {{fb|RSA}} || {{sort|*Hosts|Hosts}} || <span style="display:none">00</span>15 May 2004 || {{Sort|03|3rd}} || {{sort|012002|1}} <small>(last: [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])</small> || {{Sort|15|Group stage ([[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])}} || 85
|-
| {{fb|JPN}} || {{sort|AFC A2|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round#Group A|AFC fourth round Group A]] runners-up}} || <span style="display:none">01</span>6 June 2009 || {{Sort|04|4th}} || {{Sort|042006|4}} || {{Sort|14|Round of 16 ([[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])}} || 40
|-
| {{fb|AUS}} || {{sort|AFC A1|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round#Group A|AFC fourth round Group A]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">02</span>6 June 2009 || {{Sort|03|3rd}} || {{Sort|022006|2}} || {{Sort|14|Round of 16 ([[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]])}} ||24
|-
| {{fb|KOR|1997}} || {{sort|AFC B1|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round#Group B|AFC fourth round Group B]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">03</span>6 June 2009 || {{Sort|08|8th}} || {{Sort|072006|7}} || {{Sort|09|Fourth place ([[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])}} ||48
|-
| {{fb|NED}} || {{sort|UEFA 9|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9|UEFA Group 9]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">04</span>6 June 2009 || {{Sort|09|9th}} || {{Sort|022006|2}} || {{Sort|06|Runners-up ([[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]])}} ||3
|-
| {{fb|PRK}} || {{sort|AFC B2|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round#Group B|AFC fourth round Group B]] runners-up}} || <span style="display:none">05</span>17 June 2009 || {{Sort|02|2nd}} || {{sort|011966|1}} <small>(last: [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]])</small> || {{Sort|12|Quarter-finals ([[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]])}} ||91
|-
| {{fb|BRA}} || {{sort|CONMEBOL 1|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|CONMEBOL]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">06</span>5 September 2009 || {{Sort|19|19th}} || {{Sort|192006|19}} || {{Sort|01|'''Winners''' ([[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]], [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]], [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])}} ||1
|-
| {{fb|GHA}} || {{sort|CAF D|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round#Group D|CAF third round Group D]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">07</span>6 September 2009 || {{Sort|02|2nd}} || {{Sort|022006|2}} || {{Sort|14|Round of 16 ([[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]])}} ||38
|-
| {{fb|ENG}} || {{sort|UEFA 6|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6|UEFA Group 6]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">08</span>9 September 2009 || {{Sort|13|13th}} || {{Sort|042006|4}} || {{Sort|05|'''Winners''' ([[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]])}} ||7
|-
| {{fb|ESP}} || {{sort|UEFA 5|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5|UEFA Group 5]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">09</span>9 September 2009 || {{Sort|13|13th}} || {{Sort|092006|9}} || {{Sort|09|Fourth place ([[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]])}} ||2
|-
| {{fb|PAR|1990}} || {{sort|CONMEBOL 3|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|CONMEBOL]] third place}} || <span style="display:none">10</span>9 September 2009 || {{Sort|08|8th}} || {{Sort|042006|4}} || {{Sort|13|Round of 16 ([[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])}} ||21
|-
| {{fb|CIV}} || {{sort|CAF E|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round#Group E|CAF third round Group E]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">11</span>10 October 2009 || {{Sort|02|2nd}} || {{Sort|022006|2}} || {{Sort|16|Group stage ([[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]])}} ||19
|-
| {{fb|GER}} || {{sort|UEFA 4|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4|UEFA Group 4]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">12</span>10 October 2009 || {{Sort|17|17th}}{{Ref|2|2}} || {{Sort|152006|15}} || {{Sort|03|'''Winners''' ([[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]], [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]])}} ||5
|-
| {{fb|DEN}} || {{sort|UEFA 1|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1|UEFA Group 1]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">13</span>10 October 2009 || {{Sort|04|4th}} || {{sort|012002|1}} <small>(last: [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])</small> || {{Sort|12|Quarter-finals ([[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]])}} ||27
|-
| {{fb|SRB|2004}} || {{sort|UEFA 7|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7|UEFA Group 7]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">14</span>10 October 2009 || {{Sort|11|11th}}{{Ref|3|3}} || {{sort|022006|2}} || {{Sort|12|Fourth place ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]])}}{{Ref|3|3}} ||20
|-
| {{fb|ITA}} || {{sort|UEFA 8|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8|UEFA Group 8]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">15</span>10 October 2009 || {{Sort|17|17th}} || {{sort|132006|13}} || {{Sort|02|'''Winners''' ([[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]], [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]])}} ||4
|-
| {{fb|CHI}} || {{sort|CONMEBOL 2|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|CONMEBOL]] runners-up}} || <span style="display:none">16</span>10 October 2009 || {{Sort|08|8th}} || {{sort|011998|1}} <small>(last: [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]])</small> || {{Sort|07|Third place ([[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]])}} ||17
|-
| {{fb|MEX}} || {{sort|CONCACAF 2|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round|CONCACAF fourth round]] runners-up}} || <span style="display:none">17</span>10 October 2009 || {{Sort|14|14th}} || {{sort|052006|5}} || {{Sort|11|Quarter-finals ([[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]])}} ||18
|-
| {{fb|USA}} || {{sort|CONCACAF 1|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round|CONCACAF fourth round]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">18</span>10 October 2009 || {{Sort|09|9th}} || {{sort|061990|6}} || {{Sort|07|Third place ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]{{Ref|6|6}})}} ||11
|-
| {{fb|SUI}} || {{sort|UEFA 2|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2|UEFA Group 2]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">19</span>14 October 2009 || {{Sort|09|9th}} || {{sort|022006|2}} || {{Sort|10|Quarter-finals ([[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]])}} ||13
|-
| {{fb|SVK}} || {{sort|UEFA 3|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3|UEFA Group 3]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">20</span>14 October 2009 || {{Sort|09|9th}} || {{sort|1|1}} || {{Sort|8|Runners-up ([[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]])}} {{Ref|4|4}} ||33
|-
| {{fb|ARG}} || {{sort|CONMEBOL 4|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|CONMEBOL]] fourth place}} || <span style="display:none">21</span>14 October 2009 || {{sort|15|15th}} || {{sort|101974|10}} || {{Sort|04|'''Winners''' ([[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]])}} ||6
|-
| {{fb|HON|1949}} || {{sort|CONCACAF 3|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round|CONCACAF fourth round]] third place}} || <span style="display:none">22</span>14 October 2009 || {{sort|02|2nd}} || {{sort|011982|1}} <small>(last: [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]])</small> || {{Sort|16|Group stage ([[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]])}} ||35
|-
| {{fb|NZL}} || {{sort|OFC 1|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–OFC play-off)|OFC v AFC play-off]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">23</span>14 November 2009 || {{sort|02|2nd}} || {{sort|011982|1}} <small>(last: [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]])</small> || {{Sort|16|Group stage ([[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]])}} ||83
|-
| {{fb|NGA}} || {{sort|CAF B|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round#Group B|CAF third round Group B]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">25</span>14 November 2009 || {{sort|04|4th}} || {{sort|012002|1}} <small>(last: [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])</small> || {{Sort|12|Round of 16 ([[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]])}} ||32
|-
| {{fb|CMR}} || {{sort|CAF A|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round#Group A|CAF third round Group A]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">25</span>14 November 2009 || {{sort|06|6th}} || {{sort|012002|1}} <small>(last: [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])</small> || {{Sort|12|Quarter-finals ([[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]])}} ||14
|-
| {{fb|ALG}} || {{sort|CAF C|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round#Group C|CAF third round Group C]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">26</span>18 November 2009 || {{sort|03|3rd}} || {{sort|011986|1}} <small>(last: [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]])</small> || {{Sort|15|Group stage ([[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]])}} ||29
|-
| {{fb|GRE}} || {{sort|UEFA P|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round|UEFA play-off]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">27</span>18 November 2009 || {{sort|02|2nd}} || {{sort|011994|1}} <small>(last: [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]])</small> || {{Sort|16|Group stage ([[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]])}} ||16
|-
| {{fb|SVN}} || {{sort|UEFA P|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round|UEFA play-off]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">28</span>18 November 2009 || {{sort|02|2nd}} || {{sort|012002|1}} <small>(last: [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])</small> || {{Sort|16|Group stage ([[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])}} ||49
|-
| {{fb|POR}} || {{sort|UEFA P|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round|UEFA play-off]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">29</span>18 November 2009 || {{sort|05|5th}} || {{sort|032006|3}} || {{Sort|07|Third place ([[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]])}} ||10
|-
| {{fb|FRA|1974}} || {{sort|UEFA P|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round|UEFA play-off]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">30</span>18 November 2009 || {{sort|13|13th}} || {{sort|042006|4}} || {{Sort|04|'''Winners''' ([[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]])}} ||9
|-
| {{fb|URU}} || {{sort|CONMEBOL 5|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off)|CONMEBOL v CONCACAF play-off]] winners}} || <span style="display:none">31</span>18 November 2009 || {{sort|11|11th}} || {{sort|012002|1}} <small>(last: [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])</small> || {{Sort|04|'''Winners''' ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]])}} ||25
|}

''8 of the 32 teams subsequently failed to qualify for the 2014 finals: Denmark, New Zealand, North Korea, Paraguay, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and South Africa.''

:1.{{Note|1}}The rankings are shown as of 16 October 2009. These were the rankings used for the final draw.<ref name=FIFArankings>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html#confederation=0&rank=186 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603154230/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html#confederation=0&rank=186 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 3, 2007 |publisher=[[FIFA]] |work=FIFA.com |title=The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking |date=3 June 2009 |access-date=20 November 2009 }}</ref>
:2.{{Note|2}}[[Germany national football team|Germany]] between 1951 and 1990 is often referred to as "West Germany", as a separate East German state and team existed then.
:3.{{Note|3}}This is the 1st appearance of Serbia at the FIFA World Cup. However, FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of the [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] and [[Serbia and Montenegro national football team|Serbia and Montenegro]] who all themselves qualified on 10 occasions and who achieved this result.
:4.{{Note|4}}This is the 1st appearance of Slovakia at the FIFA World Cup. However, FIFA considers them and the Czech Republic as the successor team of the [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] who achieved this result and qualified for 8 previous occasions.
:6.{{Note|6}}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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603185201/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 3, 2007|title=1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay|work=fifa.com}}</ref>

==Qualification process==
The qualification process commenced in August 2007 and was completed in November 2009. An initial draw for preliminary qualification (qualifying groups in Oceania, and knockout ties in CAF and AFC) had been announced for [[Zürich|Zurich]] on 28 May 2007, but none was held.

Initial groups for the Oceania qualification were eventually held in [[Auckland]], New Zealand, in early June, with preliminary draws for the Asian and African qualification announced in August.

The draw for the main 2010 World Cup qualifying groups was held in [[Durban]], South Africa on 25 November 2007. 34 teams had been eliminated before the actual draw – 6 from OFC, 5 from CAF and 23 from AFC – and CONMEBOL qualification also had started (no draw was required for this confederation, as all 10 members play in the same group, with the order of fixtures the same as for the 2006 qualification rounds). The four remaining teams from OFC had also started playing the final stage as a single group, and no draw was needed. Therefore, the draw of 25 November involved 156 FIFA members from the original 205 entries, divided as follows: UEFA–53 entries in draw; CAF–48 entries in draw (original 53 minus 5 preliminary round losers and withdrawals); AFC–20 entries in draw (original 43 minus 23 1st and 2nd round losers and withdrawals); and CONCACAF–35 entries in draw.

The distribution by confederation for the 2010 World Cup was:<ref>{{cite press release |title=Clear declaration to defend the autonomy of sport |publisher=[[FIFA]] |date=6 December 2006 |url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/news/newsid=108198/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911132219/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/news/newsid=108198/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 September 2013 |access-date=20 May 2013 }}</ref>
* Europe ([[UEFA]]): 13 places
* Africa ([[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]): 5 places (+ South Africa qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 6 places)
* Asia ([[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]): 4.5 places
* South America ([[CONMEBOL]]) 4.5 places
* North, Central American and Caribbean ([[CONCACAF]]): 3.5 places
* Oceania ([[Oceania Football Confederation]]): 0.5 places

UEFA and CAF had a guaranteed number of places, whereas the number of qualifiers from other confederations was dependent on play-offs between the highest placed teams in the qualification tournaments not guaranteed a place in the finals, with CONCACAF's fourth-place team facing CONMEBOL's fifth-placed team, and AFC's fifth-placed team facing the winners from the OFC.

As the host nation, [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]] qualified automatically. As in [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|2006]], the current cup holders – [[Italy national football team|Italy]] – did not qualify automatically.

===Summary of qualification===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan=9 style="background:white" |[[File:World Map FIFA2.svg|350px]]
|-
!width=150|Confederation
!width=100|Available slots in finals
!width=100|Teams started
!width=100|Teams eliminated
!width=100|Teams qualified
!Qualifying start date
!Qualifying end date
|- 
|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|AFC]]||4 or 5||43||39||4||8 October 2007||14 November 2009
|- 
|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|CAF]]||5+1||52+1||47||5+1||14 October 2007||18 November 2009
|- 
|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|CONCACAF]]||3 or 4||35||32||3||3 February 2008||18 November 2009
|- 
|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|CONMEBOL]]||4 or 5||10||5||5||13 October 2007||18 November 2009
|- 
|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|OFC]]||0 or 1||10||9||1||25 August 2007||14 November 2009
|-
|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|UEFA]]||13||53||40||13||20 August 2008||18 November 2009
|- 
!Total||31+1||203+1||172||31+1||25 August 2007||18 November 2009
|}

===Tiebreakers===
For FIFA World Cup qualifying stages the method used for separating teams level on points is the same for all Confederations, as decided by FIFA itself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/fifa_wc_south_africa_2010_regulations_en_14123.pdf |title=Regulations 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa |access-date=12 June 2009 |date=July 2007 |format=PDF |work=FIFA.com |publisher=FIFA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926230651/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/fifa_wc_south_africa_2010_regulations_en_14123.pdf |archive-date=26 September 2007 }}</ref> If teams were even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams would be ranked by:
# goal difference in all group matches
# greater number of goals scored in all group matches
# greater number of points obtained in matches between the tied teams
# goal difference in matches between the tied teams
# greater number of goals scored in matches between the tied teams
# drawing of lots, or a play-off (if approved by FIFA)
This is a change from [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]], where results between tied teams was the first tiebreaker.

==Confederation qualification==

===AFC===
{{Main|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)}}
''(43 teams competing for 4 or 5 berths; a play-off against OFC determines which confederation gets the extra berth)''

Two preliminary rounds (one in October 2007 and one in the first half of November) narrowed the field from 43 to 20 prior to the group stage draw in Durban on 25 November 2007.<ref name="regulations" />

The group stage draw divided the 20 remaining sides into five groups of four, which were played from February to June 2008, from which the winners and runners-up advanced to the final group stage. The winners and runners-up from two final groups of five nations (playing from September 2008 to June 2009) will qualify automatically for the World Cup finals, with the two third-placed sides playing off in September 2009 for the right to compete against the Oceania winner for a final qualification spot (with matches played in October and November 2009).

The knock-out preliminary rounds themselves were somewhat unusual, with all 38 AFC sides that did not qualify for the 2006 World Cup playing in the first knock-out round, but the 11 best-ranked winners from that round receiving byes in the second round (and only the eight lowest-ranked winners competing to reduce the fields of teams to 20).

====Final positions (fourth round)====
{{Main|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round}}
{| style="text-align:center"
|- valign=top
|'''[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round#Group A|Group A]]'''<br />{{:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round|transcludesection=Group A|show_matches=n|only_pld_pts=y|show_status=no}}
|'''[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round#Group B|Group B]]'''<br />{{:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round|transcludesection=Group B|show_matches=n|only_pld_pts=y|show_status=no}}
|}

====Play-off for fifth place (fifth round)====
{{Main|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fifth round}}
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|BHR}}'''||2–2 ([[Away goals rule|a]])|{{fb|KSA}}||[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fifth round#Bahrain v Saudi Arabia|0–0]]|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fifth round#Saudi Arabia v Bahrain|2–2]]}}
|}
2–2 on aggregate; Bahrain advanced on the away goals rule to the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification#AFC v OFC|AFC-OFC play-off]] against [[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]], the winners from the OFC zone ([[2008 OFC Nations Cup]]).

===CAF===
{{Main|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)}}
''(53 teams competing for 5 berths, host South Africa occupying a 6th berth)''

The CAF qualification process began with a preliminary round played on 13 October and 17 November 2007 to narrow the field to 48 teams, and then 12 groups of four teams were drawn in Durban in November 2007.<ref name="regulations" />

The 12 groups winners and eight best runners-up advanced to the next stage. The procedure was complicated due to two of the groups being reduced to just three teams due to the withdrawal of Eritrea (before the commencement of the group) and the exclusion of Ethiopia (which saw all their results annulled). As a result, the comparison of the 12 runners-up did not include results against teams finishing fourth in 4-team groups.

The remaining 20 teams were placed in five groups of four teams at a draw held in [[Zürich]] on 22 October 2008. The winners of these groups qualified for the World Cup finals.

The qualifying competition for the 2010 World Cup was combined with the qualification process for the [[2010 African Cup of Nations]]. Since South Africa was hosting the World Cup, it automatically qualified for that tournament, although it (unlike hosts in previous qualifying tournaments since 1938) played in the qualifiers themselves to facilitate the use of the same set of qualifying matches for the 2010 African Cup of Nations.

Had South Africa advanced to the third round (second group stage), their matches would not have been counted in determining who advances to the World Cup finals. However, South Africa were eliminated from the qualifiers after the second round. This meant that they could not qualify for the African Cup of Nations, and all matches in Round 3 counted towards World Cup qualification.

====Final positions (third round)====
{{Main|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round}}
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In Group C, Algeria and Egypt finished with identical overall and head-to-head records. A [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round#Tiebreaking play-off|tiebreaking play-off]] was contested on 18 November 2009 in Sudan to determine which team would qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with Algeria prevailing 1–0.

===CONCACAF===
{{Main|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)}}
''(35 teams competing for 3 or 4 berths; a play-off against CONMEBOL determines which confederation gets the extra berth)''

The CONCACAF qualification process<ref>{{cite press release |title=CONCACAF Exco meets in Netherlands Antilles |publisher=[[CONCACAF]] |date=27 March 2007 |url=http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=3757 |access-date=29 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408010311/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=3757 |archive-date=8 April 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> is identical to that for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]], except that as Puerto Rico competed this time (they were the only CONCACAF member not to enter 2006 qualification), there were 11 matches instead of 10 in the first preliminary round, and thus 13 teams instead of 14 received a bye to the second preliminary round. The two preliminary rounds, played in the first half of 2008, reduced the 35 entrants to 24 and then 12 teams. Three semi-final groups of four were played between August and November 2008, with the top two in each group advancing to a final six-team group held during 2009. The top three of this group qualified for the World Cup finals; the fourth-placed team advancing to the play-off against the fifth-placed CONMEBOL team.

====Final positions (fourth round)====
{{Main|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round}}
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'''Honduras''' advanced on goal difference tiebreaker. ''Costa Rica'' moved to the CONCACAF/CONMEBOL intercontinental play-off.

===CONMEBOL===
{{Main|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)}}
''(10 teams competing for 4 or 5 berths; a play-off against CONCACAF determined which confederation filled the extra berth)''

The CONMEBOL qualification process again featured a league system (home and away matches) for a single group of 10 associations, with matches played from October 2007 to October 2009. The fixture list was identical to that used in the qualification for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2006 FIFA World Cup]]. To limit the amount of travel by European-based players to South America, CONMEBOL's schedule used nine 'double match days' (with two sets of matches held within a few days of each other). The top four teams qualified for the World Cup finals; the fifth-placed team advancing to a play-off against the fourth-placed CONCACAF team.

====Final positions====
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===OFC===
{{Main|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)}}
''(10 teams competing for 0 or 1 berth; a play-off against AFC determines which confederation gets the extra berth. Tuvalu also played in the qualifying tournament, but was not an entrant to the World Cup qualification)''

The qualification process began with a [[Football at the 2007 South Pacific Games|tournament at the 2007 South Pacific Games]] in August 2007. The top three ([[New Caledonia national football team|New Caledonia]], [[Fiji national football team|Fiji]], and [[Vanuatu national football team|Vanuatu]], respectively) joined [[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]] in a 4-team group, which was also the [[2008 OFC Nations Cup]], playing home and away. The winners would play a home-and-away play-off with the fifth-placed Asian nation for a World Cup berth.<ref name="regulations" />

====Final positions (second round)====
{{Main|2008 OFC Nations Cup}}
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New Zealand advanced to the [[#AFC v OFC|AFC-OFC play-off]], against Bahrain, the fifth-placed team from the AFC.

===UEFA===
{{Main|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)}}
''(53 teams competing for 13 berths)''

The European qualification games started in August 2008 after [[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]].<ref name="regulations">[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/regulations/index.html FIFA.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610190624/http://fifa.com/worldcup/regulations/index.html |date=10 June 2007 }}</ref> Eight groups of six teams and one group of five contested the European qualifying competition. As a result, the nine group winners qualified directly, while the best eight of the nine second-placed teams contested home and away play-off matches for the remaining four places.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind=64/newsid=554858.html |title=EXCO unveils World Cup programme |website=[[UEFA]] |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=25 June 2007 |access-date=17 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914113236/http://www.uefa.com:80/uefa/keytopics/kind=64/newsid=554858.html |archive-date=14 September 2009 }}</ref> In determining the best eight second-placed teams, the results against teams finishing last in the six-team groups were not counted for consistency between the five- and six-team groups.

The First Round was completed on 14 October 2009. A draw for the Second Round was held in [[Zürich]] on 19 October, with the matches played on 14 and 18 November.

====Final positions (first round)====
{| style="text-align:center"
|- valign=top
|'''[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1|Group 1]]'''<br />{{:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1|show_matches=n|only_pld_pts=y}}
|'''[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2|Group 2]]'''<br />{{:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2|show_matches=n|only_pld_pts=y}}
|'''[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3|Group 3]]'''<br />{{:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3|show_matches=n|only_pld_pts=y}}
|- valign=top
|'''[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4|Group 4]]'''<br />{{:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4|show_matches=n|only_pld_pts=y}}
|'''[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5|Group 5]]'''<br />{{:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5|show_matches=n|only_pld_pts=y}}
|'''[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6|Group 6]]'''<br />{{:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6|show_matches=n|only_pld_pts=y}}
|- valign=top
|'''[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7|Group 7]]'''<br />{{:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7|show_matches=n|only_pld_pts=y}}
|'''[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8|Group 8]]'''<br />{{:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8|show_matches=n|only_pld_pts=y}}
|'''[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9|Group 9]]'''<br />{{:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9|show_matches=n|only_pld_pts=y}}
|}

====Second round====
{{Main|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round}}

The Second Round was contested by the top eight runners-up. With one group having one team fewer than the others, matches against the sixth-placed team in each of the other groups were not included in this ranking.
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The draw for the second round play-offs was held in Zürich on 19 October, and the matches were played on 14 and 18 November 2009. The eight teams were seeded according to the [[FIFA World Rankings]] released on 16 October. The top four teams were seeded into one pot, with the bottom four teams seeded into a second. A separate draw was conducted between each matchup to decide who would host the first leg.

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{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|IRL}}| |[[2009 Republic of Ireland v France football matches|1–2]]|'''{{fb|FRA|1974}}'''| |[[2009 Republic of Ireland v France football matches|0–1]]|[[2009 Republic of Ireland v France football matches|1–1]] ([[Extra time|aet]])}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|POR}}'''| |2–0|{{fb|BIH}}| |[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round#Portugal v Bosnia and Herzegovina|1–0]]|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round#Bosnia and Herzegovina v Portugal|1–0]]}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|GRE}}'''| |1–0|{{fb|UKR}}| |[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round#Greece v Ukraine|0–0]]|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round#Ukraine v Greece|1–0]]}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|RUS}}| |2–2 ([[Away goals rule|a]])|'''{{fb|SVN}}'''| |[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round#Russia v Slovenia|2–1]]|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round#Slovenia v Russia|0–1]]}}
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'''France''', '''Portugal''', '''Greece''' and '''Slovenia''' qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

==Inter-confederation play-offs==
{{Main|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)}}

There were two scheduled inter-confederation play-offs to determine the final two qualification spots to the finals. The matches were played in October and November 2009.

The draw for the order in which the matches were to be played was held on 2 June 2009 during the FIFA Congress in [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]], [[The Bahamas]].<ref name="playoff draw">[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/media/newsid=1065516.html#intercontinental+play+dates+confirmed Intercontinental play-off dates confirmed] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614120346/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/media/newsid%3D1065516.html |date=14 June 2009 }}</ref>

===AFC v OFC===
{{Main|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–OFC play-off)}}
{{#lst:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)|playoff1}}

===CONCACAF v CONMEBOL===
{{Main|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off)}}
{{#lst:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)|playoff2}}

==Qualification controversies==
Controversy surrounded several of the final qualification matches in November 2009. 
{{Wikinews|Ireland requests replay of FIFA World Cup play-off with France}}{{Wikinews|FIFA to make changes after Thierry Henry handball}}
In the second leg of the [[France vs Republic of Ireland 2010 FIFA World Cup play-off|play-off between France and the Republic of Ireland]], French captain [[Thierry Henry]], unseen by the referee, twice illegally handled the ball in the lead up to the decisive goal, which saw France make the final 32 teams ahead of Ireland. The incident caused widespread debate on FIFA Fair Play, and how matches should be refereed at the highest level. The [[Football Association of Ireland]] requested a replay on grounds of fairness, but this was denied by FIFA under the [[Laws of the Game (association football)|Laws of the Game]].<ref name=FIFA20Nov09FIFAStatementOnFAIRequest>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1137489.html |title=FIFA statement on FAI request |publisher=FIFA |date=20 November 2009 |access-date=20 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123062736/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1137489.html |archive-date=23 November 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> A widely reported later request by Ireland to be included as an unprecedented 33rd World Cup entrant was later withdrawn by the FAI, and dismissed by the FAI as peripheral to their other more substantial petitions for change in world football made to FIFA.<ref name=UKPA02Dec09BlatterApologisesOverComments>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hMVC1s6Pr6WoHBrceHOFXYf4HZRw |title=Blatter apologises over comments |agency=Press Association |date=2 December 2009 |access-date=3 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091206101142/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hMVC1s6Pr6WoHBrceHOFXYf4HZRw |archive-date=6 December 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=IrishTimes02Dec09FAISetsRecordStraight>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/soccer/2009/1202/1224259931744.html |title=FAI tries to set record straight |work=Irish Times |date=2 December 2009 |access-date=3 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428232432/http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/soccer/2009/1202/1224259931744.html |archive-date=28 April 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]] also complained over [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]'s winning goal in the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)#CONCACAF v CONMEBOL|CONMEBOL–CONCACAF play-off]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/blatter-we-need-goal-line-officials-at-world-cup-1831686.html|title=Blatter: we need goal line officials at World Cup President urges change as Fifa considers Ireland's appeal to be '33rd nation' at finals |last=Harris |first=Nick |date=1 December 2009|work=The Independent|access-date=5 January 2010 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205101907/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/blatter-we-need-goal-line-officials-at-world-cup-1831686.html |archive-date=5 December 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

There was [[Egypt–Algeria World Cup dispute 2009|crowd trouble around two matches between Egypt and Algeria]], with the Algerian team bus stoned before the first in Cairo, and reports of Egyptian fans ambushed after the second in [[Khartoum]], [[Sudan]]. Local media made lurid reports, and diplomatic relations between the countries nosedived.{{fact|date=July 2023}}

In response to the incidents during qualification, and to a match fixing controversy, on 2 December 2009 FIFA called for an extraordinary general meeting of their executive committee. After the meeting, FIFA announced that they would be setting up an inquiry into technology and extra officials in the game, but they did not announce the widely expected move of fast-tracking the introduction of goal-line referee's assistants, already being trialled in the [[Europa League]], and instead restated that the competition in South Africa would be officiated as before, with just one referee, two assistants, and a fourth official.<ref name=UKPA02Dec09FIFARejectExtraRefs>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jO_FwfnIayPK8z-g_2K2KxWTfpPA |title=FIFA reject extra referees proposal |agency=Press Association |date=2 December 2009 |access-date=3 December 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200112200525/https://www.webcitation.org/5lkKZdcQw?url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jO_FwfnIayPK8z-g_2K2KxWTfpPA |archive-date=12 January 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On the subject of fair play, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said:
{{quote|I appeal to all the players and coaches to observe this fair play. In 2010 we want to prove that football is more than just kicking a ball but has social and cultural value...So we ask the players 'please observe fair play' so they will be an example to the rest of the world.|FIFA President Sepp Blatter|<ref name=BBCSport02Dec09FIFAToInvestigateHenry>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8391388.stm |title=Fifa to investigate Thierry Henry handball |website=BBC Sport |date=2 December 2009 |access-date=3 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203213421/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8391388.stm |archive-date=3 December 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

==Notes==
* Since the inception of the World Cup preliminary competition, several teams have gone through qualification winning all of their matches. Though, during the qualification process for 2010, [[Spain national football team|Spain]] set a new record by doing this on a 10-game schedule. [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] won 8 games out of 8 to qualify for the World Cup, something only [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] had achieved before, during the World Cup preliminary competition for 1982. [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] won their 6 games on their way to World Cup 1970 and managed then to win all of their 6 games in the final competition.

==Top goalscorers==
{{Goalscorers
|goals=2338 |matches=852

|12 goals=
*{{fbicon|BFA}} [[Moumouni Dagano]]
*{{fbicon|FIJ}} [[Osea Vakatalesau]]

|10 goals=
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Humberto Suazo]]
*{{fbicon|GRE}} [[Theofanis Gekas]]

|9 goals=
*{{fbicon|BIH}} [[Edin Džeko]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Luís Fabiano]]
*{{fbicon|CMR}} [[Samuel Eto'o]]
*{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Wayne Rooney]]
*{{fbicon|VAN}} [[Seule Soromon]]

|8 goals=
*{{fbicon|BEN}} [[Razak Omotoyossi]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Joaquín Botero]]
*{{fbicon|SLV}} [[Rudis Corrales]]
*{{fbicon|MLI}} [[Frédéric Kanouté]]
*{{fbicon|NZL}} [[Shane Smeltz]]
*{{fbicon|THA}} [[Sarayoot Chaikamdee]]
*{{fbicon|UZB}} [[Maksim Shatskikh]]
}}

Below are goalscorer lists for all confederations and the inter-confederation play-offs:
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*[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)#Top goalscorers|AFC]]
*[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)#Top goalscorers|CAF]]
*[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)#Top goalscorers|CONCACAF]]
*[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)#Goalscorers|CONMEBOL]]
*[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)#Top goalscorers|OFC]]
*[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Top goalscorers|UEFA]]
*[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)#Goalscorers|Inter-confederation play-offs]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070830164117/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/matches/index.html 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa matches and results] at [[FIFA]].com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071117162446/http://www.fifa.com/Live/Competitions/worldcup/preliminarydraw/drawcast.html Live Preliminary Draw]
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2010q.html Results by RSSSF]

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