Europe: 13 places
The 53 teams will be divided into 9 groups, with 6 teams in the first 8 groups and only 5 teams in the ninth group. The top names of nine groups directly qualified for the World Cup finals. The second place with the best results in eight group matches will be caught and killed in groups, and the other four teams will also qualify for the World Cup finals.
1 Group: Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Albania, Malta;
Group II: Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Moldova, Latvia, Luxembourg;
Group III: Czech Republic, Poland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia and San Marino;
Group 4: Germany, Russia, Finland, Wales, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein;
Group V: Spain, Turkey, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia, Estonia;
Group VI: Croatia, England, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Andorra;
Group 7: France, Romania, Serbia, Lithuania, Austria, Faroe Islands;
Group VIII: Italy, Bulgaria, Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia and Montenegro;
Group 9: Netherlands, Scotland, Norway, Macedonia and Iceland.
Asia: 4.5 places
South Korea and Australia became seed teams respectively. The top two in each group directly entered the World Cup in South Africa, and the third in the two groups played the home and away play-offs. The winner and the representative of Oceania will have another home and away elimination match to decide the last ticket for the World Cup. The time of the Top Ten Competition is from September 6th, 2008 to June 7th, 2009.
Group A: Australia, Japan, Bahrain, Uzbekistan and Qatar.
Group B: South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, North Korea and United Arab Emirates.
South America: 4.5
The top 65,438+00 teams play home and away rounds, the top 4 teams directly qualify, and the fifth team competes with the fourth team for a qualifying quota in Central and North America.
Africa region: 5 places
48 teams will be divided into 12 group for round robin, with 12 group as the first and 8 teams with the best performance as the second ***20 teams will enter the next round. Twenty teams were divided into five groups, and the first place in each group qualified for the World Cup finals. (The host country South Africa will go straight to the World Cup finals, but the qualifying result is only counted as the African Nations Cup).
1 Group: Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Tanzania, Mauritius;
Group 2: Guinea, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Kenya;
Group III: Angola, Benin, Uganda, Niger;
Group 4: Nigeria, South Africa, Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone;
Group 5: Ghana, Libya, Gabon, Lesotho;
Group 6: Senegal, Algeria, Liberia, Gambia;
Group VII: C? te d 'Ivoire, Mozambique, Botswana, Madagascar;
Group 8: Morocco, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Mauritania;
Group 9: Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Seychelles;
10 group: Mali, Congo, Sudan, Chad;
1 1 Group: Togo, Zambia, Eritrea, Swaziland;
Group 12: Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Djibouti.
Central America and North America: 3.5 places
Thirty-five teams were eliminated according to the ranking of FIFA 14-35. The winning team of 1 1 joined Saint Vincent and Grenada in the second round of elimination with the top teams of 12. 12 The team is divided into three groups. The top two in the group entered the home and away double round robin competition, the top three directly qualified, and the fourth competed with the fifth in South America for another qualifying place.
1A: Dominica vs Barbados (winner vs USA); 2A: Belize versus Saint Kitts and Nevis (winner versus Mexico); 3A: US Virgin Islands vs Grenada (winner vs Costa Rica).
1B: Turks and Caicos vs Saint Lucia (winner vs Guatemala); 2B: Bahamas vs British Virgin Islands (winner vs Jamaica); 3B: Surinam vs Montserra (winner vs Gaiana).
1C: Bermuda vs Cayman Islands (winner vs Trinidad and Tobago); 2C: Dominican Republic vs Puerto Rico (winner vs Honduras); 3C: El Salvador vs Anguilla (winner vs Panama).
1D: Aruba vs Antigua and barbuda island (winner vs Cuba); 2D: Canada v Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; 3D: Nicaragua vs Netherlands Andreas (winner vs Haiti).
Oceania: 0.5
New Zealand will directly enter the semi-finals, and the first place in the region will compete with the winner of the Asian play-off for a qualification.