Qualified Teams
The following 32 teams qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup:
| Team | Qualified as | Qualification date | Appearance in finals |
Consecutive Streak |
Previous best performance | FIFA Ranking1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | *Host !Host | 0015 May 2004 | 03 !3rd | 012002 !1 | 15 !Group Stage (1998, 2002) | 85 |
| Japan | AFC A2 !AFC Fourth Round Group A Runners-Up | 016 June 2009 | 04 !4th | 042006 !4 | 14 !Round of 16 (2002) | 40 |
| Australia | AFC A1 !AFC Fourth Round Group A Winners | 026 June 2009 | 03 !3rd | 022006 !2 | 14 !Round of 16 (2006) | 24 |
| South Korea | AFC B1 !AFC Fourth Round Group B Winners | 036 June 2009 | 08 !8th | 072006 !7 | 09 !Fourth Place (2002) | 48 |
| Netherlands | UEFA 9 !UEFA Group 9 Winners | 046 June 2009 | 09 !9th | 022006 !2 | 06 !Runners-Up (1974, 1978) | 3 |
| North Korea | AFC B2 !AFC Fourth Round Group B Runners-Up | 0517 June 2009 | 02 !2nd | 011966 !1 | 12 !Quarter-finals (1966) | 91 |
| Brazil | CONMEBOL 1 !CONMEBOL Winners | 065 September 2009 | 19 !19th | 192006 !19 | 01 !Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) | 1 |
| Ghana | CAF D !CAF Third Round Group D Winners | 076 September 2009 | 02 !2nd | 022006 !2 | 14 !Round of 16 (2006) | 38 |
| England | UEFA 6 !UEFA Group 6 Winners | 089 September 2009 | 13 !13th | 042006 !4 | 05 !Winners (1966) | 7 |
| Spain | UEFA 5 !UEFA Group 5 Winners | 099 September 2009 | 13 !13th | 092006 !9 | 09 !Fourth Place (1950) | 2 |
| Paraguay | CONMEBOL 3 !CONMEBOL Third Place | 109 September 2009 | 08 !8th | 042006 !4 | 13 !Round of 16 (1986, 1998, 2002) | 21 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CAF E !CAF Third Round Group E Winners | 1110 October 2009 | 02 !2nd | 022006 !2 | 16 !Group Stage (2006) | 19 |
| Germany | UEFA 4 !UEFA Group 4 Winners | 1210 October 2009 | 17 !17th2 | 152006 !15 | 03 !Winners (1954, 1974, 1990) | 5 |
| Denmark | UEFA 1 !UEFA Group 1 Winners | 1310 October 2009 | 04 !4th | 012002 !1 | 12 !Quarter-finals (1998) | 27 |
| Serbia | UEFA 7 !UEFA Group 7 Winners | 1410 October 2009 | 11 !11th3 | 022006 !2 | 08 !Fourth Place (19305, 1962) | 20 |
| Italy | UEFA 8 !UEFA Group 8 Winners | 1510 October 2009 | 17 !17th | 132006 !13 | 02 !Winners (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) | 4 |
| Chile | CONMEBOL 2 !CONMEBOL Runners-Up | 1610 October 2009 | 08 !8th | 011998 !1 | 07 !Third Place (1962) | 17 |
| Mexico | CONCACAF 2 !CONCACAF Fourth Round Runners-Up | 1710 October 2009 | 14 !14th | 052006 !5 | 11 !Quarter-finals (1970, 1986) | 18 |
| United States | CONCACAF 1 !CONCACAF Fourth Round Winners | 1810 October 2009 | 09 !9th | 061990 !6 | 07 !Third Place (19305) | 11 |
| Switzerland | UEFA 2 !UEFA Group 2 Winners | 1914 October 2009 | 09 !9th | 022006 !2 | 10 !Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954) | 13 |
| Slovakia | UEFA 3 !UEFA Group 3 Winners | 2014 October 2009 | 09 !9th4 | 011990 !1 | 06 !Runners-Up (1934, 1962) | 33 |
| Argentina | CONMEBOL 4 !CONMEBOL Fourth Place | 2114 October 2009 | 15 !15th | 101974 !10 | 04 !Winners (1978, 1986) | 6 |
| Honduras | CONCACAF 3 !CONCACAF Fourth Round Third Place | 2214 October 2009 | 02 !2nd | 011982 !1 | 16 !Group Stage (1982) | 35 |
| New Zealand | OFC 1 !OFC v AFC Play-off Winners | 2314 November 2009 | 02 !2nd | 011982 !1 | 16 !Group Stage (1982) | 83 |
| Nigeria | CAF B !CAF Third Round Group B Winners | 2414 November 2009 | 04 !4th | 012002 !1 | 13 !Round of 16 (1994, 1998) | 32 |
| Cameroon | CAF A !CAF Third Round Group A Winners | 2514 November 2009 | 06 !6th | 012002 !1 | 12 !Quarter-finals (1990) | 14 |
| Algeria | CAF C !CAF Third Round Group C Winners | 2618 November 2009 | 03 !3rd | 011986 !1 | 15 !Group Stage (1982, 1986) | 29 |
| Greece | UEFA P !UEFA Play-off Winners | 2718 November 2009 | 02 !2nd | 011994 !1 | 16 !Group Stage (1994) | 16 |
| Slovenia | UEFA P !UEFA Play-off Winners | 2818 November 2009 | 02 !2nd | 012002 !1 | 16 !Group Stage (2002) | 49 |
| Portugal | UEFA P !UEFA Play-off Winners | 2918 November 2009 | 05 !5th | 032006 !3 | 07 !Third Place (1966) | 10 |
| France | UEFA P !UEFA Play-off Winners | 3018 November 2009 | 13 !13th | 042006 !4 | 04 !Winners (1998) | 9 |
| Uruguay | CONMEBOL 5 !CONMEBOL v CONCACAF Play-off Winners | 3118 November 2009 | 11 !11th | 012002 !1 | 04 !Winners (1930, 1950) | 25 |
- 1.^ The rankings are shown as of 16 October 2009. These were the rankings used for the final draw.
- 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 Yugoslavia from 1930 to 1938, SFR Yugoslavia from 1950 to 1990, 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.
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