"The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, because of World War II." (information obtain from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifa_world_cup)

"They are held within the six FIFA continental zones (Africa, Asia, North and Central America and Caribbean, South America, Oceania, Europe), overseen by their respective confederations" (quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifa_world_cup#Qualification)

African qualifying zone teams to play in the Fifa World Cup 2010 are:
Nigeria,Egypt,Ghana,Ivory Cost,Gabon

Asian qualifying zone teams to play in the Fifa World Cup 2010 are:
Australia,Japan,Saudi Arabia,South Korea

Concacaf qualifying zone teams to play in the Fifa World Cup 2010 are:
United States,Mexico,Honduras,Costa Rica

European qualifying zone teams to play in the Fifa World Cup 2010 are:
Spain,England,Netherlands,Italy,Serbia,Germany,Slovakia,Switzerland,
Denmark,Russia,France,Turkey,Croatia

South American qualifying zone teams to play in the Fifa World Cup 2010 are:Brazil,Chile,Paraguay,Argentina,Uruguay

Oceania qualifying zone NOTE: The team that comes first plays a nation from Asia for a place at the World Cup Final. Iran
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