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The European zone of qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup saw 53 teams competing for 13 places at the finals in South Africa. The qualification process started on 20 August 2008, nearly two months after the end of UEFA Euro 2008, and ended on 18 November 2009.
Iran vs South Korea at Azadi Stadium,Tehran. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) section of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification was allocated four assured qualifying berths for the final tournament in South Africa and one place in a play-off. 43 teams were in the running for these spots, while Laos, Brunei and the Philippines did not enter qualification.
Qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations.Each confederation – the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe) – was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament.
As with the 2006 tournament, each team's squad for the 2010 World Cup consisted of 23 players. Each participating national association had to confirm their final 23-player squad by 1 June 2010. Teams were permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first game. [66]
The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 1 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2006 fourth-place finishers Portugal , along with Sweden , Denmark , Hungary , Albania and Malta .
The knockout stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the World Cup, following the group stage. It began on 26 June with the round of 16 matches, and ended on 11 July with the final match of the tournament held at Soccer City, Johannesburg, in which Spain beat the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to claim their first World Cup.
1 Brazil: 18 9 7 2 33 11 +22 34 2010 FIFA World Cup: 2 Chile: 18 10 3 5 32 22 +10 33 3 Paraguay: 18 10 3 5 24 16 +8 33 4 Argentina: 18 8 4 6 23 20 +3 28 5 Uruguay: 18 6 6 6 28 20 +8 24 Inter-confederation play-offs: 6 Ecuador: 18 6 5 7 22 26 −4 23 7 Colombia: 18 6 5 7 14 18 −4 23 8 Venezuela: 18 6 4 8 23 29 −6 22 9 Bolivia: 18 4 3 11 22 ...
The top four teams in the final standings qualified automatically for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The fifth-placed team met the fourth-placed team from the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in a two-legged play-off for a place at the World Cup. [1]