http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...up_logosvg.png World Cup 2010 Final Round of Qualification and Playoffs! Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler The breakdown in spots for the 32 nation final round is as such: * Europe (UEFA): 13 places * Africa (CAF): 5 places (+ South Africa qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 6 places) * South America (CONMEBOL): 4 or 5 places * Asia (AFC): 4 or 5 places * North, Central American and Caribbean (CONCACAF): 3 or 4 places * Oceania (OFC): 0 or 1 place The "or" qualifiers are decided with a knockout playoff between OFC and AFC, as well as CONCACAF and CONMEBOL THE MAP Green - Team qualified for the World Cup. Blue - Team may still qualify for the World Cup. Pink - Team cannot qualify for the World Cup, but still has qualifying matches left. Red - Team eliminated from World Cup qualifying. Purple - Country did not enter World Cup. Grey - Country is not part of FIFA. Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ationfinal.jpg CONCACAF CONCACAF's final round of qualifying kicks off February 11th. Each nation plays each other twice(home and away), the top 3 teams advance. With the 4th going to a playoff with CONMEBOL's 5 ranked nation. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts United States 10 6 2 2 19 13 +6 20 Mexico 10 6 1 3 18 12 +6 19 Honduras 10 5 1 4 17 11 +6 16 Costa Rica 10 5 1 4 15 15 0 16 El Salvador 10 2 2 6 9 15 -6 8 T&T 10 1 3 6 10 22 -12 6 Nations Qualified http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...can-flagsm.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...flag_large.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...el/HN_flag.gif CONMEBOL CONMEBOL's qualifying is done as one big group with each nation playing each other twice(home and away). The top 4 nations automatically qualify. With the 5th place nation entering a playoff with CONCACAF's 4th ranked nation. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Brazil 18 9 7 2 33 11 +22 34 Chile 18 10 3 5 32 22 +10 33 Paraguay 18 10 3 5 24 16 +9 33 Argentina 18 8 4 6 23 20 +3 28 Uruguay 18 6 6 6 28 20 +8 24 Ecuador 18 6 5 7 22 26 −4 23 Colombia 18 6 5 7 14 18 −4 23 Venezuela 18 6 4 8 23 29 −6 22 Bolivia 18 4 3 11 22 36 −14 15 Peru 18 3 4 11 11 34 −23 13 Nations Qualified http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...razil-flag.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...l/Paraguay.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...chile_flag.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ntina-flag.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...uguay_flag.jpg AFC Asia's final round of qualifying has two groups. The top two nations from each group automatically qualify, with the two 3rd ranked nations from each group competing in a playoff with each other. The winner of the playoff then has to enter into a playoff with the winning nation of the OFC. Groups are home and away match based. Group 1 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Australia 8 6 2 0 12 1 +11 20 Japan 8 4 3 1 11 6 +5 15 Bahrain 8 3 1 4 6 8 −2 10 Qatar 8 1 3 4 5 14 −9 6 Uzbekistan 8 1 1 6 5 10 −5 4 Group 2 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Korea Republic 8 4 4 0 12 4 +8 16 Korea DPR 8 3 3 2 7 5 +2 12 Saudi Arabia 8 3 3 2 8 8 0 12 Iran 8 2 5 1 8 7 +1 11 U.A.E 8 0 1 7 6 17 −11 1 Nations Qualified http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...alian-flag.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...japan-flag.gif http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...korea-flag.gifhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...korea-flag.jpg CAF Africa's final round of qualifying is split into 5 groups of 4 nations. The top nation in each group will qualify. Groups are home and away match based. Africa also has a nation already qualified, as South Africa is hosting the event(until everyone involved is eventually murdered and it is moved to England or the U.S.). Group 1 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Cameroon 5 3 1 1 7 2 +5 10 Gabon 5 3 0 2 9 6 +3 9 Togo 5 1 2 2 2 7 -3 5 Morocco 5 0 3 2 3 6 -3 3 Group 2 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Tunisia 5 3 2 0 7 3 +4 11 Nigeria 5 2 3 0 6 2 +4 9 Mozambique 5 1 1 3 2 5 -3 4 Kenya 5 1 0 4 3 8 -5 3 Group 3 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Algeria 5 4 1 0 9 2 +7 13 Egypt 5 3 1 1 7 4 +3 10 Zambia 5 1 1 3 2 5 -3 4 Rwanda 5 0 1 4 1 8 -7 1 Group 4 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Ghana 5 4 0 1 7 1 +7 12 Mali 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 8 Benin 5 2 1 2 4 5 -1 7 Sudan 5 0 1 4 1 7 -6 1 Group 5 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Côte d'Ivoire 5 4 1 0 16 4 +12 13 Burkina Faso 5 3 0 2 9 11 -2 9 Malawi 5 1 1 3 4 10 -6 4 Guinea 5 1 0 4 7 11 -2 3 Nations Qualified http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../gh-lgflag.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...Coast_flag.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...geria_flag.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...igeriaFlag.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../cm-lgflag.jpg UEFA UEFA's qualifying is split into nine groups. The top nation of each group automatically qualifies, with the top 8 second place nations competing in four playoffs for the final spots. Groups are home and away match based. Group 1 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Denmark 10 6 3 1 16 5 +11 21 Portugal 10 5 4 1 17 5 +12 19 Sweden 10 5 3 2 13 5 +6 18 Hungary 10 5 1 4 10 8 +2 16 Albania 10 1 4 5 6 16 -10 7 Malta 10 0 1 9 0 26 −26 1 Group 2 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Switzerland 10 6 3 1 18 8 +10 21 Greece 10 6 2 2 20 10 +10 20 Latvia 10 5 2 3 18 15 +3 17 Israel 10 4 4 2 20 10 +10 16 Luxembourg 10 1 2 7 4 25 −21 5 Moldova 10 0 3 7 6 18 −12 3 Group 3 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Slovakia 10 7 1 2 22 10 +12 22 Slovenia 10 6 2 2 18 4 +14 20 N. Ireland 10 4 3 3 13 9 +4 14 Czech Republic 10 4 4 2 17 6 +11 16 Poland 10 3 2 5 19 14 +4 11 San Marino 10 0 0 10 1 47 −46 0 Group 4 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Germany 10 8 2 0 26 5 +21 26 Russia 10 7 1 2 19 6 +13 22 Finland 10 5 3 2 14 14 0 14 Wales 10 4 0 6 9 12 -3 12 Liechten. 10 0 2 6 2 19 −17 2 Azerbaijan 10 0 1 7 1 13 −12 1 Group 5 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Spain 10 10 0 0 28 5 +23 30 B&H 10 6 1 3 25 13 +12 19 Turkey 10 4 3 3 13 10 +3 15 Belgium 10 3 1 6 13 20 -7 10 Estonia 10 2 2 6 9 24 −15 8 Armenia 10 1 1 8 6 22 −16 4 Group 6 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts England 10 9 0 1 34 6 +28 27 Ukraine 10 6 3 1 23 6 +17 21 Croatia 10 6 2 2 19 13 +6 20 Belarus 10 4 1 5 19 14 +5 13 Kazakhstan 10 2 0 9 11 29 −18 6 Andorra 10 0 0 10 3 39 −36 0 Group 7 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Serbia 10 7 1 2 22 8 +14 22 France 10 6 3 1 18 9 +9 19 Austria 10 4 2 4 14 15 -1 14 Lithuania 10 4 0 6 10 11 -1 12 Romania 10 3 3 4 12 18 -6 12 Faroe Islands 10 1 1 8 5 20 −15 4 Group 8 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Italy 10 7 3 0 18 7 +11 24 Rep. of Ireland 10 4 6 0 12 8 +4 18 Bulgaria 10 3 5 2 17 13 +4 14 Cyprus 10 2 3 5 14 16 -2 9 Montenegro 10 1 6 3 9 14 -5 9 Georgia 10 0 3 7 7 19 -12 3 Group 9 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Netherlands 8 8 0 0 17 2 +15 24 Norway 8 2 4 2 9 7 +2 10 Scotland 8 3 1 4 6 11 -5 10 FYR Macedonia 8 2 1 5 5 11 -6 7 Iceland 8 1 2 5 7 13 -6 5 Qualified Nations http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...etherlands.gifhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...gland-flag.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...spain-flag.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...lag-715766.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...riel/sflag.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...nmark_flag.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...a_flag_300.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...aly-Flag_0.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...any_flag-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...reece-flag.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...l/slovenia.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ugal_flag1.jpg OFC The OFC was given half a qualifying spot, after a preliminary group, the winner faced off with the 5th placed AFC team Qualified Nations http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...aland_flag.jpg World Cup Finals Draw and Schedule POTS Pot 1 (Host & Top 7) South Africa Argentina Brazil Spain Netherlands Italy Germany England Pot 2 (Asia, North America, & Oceania) Australia Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Honduras Mexico United States New Zealand Pot 3 (Africa & South America) Algeria Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire Ghana Nigeria Chile Paraguay Uruguay Pot 4 (Europe) Denmark France Greece Portugal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Switzerland Draw Procedure Hosts South Africa will be automatically positioned as A1; the other seeded teams will be drawn into the other groups B-H, but will always be in position “1” of their group Groups will be drawn from A to H and the positions in the group will be drawn for Pots 2 to 4 Geographical criteria will also be respected, meaning that no two teams from the same confederation will be drawn in the same group (except European teams, where a maximum of two will be in a group). For example, South Africa cannot play the African teams from Pot 3 and Argentina and Brazil cannot be drawn against the three remaining South American teams. Thus, Pot 1 will be drawn first in order from B to H. Then Pot 2 will be drawn from A to H. Pot 3 brings up geographic clashing prevention, thus the first two African teams drawn will be placed into the Groups headed by Brazil and Argentina. The first South American team to be drawn from Pot 3 will be placed in Group A with South Africa. Pot 4 will be drawn from A to H, geographic clash prevention is overlooked in the case of European teams.

SAF World Cup officials are apparently being gunned down in their own homes these days. Edit: I can complete my sentences, yes.

Is it time for Brazil to retake glory? No, no they will not win. Let's go Argentina!

forza italia

UP GERMANY

Excuse me but none of these places you are talking about are the U.S.A so they can all go to hell

forza italia They only won because Zidane is the man. Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF4iWIE77Ts

The Italians are all cheating pussies

forza italia They only won because Zidane is the man. Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF4iWIE77Ts yeah what a guy single-handedly fucking his team over

The Italians are all cheating pussies Italian training camp anyone? Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRO626ImQek Edit: I petition to change the thread title to include the word Fifa, so that some losers don't think it's talking about Vancouver 2010 winter Olympics.

I think so little of the winter olympics that thought never entered my mind.

I live in Canada. People don't shut the fuck up. Well mostly the commercials on TV saying that we're going to get some gold medals, and win and stuff. I think maybe 2.

I can not wait to watch South Korea play North Korea in april.

The Italians are all cheating pussies Eat shit, faggot

No really the Italians are awful, cheating, scum.

AFC Asia's final round of qualifying has two groups. The top two nations from each group automatically qualify, with the two 3rd ranked nations from each group competing in a playoff with each other. The winner of the playoff then has to enter into a playoff with the winning nation of the OFC. Group 1 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Australia 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Japan 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Qatar 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 4 Bahrain 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1 Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1 Group 2 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Korea Republic 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Iran 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5 Korea DPR 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4 U.A.E 4 0 1 3 4 9 −5 1 Next Matches 2009-02-11 19:20 UTC+9 Japan v Australia 2009-02-11 16:00 UTC+5 Uzbekistan v Bahrain 2009-02-11 15:00 UTC+9 Korea DPR v Saudi Arabia 2009-02-11 15:00 UTC+3:30 Iran v Korea Republic I am not good with soccer whats its. Does Australia have enough points to automatically qualify? Are they only play that one listed here or are there others?

No really the Italians are awful, cheating, scum. also world cup champions you forgot that one

Also No Great Name is pretty much right with the cheating scum bit.

*shrug* I don't think the Italians are particularly worse than most teams out there. Maradona punched a ball into the goal with his hand, for God's sake, yet there's people on this page cheering Argentina without comment. And anything that went the Italians way this world cup is mitigated by that bloody horrible knock-out game they had in 2002 against Korea, where that Ecuadorian ref and his linesmen made some absolutely dodgy calls against the Italians in the dying minutes when they looked like scoring. From memory, that ref was later suspended from reffing in all competitions some time later - for corruption.

*shrug* I don't think the Italians are particularly worse than most teams out there. Maradona punched a ball into the goal with his hand, for God's sake, yet there's people on this page cheering Argentina without comment. And anything that went the Italians way this world cup is mitigated by that bloody horrible knock-out game they had in 2002 against Korea, where that Ecuadorian ref and his linesmen made some absolutely dodgy calls against the Italians in the dying minutes when they looked like scoring. From memory, that ref was later suspended from reffing in all competitions some time later - for corruption. Man chill the Italian hate is mostly a large scale soccer meme. Also, Maradona punched a ball into the goal with his hand, for God's sake clever pun? Or do you not know that is called the Hand of God.

Not really. While they were a better team last World Cup they won more than one game due to bad ref calls.

Maradona punched a ball into the goal with his hand, for God's sake clever pun? Or do you not know that is called the Hand of God. Heh. I hadn't noticed I'd done that.

2009-02-11 19:20 UTC+9 Japan v Australia I am not good with soccer whats its. Does Australia have enough points to automatically qualify? Are they only play that one listed here or are there others? No Australia does not yet have enough points to qualify, they still have 5 matches to play. Two against Japan, including the one up top, and one more each against Uzbekistan, Bahrain, and Qatar.

Thanks dude!

Oh and it's more than the Italian national team. Serie A is full of liars and thieves in every nook and cranny. It's just the Italian way of life.