soccer world cup qualifying teams

Whole world is waiting excitedly for the upcoming 2010 Soccer World Cup! This world renowned international football championship is known for huge fan following. Watching and cheering your favorite team would be certainly a remarkable experience for all you football aficionados!

Do you know that 32 teams will battle rigorously to win the title? But, one place is already booked for the host team of South Africa. The allocation will be as follows:

• Europe or UEFA is allocated 13 places
• Africa is allocated 5 places
• South America is allocated 4 or 5 places
• Asia is allocated 4 or 5 places
• North, Central American and Caribbean (CONCACAF) is allocated 3 or 4 places
• Oceanic is allocated 0 or 1 place

Those teams who are automatically qualify for the final are the nine European group winners, whereas the four play off matches will be competed by the eight best runners up.

FIFA World Cup or Football championship is one of the most popular and loved international sports event across the globe. This thrilling sports championship is also known as the Football World Cup or Soccer World Cup. FIFA is the abbreviation of Federation International de Football Association and is mainly contested by its member nations comprised of men’s national football teams.

In the year 1930, the first football championship took place and was held after every four years. Due to World War II, the glorious football tournament didn’t take place in 1942 and 1946. This thrilling event is comprised mainly of two phases. They are qualification phase and the final phase.

During the qualification phase of the football world cup, qualify teams are finalized. According to the current set-up, there are 32 teams who will contest for this prestigious and wonderful title. The hugely popular soccer world cup is certainly one of the most loved and viewed international championships. You would be astonished to know that the 2006 football final will be enjoyed by approximately 715.1 million people.

During the eighteen tournaments of the nerve wrecking football world cup, it is only seven nations who have successfully bagged the prestigious title. Amongst all the teams, it is Brazil who has won the title maximum number of times. The powerful team of Brazil has brought the cup for five times, followed by the current champions, Italy with four and Germany with three. Other football world cup champions are Uruguay, Argentina, England and France.

If you are a great football world cup enthusiast then you must get ready for thrilling Football World Cup South Africa to be held from 11th June to 11th July, 2010. SO, grab your tickets for the live football championship now!