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There are now 32 nations had
booked a place in the finals. The qualifying nations are as
follows:
• Angola
• Argentina
• Australia
• Brazil
• Costa Rica
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Ecuador
• England
• France
• Germany
• Ghana
• Iran
• Italy
• Ivory Coast
• Japan
• Mexico
• Netherlands
• Paraguay
• Poland
• Portugal
• Saudi Arabia
• Serbia & Montenegro
• Spain
• South Korea
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Togo
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Tunisia
• Ukraine
• United States
Once again there will be 32 teams in the
finals - here's how qualification was achieved.
EUROPE
The 51 European nations - Germany qualified
as hosts - were split into eight groups.
The winners of each group qualified automatically for the
finals, along with the best two second placed teams. The remaining
six runners-up faced a two-legged play-off.
SOUTH AMERICA
The ten South American countries entered
qualifying on a normal league basis, playing each other home
and away over two years.
The top four nations qualified automatically for the finals.
Uruguay face a two-legged play-off with Australia in order
to make it to Germany.
CENTRAL/NORTH AMERICA
There were three automatic places and one
play-off place available.
As usual, Concacaf came up with a convoluted and complicated
qualifying process. Teams reached the semi-final stage by
competing in knockout rounds.
AFRICA
African qualifying began in October 2003,
when 42 nations faced a two-legged qualifying tie. The winners
joined Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia
in the second round.The remaining nations were drawn into
five groups of six teams. The winners of these five groups
qualified for the finals.
ASIA
The six winners from the premlininary round,
plus the highest FIFA-ranked loser, advanced to the First
Round of the qualifying competition, involving 32-teams. The
nations were drawn into eight groups of four teams.The winners
of each group moved on to the Final Stage, whereby the eight
remaining nations are drawn into two groups of four. The top
two teams in each group advanced while the third placed sides
faced a play-off. The winner of that match, Bahrain, is to
play a Concacaf side, Trinidad & Tobago, for a spot in
the finals.
OCEANIA
The First Round took place in May 2004, when
the ten minor nations were split into two groups of five.
The top two countries from each group advanced to the Second
Round.
Those four nations joined Australia and New Zealand in one
group. The overall winner of this final group, Australia,
faced a play-off against the runner up, Solomon Islands, for
the right to enter a play-off with the fifth-placed South
American nation. Australia cruised through to the final play-off.
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