2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (UPDATED FOR THE LAST TIME - 11/18)

So I have decided to take up the unenviable task of documenting the last few stages of World Cup qualification. I have listed below the current standings for each confederation's World Cup qualification competition, if you will. And in case you are not familiar with what is needed to qualify in each confederation (because each is different with each getting a different amount into the FIFA World Cup I will try to have a link up on the side of the blog so that you can check it whenever and hopefully I will be on top of this and update it after every game is played (I can't guarantee you immediate updating; it may take me a day or 2 or so)). Also linked at the bottom for your conveinence is the standings pages on both Wiki and the FIFA website (I link Wiki as well because the FIFA site uses the European system of dating, which is not the same as ours; i.e. instead of today being 3/30/09, in Europe and on the site it is written as 30/3/09.) Listed below are each confederation and the amount of points each team has in its respective group (if there are multiples); click on the links for more info!
Note: Teams with a line through them have been eliminated. Example
Note: Teams in bold have advanced to the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) As a result of defeating Saudi Arabia in a 2-match series, Bahrain has advanced to a playoff with OFC champion, New Zealand. The winner of this 2-game series will advance to the 2010 FIFA World Cup

New Zealand wins the aggregate 1-0 over Bahrain to advance to World Cup.


Confederation of African Football (CAF) (The winner of each of the 5 groups will advance to the World Cup) As a result of it being the host nation, South Africa has automatically qualified for the World Cup)

Group 1
Cameroon - 13 points
Gabon - 9 points
Togo -85 points
Morocco - 3 points

Group B
Nigeria - 12 points
Tunisia - 11 points
Mozambique - 7 points
Kenya - 3 points

Group C
Algeria - 13 points
Egypt - 13 points
Zambia - 5 points
Rwanda - 2 point

Group D
Ghana - 13 points
Benin - 10 points
Mali - 9 points
Sudan - 1 point

Group E
Cote d'Ivoire - 16 points
Burkina Faso - 12 points
Malawi - 4 points
Guinea - 3 points


CONCACAF and CONMEBOL (As a result of coming in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place respectively in CONCACAF, the United States, Mexico, and Honduras have qualified for the World Cup out of CONCACAF. As a result of coming in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place respectively, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Argentina have qualified for the World Cup out of CONMEBOL. The 4th place team in CONCACAF, Costa Rica will not face the 5th place team in CONMEBOL, Uruguay in a home and home playoff series with the team achieving the greater aggregate score advancing to the World Cup)

Next game day: November 18:
Costa Rica vs. Uruguay (Uruguay wins the aggregate 2-1)


Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) (The top 8 second place teams have advanced to a playoffs. These playoffs will be a home and home series with the winner of each individual series advancing to the World Cup)

Next game day: November 18
Republic of Ireland vs. France (France wins the aggregate 2-1)
Portugal vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Portugal wins the aggregate 2-0)
Greece vs. Ukraine (Greece wins the aggregate 1-0)
Russia vs. Slovenia (Slovenia wins the aggregate 2-2 via road goals).


Teams that have qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup:
South Africa
Australia
Japan
Korea Republic (a.k.a. South Korea)
Netherlands
Korea DPR (a.k.a. North Korea)
Brazil
Ghana
England
Spain
Paraguay
Cote d'Ivoire
Denmark
Germany
Serbia
Italy
Chile
Mexico
United States
Switzerland
Slovakia
Honduras
Argentina
New Zealand
Cameroon
Nigeria
Algeria
Greece
Portugal
Slovenia
France
Uruguay

Standings on FIFA.com(click on the other confederation links to see the other standings)
Standings on Wiki