Road to South Africa 2010
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Sunday, 25, Nov 2007 05:41
The qualifying draw for the 2010 World cup has been made in Durban, South Africa.
As if often the case, the draw has thrown up some interesting outcomes, including a rematch between England and Euro 2008 foes Croatia.
And as in the rehearsal draw yesterday, South Korea and North Korea have been drawn together in group three of the Asian qualifying section.
As well as the hosts, 13 teams from Europe, five other teams from Africa, the four top teams from South America and Asia, as well as three from the Concacaf region, will be bidding for glory in South Africa in three years time.
The remaining two spots are determined in play-offs between the South American, Asian, Concacaf and Oceania qualifying sections.
World Cup qualification campaigns are already underway in South America and Oceania, but the rest of the full draw is as follows:
European qualifying section
Group one
Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Albania, Malta
Group two
Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Moldova, Latvia, Luxembourg
Group three
Czech Republic, Poland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, San Marino
Group four
Germany, Russia, Finland, Wales, Azerbaijan, Lichtenstein
Group five
Spain, Turkey, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Armenia, Estonia
Group six
Croatia, England, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Andorra
Group seven
France, Romania, Serbia, Lithuania, Austria, Faroe Islands
Group eight
Italy, Bulgaria, Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia, Montenegro
Group nine
Holland, Scotland, Norway, FYR Macedonia, Iceland
African qualifying section
Group one
Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Tanzania, Mauritius
Group two
Guinea, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Kenya
Group three
Angola, Benin, Uganda, Niger
Group four
Nigeria, South Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone
Group five
Ghana, Libya, Gabon, Lesotho
Group six
Liberia, Algeria, Senegal, Gambia
Group seven
Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Botswana, Madagascar
Group eight
Morocco, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Mauritania
Group nine
Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Seychelles
Group ten
Mali, Congo, Sudan, Chad
Group 11
Togo, Eritrea, Zambia, Swaziland
Group 12
Egypt, Congo DR, Malawi, Djibouti
Asian qualifying section
Group one
Australia, China, Iraq, Qatar
Group two
Japan, Bahrain, Oman, Thailand
Group three
South Korea, North Korea, Jordan, Turkmenistan
Group four
Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Singapore
Group five
Iran, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Syria
Concacaf qualifying section
Group 1A
USA v Dominica or Barbados
Group 1B
Guatemala v Turks and Caicos Islands or St Lucia
Group 1C
Trinidad and Tobago v Bermuda or Cayman Islands
Group 1D
Cuba v Aruba or Antigua and Barbuda
Group 2A
Mexico v Belize or St Kitts and St Nevis
Group 2B
Jamaica v Bahamas or British Virgin Islands
Group 2C
Honduras v Dominican Republic or Puerto Rica
Group 2D
Canada v St Vincent and the Grenadines
Group 3A
Costa Rica v US Virgin Islands or Grenada
Group 3B
Guyana v Suriname or Montserrat
Group 3C
Panama v El Salvador or Anguilla
Group 3D
Nicaragua v Netherlands Antilles