| A total of 204 teams entered the qualification process | | | | of 6 teams and 1 group of 5. Winners are qualified, the |
| of FIFA world cup qualifying matches were played on | | | | eight best second-placed determined the other 4 spots |
| 25 August 2007 and qualification concluded in 18 | | | | with a home and away play-off. |
| November 2009. | | | | Qualified Teams: |
| Africa | | | | rbia,Italy, |
| Africa (CAF) had a preliminary round to reduce teams | | | | Netherlands,Slovania,Greece,France and Portugal |
| to 48, followed by 12 groups of 4. 12 winners and 8 | | | | CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) |
| best runners-up divided into 5 groups of 4, the winners | | | | North,Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF) |
| of these groups qualified for the final rounds of FIFA | | | | had two preliminary rounds to narrow the number of |
| World Cup 2010. | | | | teams from 35 to 12. There were then 3 groups of 4. |
| Qualified Teams : Cameroon,Nigeria,Algeria,Ghana | | | | Winners and runners-up then entered to the final group |
| and Côte d'Ivoire | | | | of six, where the top 3 teams qualified. The 4th placed |
| Asia | | | | team entered into a playoff with the 5th placed team |
| The preliminary rounds of Asia (AFC) qualifying | | | | from CONMEBOL. |
| tournament narrowed the teams down from 42 to | | | | Qualified Teams: USA,Mexico and Honduras |
| 20, which are then split into 5 groups of 4. Winners | | | | Oceania |
| and runners-up moved on, and these 10 teams are | | | | The top 3 of the South Pacific Games (Fiji, Vanuatu |
| then put into 2 groups of 5. The winner and runner-up | | | | and New Caledonia) joined New Zealand for the OFC |
| of each group qualifies, with the two 3rd placed teams | | | | Nations Cup. The winner of this entered in to a play-off |
| played a playoff against each other. The winner of this | | | | with the 5th placed from AFC. |
| game then gone into a playoff with the 1st placed | | | | Qualified Team : New Zealand |
| OFC team. | | | | South America |
| Qualified Teams: Australia,Japan,Korea Republic and | | | | 10 teams in a single group (round robin), teams from 1st |
| Korea DPR | | | | to 4th position are qualified, the 5th placed entered into |
| Europe | | | | a two legged play-off with the 4th placed team from |
| Europe (UEFA) qualification tournament had 8 groups | | | | CONCACAF. |