Footy Speak

Only 10 teams were competing in the Oceania zone, and have only been allotted 0.5 tickets to SA. The winner from this zone will compete with the 5th placed Asian zone team over two legs, for the ticket. The play offs are scheduled to be played on the 10th October and 14th November.

6 tickets have been allotted to the 54 participating teams in the African zone. But only 5 will be up for grabs, as one has been allotted to the host team, South Africa. Of the 53 teams, 33 have already disqualified through round of qualifying. The remaining 20 teams have been divided in five groups and the teams that finishes top will get a ticket to the 2010 finals.

North, Central American and Caribbean zones have a total of 35 teams who will compete for 3.5 tickets to SA. The top 3 finishers will get a ticket to the 2010 finals, but the 4th placed team will contest in another two legged playoff against the 5th placed team from the South American zone. The South American zone has been allotted 4.5 tickets for the 10 teams that fall into the zone. The top four finishers will qualify for the 2010 finals automatically.

A total of 53 teams are in the European zone which is allotted 13 tickets. These teams have been divided in 9 groups. 8 of these 9 groups consist of 6 teams, and the 9th group consists of 5 teams. The top 9 finishers of the 9 groups will qualify for the 2010 finals, the 2nd placed teams from the first 8 groups, will play in a two legged play off with a designated team, the winner of which will qualify for the 2010 finals. As of now only Netherlands has qualified from the European zone.