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World Cup 2010 Qualifying Draw Results

The 2010 World Cup qualifying round is nowmay play against Cuba while South Korea will
over; for the first time since 1934 the hostmeet  North  Korea  in  Asian  qualifying.
nation (South Africa) will take part of the
qualifying round. However, the South AfricansOn the other hand, Italy, the World Cup
will qualify despite the position they finishchampion seems to be satisfied in a "easy
at. It is also the first time the tournamentgroup" in company of Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia
will be hosted by a Confederation of Africanand Montenegro. As yet, the European team
Football nation. According to FIFA Presidentdrawn in which is considered the toughest
the selection of Africa is "justice to agroup is France, club that will have to play
continent that has given so much toagainst well known teams as: Romania and
football".Serbia. However, the nation has been a
football force in the last year's as world
The draw of the 19th FIFA WORLD CUPcup runner up and previously achieving the
celebrated last Sunday in Durban, South1998  World  Cup  title.
Africa attracted over 3,000 football
administrators and coaches and it was watchedLast year champion, Italy was drawn with
around the world in 170 countries. There wereBulgaria, Ireland Cyprus, Georgia and
169 nations in the draw which works as aMontenegro; an easy team for the champions,
qualifying round for the 2010 African Cup ofaccording to their soccer chief, Giancarlo
Nations  to  be  place  in  Angola.Abete, the group is a group Italy should
cruise  through  without  problems.
The draw was attended by South African
president Thabo Mbeki; not all the countriesThe entrances to the World Cup will have a
were blessed as the draw did not pleasedifferent format depending on the continent;
countries as England. The team was placed infor example: North, Central America and the
the same group than their torment, Croatia,Caribbean will have preliminary rounds to
club which only a few days before humiliatedreduce the teams to 24 while in South America
England in a 3 to 2 win eliminating them fromthere are 10 teams playing in eighteen
the  Euro  2008.rounds. Asia is into 20 teams; the first and
second place of each pot gets through the
England will have a second chance to bitfinal rounds. Africa, as well, will be split
their hardest opponent in the preliminaryinto 12 groups while Europe is divided in
stage but the main goal now is to find a newnine groups to fill in the 13 places
coach who can face this new challenge.available; 9 winners and the rest will be
Nevertheless, both teams were paired in adecided between the second places in playoff
complicated group; the European Group 6 ismatches. The only Confederation with no
also conformed by powerful teams as: Ukraine,automatic place in the finals is Oceania;
Belarus, Kazakhstan and Andorra. Other thantherefore; the winner of the qualification
just sport rivalries, during the qualifyingrounds will face the fifth placed in the
matches there will be a mix of politicsAsia's Confederation.
rivalries too. The United States for example,



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