| The 2010 World Cup qualifying round is
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| | example, may play against Cuba while
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| now over; for the first time since 1934
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| | South Korea will meet North Korea in
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| the host nation (South Africa) will take
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| | Asian qualifying.
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| part of the qualifying round. However,
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| | On the other hand, Italy, the World Cup
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| the South Africans will qualify despite
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| | champion seems to be satisfied in a "easy
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| the position they finish at. It is also
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| | group" in company of Ireland, Cyprus,
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| the first time the tournament will be
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| | Georgia and Montenegro. As yet, the
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| hosted by a Confederation of African
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| | European team drawn in which is
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| Football nation. According to FIFA
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| | considered the toughest group is France,
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| President the selection of Africa is
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| | club that will have to play against well
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| "justice to a continent that has given so
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| | known teams as: Romania and Serbia.
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| much to football".
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| | However, the nation has been a football
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| The draw of the 19th FIFA WORLD CUP
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| | force in the last year's as world cup
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| celebrated last Sunday in Durban, South
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| | runner up and previously achieving the
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| Africa attracted over 3,000 football
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| | 1998 World Cup title.
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| administrators and coaches and it was
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| | Last year champion, Italy was drawn with
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| watched around the world in 170
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| | Bulgaria, Ireland Cyprus, Georgia and
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| countries. There were 169 nations in the
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| | Montenegro; an easy team for the
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| draw which works as a qualifying round
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| | champions, according to their soccer
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| for the 2010 African Cup of Nations to be
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| | chief, Giancarlo Abete, the group is a
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| place in Angola.
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| | group Italy should cruise through without
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| The draw was attended by South African
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| | problems.
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| president Thabo Mbeki; not all the
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| | The entrances to the World Cup will have
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| countries were blessed as the draw did
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| | a different format depending on the
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| not please countries as England. The team
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| | continent; for example: North, Central
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| was placed in the same group than their
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| | America and the Caribbean will have
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| torment, Croatia, club which only a few
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| | preliminary rounds to reduce the teams to
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| days before humiliated England in a 3 to
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| | 24 while in South America there are 10
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| 2 win eliminating them from the Euro
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| | teams playing in eighteen rounds. Asia is
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| 2008.
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| | into 20 teams; the first and second place
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| England will have a second chance to bit
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| | of each pot gets through the final
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| their hardest opponent in the preliminary
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| | rounds. Africa, as well, will be split
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| stage but the main goal now is to find a
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| | into 12 groups while Europe is divided in
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| new coach who can face this new
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| | nine groups to fill in the 13 places
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| challenge. Nevertheless, both teams were
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| | available; 9 winners and the rest will be
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| paired in a complicated group; the
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| | decided between the second places in
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| European Group 6 is also conformed by
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| | playoff matches. The only Confederation
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| powerful teams as: Ukraine, Belarus,
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| | with no automatic place in the finals is
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| Kazakhstan and Andorra. Other than just
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| | Oceania; therefore; the winner of the
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| sport rivalries, during the qualifying
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| | qualification rounds will face the fifth
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| matches there will be a mix of politics
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| | placed in the Asia's Confederation.
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| rivalries too. The United States for
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