Following is a comparison of the FIFA 2010 qualifying teams. The FIFA rankings are as of Oct, 2009. Watch for the subsequent posts of details of each qualifying teams.

Team	FIFA Ranking	Appearance in Finals	Previous best performance	Consecutive Streak
South Africa	85	3rd	Group Stage (1998, 2002)	1 (Last: 2002)
Japan	40	4th	Round of 16 (2002)	4
Australia	24	3rd	Round of 16 (2006)	2
Korea Republic	48	8th	Fourth Place (2002)	7
Netherlands	3	9th	Runners-Up (1974, 1978)	2
Korea DPR	91	2nd	Quarter-finals (1966)	1 (Last: 1966)
Brazil	1	19th	Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)	19
Ghana	38	2nd	Round of 16 (2006)	2
England	7	13th	Winners (1966)	4
Spain	2	13th	Fourth Place (1950)	9
Paraguay	21	8th	Round of 16 (1986, 1998, 2002)	4
Côte d'Ivoire	19	2nd	Group Stage (2006)	2
Germany	5	17th	Winners (1954, 1974, 1990)	15
Denmark	27	4th	Quarter-finals (1998)	1 (Last: 2002)
Serbia	20	11th	Fourth Place (19305, 1962)	2
Italy	4	17th	Winners (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)	13
Chile	17	8th	Third Place (1962)	1 (Last: 1998)
Mexico	18	14th	Quarter-finals (1970, 1986)	5
United States	11	9th	Third Place (19305)	6
Switzerland	13	9th	Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954)	2
Slovakia	33	9th4	Runners-Up (1934, 1962)	1 (Last: 1990)
Argentina	6	15th	Winners (1978, 1986)	10
Honduras	35	2nd	Group Stage (1982)	1 (Last: 1982)
New Zealand	83	2nd	Group Stage (1982)	1 (Last: 1982)
Nigeria	32	4th	Round of 16 (1994, 1998)	1 (Last: 2002)
Cameroon	14	6th	Quarter-finals (1990)	1 (Last: 2002)
Algeria	29	3rd	Group Stage (1982, 1986)	1 (Last: 1986)
Greece	16	2nd	Group Stage (1994)	1 (Last: 1994)
Slovenia	49	2nd	Group Stage (2002)	1 (Last: 2002)
Portugal	10	5th	Third Place (1966)	3
France	9	13th	Winners (1998)	4
Uruguay	25	11th	Winners (1930, 1950)	1 (Last: 2002)

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The following 32 teams qualified for the final tournament of FIFA world cup 2010:

Australia
Japan
Korea DPR
Korea Republic

Algeria
Cameroon
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Nigeria
South Africa (hosts)

Honduras
Mexico
United States

Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Paraguay
Uruguay

New Zealand

Denmark
England
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Switzerland

As with the 2006 tournament, each team's squad for the 2010 World Cup consists of 23 players. Each participating national association must confirm their final 23-player squad by 1 June 2010. Teams are permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first game.

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