2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification Tournament details Dates	11 June - 11 July

Teams	205 (from 6 confederations)

Tournament statistics Matches played	848

Goals scored	2337 (2.76 per match)

← 2006 2014 → The qualification competition for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe) — was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament. A total of 205 teams entered the qualification competition, with South Africa, as the host, qualifying for the World Cup automatically. The first qualification matches were played on 25 August 2007 and qualification concluded on 18 November 2009. Overall, 2337 goals were scored over 848 matches.http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification