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Starting from Germany 2006, the winner of the past World Cup had to qualify
for the Finals. Only the host nation qualifies automatically from 2006 on.
The following teams, shown by region, have qualified. The number in brackets
is the country's
FIFA World Rankings as of December 2005, at the end of all qualification
tournaments, when rankings were one of the factors taken into consideration when
assigning pots for each of the teams
[1]:
The main surprises in European qualification were the absences of
2002 third-place finishers Turkey (eliminated by
Switzerland after a momentous playoff), 2004 European Champions
Greece (eliminated by the
Ukraine), and established sides
Denmark (eliminated by the
Ukraine as well),
Russia (eliminated by
Portugal), and
Belgium (eliminated by
Serbia-Montenegro and
Spain). In Africa,
2002 quarter-finalists Senegal (eliminated by
Togo) and established sides
South Africa,
Cameroon, and Nigeria (eliminated, respectively, by
Ghana,
Côte d'Ivoire, and
Angola) unexpectedly missed the trip to the Finals. The other zones saw no
major upsets.
While representing Oceania, from the beginning of 2006 Australia is part of
the Asian Confederation, and will represent Asia in following World Cups.
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Angola [61] (first time qualifier) 
Côte d'Ivoire [32] (first time qualifier) 
Ghana [48] (first time qualifier) 
Togo [59] (first time qualifier) 
Tunisia [23] 
Iran [22] 
Japan [18] 
South Korea [31] 
Saudi Arabia [35] 
Australia [48] 
Croatia [23] 
Czech Republic [2] (first time qualifier as Czech Rep) 
England [9] 
France [5] 
Germany [19] (host) 
Italy [12] 
Netherlands [3] 
Poland [26] 
Portugal [10] 
Serbia and Montenegro
[47] 
Spain [6] 
Switzerland
[37] 
Sweden [15] 
Ukraine [41] (first time qualifier) 
Costa Rica [25] 
Mexico [6] 
Trinidad and Tobago [51] (first time qualifier) 
United States [6]