
Team ![]() |
Qualified as ![]() |
Qualification date ![]() |
Appearance in finals ![]() |
Consecutive Streak ![]() |
Previous best performance ![]() |
FIFA Ranking1 [2] ![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | 15 May 2004 | 3rd | 1 (Last: 2002) | Group Stage (1998, 2002) | 86 | |
| AFC Fourth Round Group A Runners-Up | 6 June 2009 | 4th | 4 | Round of 16 (2002) | 43 | |
| AFC Fourth Round Group A Winners | 6 June 2009 | 3rd | 2 | Round of 16 (2006) | 21 | |
| AFC Fourth Round Group B Winners | 6 June 2009 | 8th | 7 | Fourth Place (2002) | 52 | |
| UEFA Group 9 Winners | 6 June 2009 | 9th | 2 | Runners-Up (1974, 1978) | 3 | |
| AFC Fourth Round Group B Runners-Up | 17 June 2009 | 2nd | 1 (Last: 1966) | Quarter-finals (1966) | 84 | |
| CONMEBOL Winners | 5 September 2009 | 19th | 19 | Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) | 2 | |
| CAF Third Round Group D Winners | 6 September 2009 | 2nd | 2 | Round of 16 (2006) | 37 | |
| UEFA Group 6 Winners | 9 September 2009 | 13th | 4 | Winners (1966) | 9 | |
| UEFA Group 5 Winners | 9 September 2009 | 13th | 9 | Fourth Place (1950) | 1 | |
| CONMEBOL Third Place | 9 September 2009 | 8th | 4 | Round of 16 (1986, 1998, 2002) | 30 | |
| CAF Third Round Group E Winners | 10 October 2009 | 2nd | 2 | Group Stage (2006) | 16 | |
| UEFA Group 4 Winners | 10 October 2009 | 17th2 | 15 | Winners (1954, 1974, 1990) | 6 | |
| UEFA Group 1 Winners | 10 October 2009 | 4th | 1 (Last: 2002) | Quarter-finals (1998) | 26 | |
| UEFA Group 7 Winners | 10 October 2009 | 1st (11th)3 | 2 | Fourth Place (19305, 1962) | 20 | |
| UEFA Group 8 Winners | 10 October 2009 | 17th | 13 | Winners (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) | 4 | |
| CONMEBOL Runners-Up | 10 October 2009 | 8th | 1 (Last: 1998) | Third Place (1962) | 17 | |
| CONCACAF Fourth Round Runners-Up | 10 October 2009 | 14th | 5 | Quarter-finals (1970, 1986) | 15 | |
| CONCACAF Fourth Round Winners | 10 October 2009 | 9th | 6 | Third Place (19305) | 14 | |
| UEFA Group 2 Winners | 14 October 2009 | 9th | 2 | Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954) | 18 | |
| UEFA Group 3 Winners | 14 October 2009 | 1st (9th)4 | 1 (Last: 1990) | Runners-Up (1934, 1962) | 34 | |
| CONMEBOL Fourth Place | 14 October 2009 | 15th | 10 | Winners (1978, 1986) | 8 | |
| CONCACAF Fourth Round Third Place | 14 October 2009 | 2nd | 1 (Last: 1982) | Group Stage (1982) | 38 | |
| OFC v AFC Play-off Winners | 14 November 2009 | 2nd | 1 (Last: 1982) | Group Stage (1982) | 77 | |
| CAF Third Round Group B Winners | 14 November 2009 | 4th | 1 (Last: 2002) | Round of 16 (1994, 1998) | 22 | |
| CAF Third Round Group A Winners | 14 November 2009 | 6th | 1 (Last: 2002) | Quarter-finals (1990) | 11 | |
| CAF Third Round Group C Winners | 18 November 2009 | 3rd | 1 (Last: 1986) | Group Stage (1982, 1986) | 28 | |
| UEFA Play-off Winners | 18 November 2009 | 2nd | 1 (Last: 1994) | Group Stage (1994) | 12 | |
| UEFA Play-off Winners | 18 November 2009 | 2nd | 1 (Last: 2002) | Group Stage (2002) | 33 | |
| UEFA Play-off Winners | 18 November 2009 | 5th | 3 | Third Place (1966) | 5 | |
| UEFA Play-off Winners | 18 November 2009 | 13th | 4 | Winners (1998) | 7 | |
| CONMEBOL v CONCACAF Play-off Winners | 18 November 2009 | 11th | 1 (Last: 2002) | Winners (1930, 1950) | 19 |