Teams that will play in 2010 World Cup Football finals

The teams that will play the next World Cup football finals are:

Country	Appearances	Best finish in finals
AFRICA:
Ghana   Ivory Coast South Africa	2nd    2nd    3rd	Round of 16 (2006)  Group Stage (2006)  Group Stage (1998, 2002)
ASIA:
Australia  Japan North Korea South Korea	3rd |   4th   2nd    8th	Round of 16 (2006)  Round of 16 (2002)  Quarter-finals (1966)  Fourth Place (2002)
EUROPE:
Denmark England  Germany Italy Netherlands Serbia Slovakia  Spain  Switzerland	4th   13th   17th   17th   9th     11th   1st     13th   9th	Quarter-finals (1998)  Winners (1966)  Winners (1954, 1974, 1990)  Winners (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)  Runners-up (1974, 1978)  Fourth Place (1930, 1962)  (Competed as Yugoslavia from 1930-98,          Serbia and Montenegro for 2006)  No previous performance  Fourth Place (1950)  Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954)
NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN:
Honduras  Mexico   United States	2nd    14th     9th	Group Stage (1982)  Quarter-finals (1970, 1986)  Third Place (1930)
SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina Brazil Chile Paraguay	15th   19th    8th    8th	Winners (1978, 1986)  Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)  Third Place (1962)  Round of 16 (1986, 1998, 2002)