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Teams

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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