The following are those 32 teams who will take part in South Africa 2010. And perhaps what’s a bit special is the 32 include every single World Cup winner in history, with Uruguayan defeating Costa Rica to advance.

And I assume you’ve heard about the controversy regarding the Ireland vs France game? France won, putting them into the World Cup on the last possible chance. Here’s how they got it done. I think I need a drink…

Algeria
Argentina**
Australia
Brazil*****
Cameroon
Chile
Cote d’Ivoire
Denmark
England*
France*
Germany***
Ghana
Greece
Honduras
Italy****
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
North Korea
New Zealand
Nigeria
Paraguay
Portugal
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Switzerland
United States
Uruguay**

Number of asterisks (*) indicates number of trophies won.

According to the Malawi World Cup blog, the release date for the November 2009 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking publication was originally November 11, 2009. FIFA had to postpone the publication release date to November 20, 2009 so the final matches (played on November 14 and 18) could be included in the calculation for November rankings.

The November rankings will be used to determine the seeds for the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010. The World Cup draw will take place on 4 December 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. They have posted their thoughts on the Pots that will be used for the draws that will result with a sample draw thrown in for good measure. I hope the USA has more luck than what is demonstrated in this example!