Africa

Second round
Winners and top eight second-place teams advance
South Africa has automatic place and participates only for 2010 African Cup of Nations qualifying
Group One
Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Mauritius, Tanzania

Group Two
Guinea, Kenya, Namibia, Zimbabwe

Group Three
Angola, Benin, Niger, Uganda

Group Four
Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa

Group Five
Gabon, Ghana, Lesotho, Libya

Group Six
Algeria, Gambia, Liberia, Senegal

Group Seven
Botswana, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mozambique

Group Eight
Ethiopia, Mauritania, Morocco, Rwanda

Group Nine
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Seychelles, Tunisia

Group 10
Chad, Mali, Republic of Congo, Sudan

Group 11
Eritrea, Swaziland, Togo, Zambia

Group 12
Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Malawi

Asia

Third round
Top two teams in each group advance
Group One
Australia, China, Iraq, Qatar

Group Two
Bahrain, Japan, Oman, Thailand

Group Three
Jordan, North Korea, South Korea, Turkmenistan

Group Four
Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Uzbekistan

Group Five
Iran, Kuwait, Syria, United Arab Emirates

Europe

Group winners qualify
Top eight second-place teams advance to home-and-home playoffs
Group 1
Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Albania, Malta

Group 2
Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Moldova, Latvia, Luxembourg

Group 3
Czech Republic, Poland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, San Marino

Group 4
Germany, Russia, Finland, Wales, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein

Group 5
Spain, Turkey, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Armenia, Estonia

Group 6
Croatia, England, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Andorra

Group 7
France, Romania, Serbia, Lithuania, Austria, Faroe Islands

Group 8
Italy, Bulgaria, Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia, Montenegro

Group 9
Holland, Scotland, Norway, FYR Macedonia, Iceland

North and Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Semifinals
Top two teams in each group advance
Group One
Aruba-Antigua and Barbuda winner – Cuba
Guatemala – Turks and Caicos Islands-St. Lucia winner
Trinidad and Tobago – Bermuda-Cayman Islands winner
United States – Dominica-Barbados winner

Group Two
Belize-St. Kitts and Nevis winner – Mexico
Canada-St. Vincent and the Grenadines winner
Honduras – Dominican Republic-Puerto Rico winner
Jamaica – Bahamas-British Virgin Islands winner

Group Three
Haiti – Nicaragua-Netherlands Antilles winner
Panama – El Salvador-Anguilla winner
Suriname-Montserrat winner – Guyana
U.S. Virgin Islands-Grenada winner – Costa Rica