Talk:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

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Contents 1 Deletion 2 Question 3 Qualified teams table 4 Berths 5 African qualifying

[edit] Deletion

This will happen, it's just a question of how (and when) the events unfold. There's nothing to hurt by setting up the stub and then, as the numbers of slots are announced, etc., starting to populate the article. —C.Fred (talk) 13:05, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Don't delete it, it's just pointless and perdantic to do so, it will just be re-created. Philc _T^E_C^I 20:25, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Do you feel the same about the continental qualification pages? Kingjeff 22:53, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

QUESTION: When are the qualifying draws to be made for each of these competitions? 07:48, June 23, 2006 84.12.116.197

I don't know. Kingjeff 12:51, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I think the draw will be about two years before the end of qualifying. The qualifying draw will be about Dec. 2007 and the Finals draw will be in Dec. 2009. (I'm pretty sure.) 130.91.147.151 20:47, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I think because qualification is continental, there will be a few draws. 1 for each confederation. Kingjeff 22:56, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Last time all the draws were made at once, about 1 year after the previous World Cup, it will likely have been made before September 2007, as that is when the first matches will probably be (2006 qualifying started in September 2003) - MTC 20:51, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Qualified teams table

There is currently a table listing the currently qualified teams for the 2010 World Cup, but it's my understanding that qualification hasn't even begun yet. It seems most qualification processes do not start until 2007 and even then the team has to make it through the confederation's qualification process before it can be "qualified". The idea of a qualified team table that can change seems rather askew. --Rballou 19:04, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Seems someone is already working on that... so nevermind :) --Rballou 19:05, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

The way I see it, the table should be for teams that are already qualified...meaning their spot is clinched and nothing short of sanctions from FIFA will take it away. That would be...well, only the hosts right now. Everybody else is still pending their confederation qualifying...and in some cases, a playoff game even beyond that (see OFC). So, setting the table up to be ready is okay, but I think there will only be one team in it for another two to three years. —C.Fred (talk) 19:18, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Berths

When will FIFA announce the distributions of berths —The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]]).

Going by IanManka's edits, they just have. [1]. Although I don't think the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) etc. articles need to be linked yet - not until there is more detail, so much detail that this page is overcrowded. -- Chuq 05:30, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] African qualifying

The article at FIFA.com says the African qualifying starts 13/14 October 2007. To me it looks like they mean the 2010 Cup of Nations qualifying will be linked to the World Cup qualifying, as by then the 2008 Cup of Nations Quailfuing will be finished. If it was linked to the 2008 Cup of Nations then the teams that didn't enter the 2008 Cup of Nations will not be given a chance to qualify for the World Cup, it doesn't seem logical for FIFA to do that.

In short, the article doesn't state which Cup of Nations qualifying will be linked to the 2010 World Cup qualifying, and it would be more logical to assume it means the 2010 Cup of Nations quailfying.I'm not sure what the article should say to reflect this though. - MTC 06:54, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

How about Angola? As host of 2010 African Cup, they qualify automatically to the finals. How will they play the qualifying to the World Cup then?--Nitsansh 00:45, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Presumably the same it worked for Egypt in 2006: they'll play just like everybody else, and if they finish in the top three of their World Cup qualifying group, the fourth-place team gets their African Cup of Nations slot. I.e. the qualifying tournament is for the World Cup, and ACoN berths are a side effect. The converse of the question is the more interesting one: since South Africa has a slot into the World Cup already, how will they qualify for ACoN? —C.Fred (talk) 01:20, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

In a similar way, South Africa will probably play in the qualifiers anyway, and if they win their group the team who came 2nd will quailfy for the WC. - MTC 06:28, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I second that view. Because of the dual purpose of African qualifying, the tradition is that everybody is included and then qualifiers are taken from the top of the groups as required (host teams are therefore passed by, and the team below them in the group gets a place) - aheyfromhome 12:42, 13 December 2006 (UTC)