Europe

Group winners qualify

Top eight second-place teams advance to home-and-home playoffs

Four playoff winners qualify

Group One—Albania, Denmark, Hungary, Malta, Portugal, Sweden

Group Two—Greece, Israel, Latvia, Luxembourg, Moldova, Switzerland

Group Three—Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Poland, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia

Group Four—Azerbaijan, Finland, Germany, Liechtenstein, Russia, Wales

Group Five—Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Estonia, Spain, Turkey

Group Six—Andorra, Belarus, Croatia, England, Kazakhstan, Ukraine

Group Seven—Austria, Faeroe Islands, France, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia

Group Eight—Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro

Group Nine—Iceland, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland

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 vs. St. Vincent and the Grenadines

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

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

Africa

Second round

Winners and top eight second-place teams advance

South Africa has automatic berth 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