page_title: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
section_title: Qualified teams
hierarchical_section_title: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification / Qualified teams
caption_attribution_description: English: Status of countries with respect to 2006 FIFA World Cup:
context_page_description: The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC, and UEFA — was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament. A total of 197 teams entered the qualification process for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In 2001 FIFA ended automatic qualification of the reigning champion, so that 2002 champions Brazil became first to participate in the qualifying tournament. The hosts retained their automatic spot.
  The original distribution of places between the six confederations called for Oceania to be given one full spot in the final 32; this idea was seen as virtually guaranteeing a place in the finals to Australia, by far the strongest footballing nation in the region. This decision was reconsidered in June 2003 and the previous distribution of places between Oceania and South America was restored.
  The draw for five of the six qualification tournaments took place on 5 December 2003 in Frankfurt, whilst all of the members of the South American federation competed in a single group. Qualification itself began in January 2004.
context_section_description: The following 32 teams qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup:
  ¹Includes 10 appearances by DFB representing West Germany between 1954 and 1990. Excludes 1 appearance by DVF representing East Germany between 1954 and 1990.
  ²Participated as a part of Soviet Union between 1930 and 1990.
  ³Includes appearances by pre-division Yugoslavia, as FIFA considers Serbia and Montenegro as a successor of a team.
  ⁴Includes appearances by Czechoslovakia, as FIFA considers Czech Republic as a successor of a team.
  13 of the 32 teams subsequently failed to qualify for the 2010 finals: Angola, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Iran, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia and Ukraine.
caption:   Country qualified for World Cup   Country failed to qualify   Country did not enter World Cup   Country not a FIFA member
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