Football World Cup 2006 Germany

Teams

Confederation of African Football | Asian Football Confederation | Oceania Football Confederation | CONMEBOL | UEFA | CONCACAF

Teams

Starting from Germany 2006, the winner of the past World Cup had to qualify for the Finals. Only the host nation qualifies automatically from 2006 on.

The following teams, shown by region, have qualified. The number in brackets is the country's FIFA World Rankings as of December 2005, at the end of all qualification tournaments, when rankings were one of the factors taken into consideration when assigning pots for each of the teams [1]: