Overview of National Teams & Countries playing in the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa: AFC Qualification Group:Countries qualified for the 2010 Soccer World Cup from the Asia Qualification Group in chronological order:
Japan [Group 1] qualified for 2010 on 6 June
Australia [Group 1] qualified for 2010 on 6 June
Korea Republic [Group 2] qualified for 2010 on 6 June
The Netherlands [Group 9] qualified for 2010 on 6 June
Korea DPR [Group 2] qualified for 2010 June on 17
The story so far:Japan: The first team to qualify winning 1-0 at Uzbekistan on a ninth-minute goal by Shinji Okazaki. It will be the fourth straight World Cup appearance for the Japanese, who were eliminated in the first round of the 2006 tournament in Germany.
Australia: Appearing for the second straight time following a 0-0 tie at Qatar. It will be the third World Cup appearance for Australia, which qualified in 1974 and was eliminated three years ago with a second-round defeat to Italy.
Korea: South Korea clinched a berth in the other Asian group with a 2-0 victory at the United Arab Emirates. South Korea was a semifinalist when it co-hosted the 2002 World Cup co-host. South Korea will be making its seventh straight World Cup appearance.
The Netherlands: Qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after beating Iceland 1-2 in Reyjavik on 6 June. Nigel de Jong opened the scoring for the Oranje and former PSV captain Mark van Bommel crowned a career highlight by netting the second goal. Ooijer also won his fiftieth cap for his country.
Korea DPR: The team will return to the World Cup next year for the first time since 1966. The side sealed their second trip to the global finals with a goalless draw with Saudi Arabia.UEFA Qualification Group Countries qualified for the 2010 Soccer World Cup from the UEFA Qualification Group: The Netherlands [Group 9] qualified 6 Junefifa 2010 fifa world cup 2010 thecup 2010 fifa 2010 world cup
