The Qualifying Is Over . . .

 . . . and the teams are set:

Africa: Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and South Africa

Asia and Oceania: Australia, Japan, New Zealand, North Korea and South Korea

Europe: Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland, 

North America: Honduras, Mexico and the USA

South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.

The draw will be critical for nations like the US, Honduras and Australia.

For the record, being a fan of both Arsenal and FC Barcelona, I'm a fan of Thierry Henry, but today he got away with one. Diego Maradona must be grinning.

Comments

[Tambopaxi]

Randy, I confess I don't know how the elimination system works; how is it that Europe gets to have so many countries in these groupings?

[akaky]

and is there any chance that Ireland will get the do over they're asking for? I'm asking because I have a large contingent of relatives over from the old country for Thanksgiving (and shopping, especially shopping; they would have gotten a free meal from the American cousins one way or the other) and they are all mad as hell at France, the French, and anything even Gallic. I wouldnt mind this very much, but I'm getting tired of them yelling at me about it, as if the ref blowing the call is somehow my fault.