Thirteen more teams qualified for next year’s World Cup, with England, Italy and Netherlands leading the way in Europe.
So, a lot more teams made it to the finals in Germany.
Here is a list of the teams already qualified:

Germany
Ukraine
England
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Croatia
Poland
Togo
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Tunisia
Angola
Brasil
Argentina
Paraguay
Ecuador
Mexico
USA
Iran
Japan
Saudi Arabia
South Korea

There are some more games to be played, the playoffs, but half of the […]

In completion to our series of articles on the chances of teams qualifying for the World Cup in Germany, you can read this article written by Reuters.

South American Zone
With just two rounds to go, Argentina and Brazil are qualified, Ecuador and Paraguay are almost qualified, while for the fourth place is a fantastic battle, Uruguay (21p), Chile and Colombia (20p) and Venezuela (18p) struggling to get a place in the play-off.
Like everyone expected, Argentina and Brazil didn’t have any problems, and […]

Play-Off
Bahrain and Uzbekistan, the teams that placed 3rd in Asian Zone, had to play the play-off. The first leg was in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), but FIFA decided that the match must be replayed, after a huge referee error, which, instead of having a penalty retaken for Uzbekistan, awarded a free kick for Bahrain. The replay date […]

This is the second part of the analysis on the last qualifying matches to World Cup 2006. If you missed the first part, you can read it here.

Europe
Group 5:
Italy needs one more point to be qualified from the first spot. They have 5 points ahead of Norway and Slovenia, teams that still fight for the […]

Several days before the final two matches in the qualifying groups to the World Cup 2006, in Germany, some of the most thought of winning teams have problems in just reaching the final tournament. This is the first of a five parts article that takes a quick look to the qualifying matches.

Europe
Group 1:
The Netherlands and […]

We may witness history in 2006: the first football (soccer, for our readers from across the Atlantic) World Cup to ever use some kind of electronic device to help the referees.

We are talking about the ’smart ball’, a ball with an electronic chip implemented that will help referees find out if the ball had crossed […]

One of the best players in Greece’s team that became the European Champions in 2004, the AS Roma’s midfielder Traianos Dellas finally recovered from an injury and will be playing in Greece’s final 2 World Cup qualifying matches.
Greece is fighting with Denmark and Turkey to get the second place in the qualifying group 2, where […]

It seems that England will not be able to use some of the best strikers they have: after Rooney getting a red card and being suspended for their next game against Austria, it seems that Michael Owen might stay out with an injury.
It is supposed that Eriksson will start the match with Liverpool’s striker, […]

You should rethink your leave days from the office if you want to get to Berlin for the opening ceremony.
The reason for the above advice is that, in order for the field of the stadium to present itself in optimum conditions for the games, the World Cup comitee decided that they should move the […]