With 32 teams able to make it to the finals in Germany, 24 have booked their places at football's biggest tournament which starts on 9 June 2006.

Qualified teams: Germany, Argentina, Japan, Iran, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, USA, Brazil, Mexico, Angola, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Holland, Poland, England, Croatia, Italy, Tunisia, Portugal, Ecuador, Paraguay.

EUROPE

# Germany
# Ukraine
# Holland
# Poland
# England
# Croatia
# Italy
# Portugal

Six others - including three play-off winners - still to book places.

Having beaten Austria in their penultimate game, England qualified as one of the best two runners-up after Holland beat the Czech Republic.

Holland's win booked their place as winners of Group One and England's Group Six rivals Poland also qualified thanks to the Dutch victory.

Norway's 1-0 win over bottom-of-the-table Moldova eliminated Scotland, after Walter Smith's side had lost 1-0 to Belarus earlier in the day.

The Republic of Ireland beat Cyprus 1-0 and France's draw with Switzerland means Brian Kerr's men will definitely finish in the top two of Group Four if they beat the Swiss on Wednesday.

Croatia and Italy also made sure of their places with wins over Sweden and Slovenia and Portugal joined them after they defeated Liechenstein.

Northern Ireland and Wales cannot qualify.

The European zone play-off draw will take place on 14 October, with the two-legged ties played on 12 and 16 November.

SOUTH AMERICA

# Argentina
# Brazil
# Ecuador
# Paraguay

The fifth-placed team goes into a play-off with Australia, who beat the Solomon Islands in the Oceania qualifying final.

Ecuador and Paraguay secured the final two automatic places. Paraguay beat Venezuela 1-0 and Ecuador drew 0-0 with Uruguay.

The play-off games between the fifth-placed team and Oceania group winners Australia take place on 12 and 16 November.

ASIA

# Japan
# Iran
# South Korea
# Saudi Arabia

One other team to enter play-off against Central American country.

Bahrain and Uzbekistan are level at 1-1 after the first leg of their play-off. The second leg is on 12 October in Bahrain. The winner will then play the fourth-placed team from the Concacaf region in another play-off to decide who reaches Germany.

CONCACAF (North and Central America and Caribbean)

# USA
# Mexico
# Costa Rica

The fourth-placed team will face either Bahrain or Uzbekistan in a two-legged play-off.

Costa Rica sealed the last automatic place after beating USA, while Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago both have the chance to take fourth place.

AFRICA

# Angola
# Ghana
# Ivory Coast
# Togo
# Tunisia

Winners of each of the five qualifying groups go through.

Angola, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo have qualified for the World Cup for the first time in their history, and are joined by Tunisia.

Nigeria, Senegal, Morocco and Cameroon have all missed out as a result.

OCEANIA

Australia beat the Solomon Islands 9-1 on aggregate in their two-legged play-off. They will play the fifth-placed South American country in a play-off on 12 and 16 November.

NB all matches in the last round of any qualifying zone that could possibly determine qualification will kick off at the same time.