Eight more countries are now confirmed to attend the World Cup finals in South Africa next year after two more nights of World Cup qualifying football all over the world.

The new teams to confirm their attendance in South Africa are: USA, Mexico, Chile, Italy, Serbia, Denmark, Germany and Ivory Coast. This brings the total number of confirmed countries to nineteen and there will be more added to this list later this week.

Mexico and the USA secured qualification thanks to wins over El Salvador and Honduras respectively, in the penultimate round of North American qualifying and they are the first two teams to qualify from that group. Ivory Coast are the third African team after hosts South Africa and Ghana qualified but the bulk on new teams confirmed for the event next year came through the European group.

Confirmed Teams for 2010 World Cup

Hosts

• South Africa

African Qualifying Group

• Ghana
• Ivory Coast

Asian Qualifying Group

• Japan
• Australia
• South Korea
• North Korea

European Qualifying Group

• England
• Netherlands
• Spain
• Serbia
• Italy
• Denmark
• Germany

South American Qualifying Group

• Brazil
• Paraguay
• Chile

North and Central America Qualifying Group

• United States
• Mexico