- 1. How many runners-up contested the Second Round?
A) 4
B) 12
C) 10
D) 8
- 2. Where was the draw for the Second Round play-offs held?
A) Nassau
B) Cairo
C) Zürich
D) Paris
- 3. When was the draw for the Second Round play-offs held?
A) 19 October 2009
B) 14 November 2009
C) 2 June 2009
D) 2 December 2009
- 4. Which teams qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup via the Second Round?
A) France, Portugal, Greece and Slovenia
B) Ireland, Algeria, Egypt and Uruguay
C) Slovenia, Ireland, Portugal and Greece
D) France, Algeria, Greece and Portugal
- 5. When were the matches for the inter-confederation play-offs played?
A) November 2008
B) January 2010
C) October and November 2009
D) June 2009
- 6. Where was the draw held for the order of the inter-confederation play-offs?
A) Nassau
B) Cairo
C) Zürich
D) Khartoum
- 7. Which player handled the ball in the play-off between France and Ireland?
A) Thierry Henry
B) The referee
C) An Irish player
D) Sepp Blatter
- 8. How many total goals were scored in the qualification?
A) 2,338
B) 1,000
C) 2,740
D) 852
- 9. What was the average number of goals per match in the qualification?
A) 3.12
B) 2.74
C) 2.33
D) 1.85
- 10. Which two countries experienced crowd trouble and an attacked team bus?
A) Costa Rica and Uruguay
B) France and Ireland
C) Egypt and Algeria
D) Switzerland and Greece
- 11. How many officials were used in the 2010 World Cup matches according to the FIFA announcement?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Five
D) Six
- 12. When did FIFA hold an extraordinary general meeting regarding qualification controversies?
A) 2 December 2009
B) 2 June 2009
C) 14 November 2009
D) 19 October 2009
- 13. What did Ireland request after the controversial match against France?
A) A change of referee
B) Financial compensation
C) A replay
D) A ban on Thierry Henry
- 14. What was the date of the FIFA World Rankings used to seed the Second Round teams?
A) 19 October
B) 14 November
C) 2 June
D) 16 October
- 15. How were the host of the first leg decided for the Second Round play-offs?
A) FIFA rankings
B) A separate draw
C) Goal difference
D) Alphabetical order
- 16. In what month and year did the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification process begin?
A) May 2007
B) June 2007
C) August 2007
D) November 2009
- 17. Where was the draw for the main 2010 World Cup qualifying groups held?
A) Rome, Italy
B) Zurich, Switzerland
C) Auckland, New Zealand
D) Durban, South Africa
- 18. How many teams had been eliminated before the main draw on 25 November 2007?
A) 205
B) 53
C) 34
D) 156
- 19. How many members of CONMEBOL participated in the qualification?
A) 53
B) 10
C) 34
D) 35
- 20. How many teams were involved in the 25 November 2007 draw?
A) 156
B) 205
C) 53
D) 34
- 21. How many teams from UEFA were included in the 25 November 2007 draw?
A) 20
B) 35
C) 48
D) 53
- 22. How many total entries were there originally for the 2010 World Cup qualification?
A) 205
B) 34
C) 156
D) 53
- 23. How many automatic places were allocated to Europe (UEFA)?
A) 0.5
B) 4.5
C) 5
D) 13
- 24. Who qualified automatically as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup?
A) Italy
B) South Africa
C) Switzerland
D) New Zealand
- 25. Did Italy, as the cup holders, qualify automatically for the 2010 World Cup?
A) No
B) Only for the group stage
C) Yes
D) Yes, but they declined
- 26. Which confederation's fourth-place team faced CONMEBOL's fifth-placed team in the play-offs?
A) OFC
B) CAF
C) AFC
D) CONCACAF
- 27. Which confederation's fifth-placed team faced the winners from the OFC?
A) CONCACAF
B) AFC
C) CONMEBOL
D) UEFA
- 28. How many places were allocated to Oceania (OFC)?
A) 1.5
B) 4.5
C) 1
D) 0.5
- 29. How many FIFA confederations organized the 2010 World Cup qualifying tournaments?
A) Six
B) Four
C) Seven
D) Five
- 30. How many total matches were played during the qualification?
A) 100
B) 205
C) 2,338
D) 852
- 31. How many football associations had entered by the deadline of 15 March 2007?
A) 204
B) 208
C) 199
D) 205
- 32. Which record did the final number of entrants break?
A) 2006 FIFA World Cup
B) 2002 FIFA World Cup
C) 1998 FIFA World Cup
D) 1994 FIFA World Cup
- 33. Which team was allowed to enter after the close of entries?
A) Bhutan
B) The Philippines
C) Papua New Guinea
D) Brunei
- 34. Which team failed to meet the registration deadline for the South Pacific Games?
A) Guam
B) Papua New Guinea
C) Eritrea
D) Bhutan
- 35. What was the status of South Africa in the 2014 finals?
A) Withdrew
B) Failed to qualify
C) Qualified
D) Host
- 36. Which team is considered by FIFA as the successor to Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro?
A) Serbia
B) Slovakia
C) Slovenia
D) Czech Republic
- 37. Which team is considered by FIFA as the successor to Czechoslovakia?
A) Denmark
B) Slovakia
C) Serbia
D) Slovenia
- 38. What is the first tiebreaker method for teams level on points in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification?
A) Greater number of points in head-to-head matches
B) Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
C) Drawing of lots
D) Goal difference in all group matches
- 39. How many teams competed for the AFC berths in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification?
A) 38
B) 43
C) 20
D) 53
- 40. Which rule allowed Bahrain to advance in their play-off against New Zealand?
A) Away goals rule
B) Goal difference
C) Drawing of lots
D) Penalty shootout
- 41. Which team was excluded from the CAF qualification, leading to their results being annulled?
A) South Africa
B) Bahrain
C) Eritrea
D) Ethiopia
- 42. Which nation withdrew from the CAF qualification before the group commenced?
A) Eritrea
B) Ethiopia
C) Bahrain
D) South Africa
- 43. How many teams advanced from the AFC first knock-out round to the second round?
A) 43
B) 38
C) 20
D) 11
- 44. What is the final tiebreaker used in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification?
A) Drawing of lots or a play-off
B) Head-to-head points
C) Goals scored
D) Goal difference
- 45. Where was the 2009 tiebreaking play-off between Algeria and Egypt held?
A) Zürich
B) Algeria
C) Sudan
D) Egypt
- 46. How many teams competed for CONCACAF berths in the 2010 qualification?
A) 35
B) 10
C) 24
D) 53
- 47. Which team's entry into the 2010 CONCACAF qualification changed the number of first-round matches?
A) Puerto Rico
B) Costa Rica
C) Honduras
D) Bahrain
- 48. Which team advanced from the CONCACAF group via a goal difference tiebreaker?
A) New Zealand
B) Costa Rica
C) Honduras
D) Bahrain
- 49. Which team moved to the CONCACAF/CONMEBOL intercontinental play-off?
A) Egypt
B) Costa Rica
C) Algeria
D) Honduras
- 50. What method did CONMEBOL use to limit travel for European-based players?
A) Nine double match days
B) Single round-robin
C) Neutral venue matches
D) Group stage tournaments
- 51. Which non-World Cup entrant participated in the OFC qualifying tournament?
A) Vanuatu
B) New Caledonia
C) Tuvalu
D) Fiji
- 52. Which team did New Zealand play in the AFC-OFC play-off?
A) Bahrain
B) Egypt
C) Costa Rica
D) Honduras
- 53. What criteria were used to determine the best eight second-placed teams in UEFA?
A) Head-to-head records
B) Fair play points
C) Excluding results against last-placed teams
D) Total goal difference
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