Well we are in the off season of football in europe and most parts of the world and International matches with World Cup qualifiers are coming thick and fast and there is FIFA Confederations Cup going on at the moment. FIFA World Cup 2014 in brazil is less than 1 year away from now and here is the list of teams which have already booked their placed in the next summer mega event.
We now have 21 confirmed teams:
| Position | Club | THROUGH | FIFA RANK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  BRAZIL |
Host Nation | 8 |
| 2 |  ARGENTINA |
South Amerca | 2 |
| 3 |  ITALY |
Europe | 4 |
| 4 |  HOLLAND |
Europe | 9 |
| 5 |  COSTA RICA |
Central America | 33 |
| 6 |  USA |
Central America | 13 |
| 7 |  AUSTRALIA |
Asia | 53 |
| 8 |  JAPAN |
Asia | 42 |
| 9 |  SOUTH KOREA |
Asia | 58 |
| 10 |  IRAN |
Asia | 48 |
| 11 |  SWITZERLAND |
Europe | |
| 12 |  BELGIUM |
Europe | |
| 13 |  GERMANY |
Europe | |
| 14 |  COLOMBIA |
South America | |
| 15 |  ENGLAND |
Europe | |
| 16 | BOSNIA | Europe | |
| 17 |  RUSSIA |
Europe | |
| 18 |  SPAIN |
Europe | |
| 19 | HONDURAS | South America | |
| 20 | ECUADAR | South America | |
| 21 | CHILE | South America |
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#1. Brazil
Qualification: Host Nation
Best Result: Winners 2002 (5 time Champions)
The host nation automaticaly booked their place in the World Cup being the home country to their advantage they will have the home crowd behind them as the 12th man, but only downer is the fact they will play few competitive games leading up to the World Cup.
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#2 Argentina
Qualification: 10 September
Best Result: Winners 1978, 86
Argentina became the first team from South America to book their place in the World Cup 2014, they beat paraguay 5-2 on 10th September to make it to the World Cup next year.
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#3. Holland
Qualification: Group Winners
Best Result: Runnerups 1974,78 and 2010
Holland became the first team from Europe to confirm their 2014 World Cup berth with near perfect Qualifiers round, they played 8 matches and drawn 1 and won 7 with 22 points.
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#4. Italy
Qualification: Group Winners
Best Result: 4 Time Winners (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)
On September 10, 2006 winners Italy booked their place in the Brazil FIFA World Cup after winning their group in the qualifying stages.
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#5. Japan
Qualification: Asia Zone (Group Winners)
Best Result: Round of 16 (2002, 2010)
First team to qualify through FIFA World Cup qualifiers system, the Asian Champions Japan booked their ticket to Rio couple of weeks back when they snatched a 1-1 draw against Australian. They are currently playing in the confederations cup and many of their young players have impressed in the event.
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#6. Australia
Qualification: Asia Zone (Group Runners ups)
Best Result: Round of 16 (2010)
Another team from Asian region, Aussies beat Iraq last week by 1-0 and book their place in the FIFA World Cup for 3rd time running. Australians do give a good showing every time they step up to the biggest stage though their ambition will be to get out of the group at most.
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#7. Iran
Qualification: Asia Zone (Group Winners)
Best Result: Group Stage
Another Asian side in the mix, Iran qualified for the 4th Fifa World Cup and they beat South Korea on the last day of the Qualifiers to book their place in the World as top of the group team.
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#8. South Korea
Qualification: Asia Zone (Group Runnerups)
Best Result: Semifinal (2002)
South Korea complete the list of teams from Asia who will be playing in the World Cup, and this is their 8th consecutive major event in football. They are a force in Asia and who will forget their showing back in 2002 world in Korea and japan.
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While we have Jordan and Uzbekistan who will be fighting it out for a right to play in continental playoff against a team from South America. Its fair to say they are doomed but what you think of the Asia teams lineup so far in the competition and if you are watching Confederations Cup is Japan up there with some solid European sides ? let us know with you comments.
