=== severna srednja amerika in karibi (concacaf) ===(35 teams competing for 3 or 4 berths a playoff against conmebol determines which confederation gets the extra berth)the concacaf qualification process is identical to that for the 2006 fifa world cup except that as puerto rico competed this time (they were the only concacaf member not to enter 2006 qualification) there were 11 matches instead of 10 in the first preliminary round and thus 13 teams instead of 14 received a bye to the second preliminary round