2010 FIFA World Cup world title. Spain became the eighth nation to win the tournament and the first European nation to win a World Cup hosted outside its home continent: all previous World Cups held outside Europe had been won by South American nations. They are also the only national team since 1978 to win a World Cup after losing a game in the group stage. As a result of their win, Spain represented the World in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Host nation South Africa and both 2006 World Cup finalists Italy and France were all eliminated in the first round of the
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC play-off was the first round of the Asian Football Confederation qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The 14 teams with the lowest FIFA rankings played home-and-away knockout matches to qualify for the second stage. <div id="Turkmenistan v Afghanistan"> <div id="Afghanistan v Turkmenistan"> Turkmenistan won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round. <div id="Chinese Taipei v Macau"> <div id="Macau v Chinese Taipei"> Chinese Taipei won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round. <div id="Bangladesh v Tajikistan"> <div id="Tajikistan v Bangladesh">