2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) The Confederation of African Football (CAF) section of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification saw teams compete for five berths in the final tournament in South Africa. The qualification stage doubled as the qualification stage for the 2010 African Cup of Nations, with fifteen teams qualifying for the finals held in Angola. In total, 53 nations participated; however, due to the presence of the two tournaments' respective hosts, 52 teams were involved in each competition. South Africa qualified automatically as host for the World Cup, and Angola qualified as host for the African Cup
2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup having taken place annually until 2009. The tournament was confirmed publicly on November 3, 2017, during the annual FIFA Beach Soccer Workshop in Dubai as part of the recently renewed partnership between FIFA and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). In October 2018, it was announced the tournament will take place in Paraguay; the city of Asunción will host the event in November 2019. This marks the first time that Paraguay will host a FIFA event and that a landlocked country will receive the World Cup. Brazil are the defending champions. The bidding schedule to determine the hosts was as follows: Countries