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
2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup announced that bidding had re-opened for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. New member associations interested in hosting submitted a declaration of interest by 15 April 2014, and provided the complete set of bidding documents by 1 October 2014. The following 12 countries made official bids for hosting the tournament. Argentina were the only country to submit an entry in both rounds of bidding. On 19 December 2014, the FIFA Executive Committee announced the Bahamas as hosts. Qualification began with the European qualifiers on 2 September 2016 and concluded with the final match of the AFC event on 11