Who's there from South America?

The South American zone kicked off with a simple ten-team league. The teams played each other twice and top four qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2010. The fifth side had a chance to book itself a ticket to South Africa via a play-off round versus the 4th team from the North, Central America/Caribbean zone.

Five-time World Champions Brazil won the qualifying, edging out Chile and Paraguay by one point. Argentina, who struggled through out the stage, took the final automatic qualifying spot in the end ahead of the first World Champions, Uruguay, who entered the play-off round with the 4th teams from North, Central America/Caribbean zone, Costa Rica. The tie ended 2:1 to Uruguay on aggregate, so there will be five teams from South America in the FIFA World Cup 2010