Today I've been taking a look at the different versions of the world rankings, and seeing who they suggest will qualify.
I'll do an updated version of this once the draw has been made, but at the moment, based on current world rankings, this is who is projected to qualify:
MJ RANKINGS (30/06/11)
HOSTS: Brazil
EUROPE: Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, France, Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Greece, England, Ireland, Slovakia
SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay
CONCACAF: Mexico, Panama, USA
AFRICA: Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa
ASIA: Australia, Japan, South Korea, Iran
PLAYOFFS: Jamaica, China
FIFA (29/06/11)
HOSTS: Brazil
EUROPE: Spain, Netherlands, Germany, England, Italy, Portugal, Croatia, Norway, Greece, France, Montenegro, Russia, Sweden
SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay
CONCACAF: Mexico, USA, Jamaica
AFRICA: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Nigeria
ASIA: Japan, Australia, South Korea, Iran
PLAYOFFS: Honduras, Peru
ELO RATINGS (22/06/11)
HOSTS: Brazil
EUROPE: Spain, Netherlands, Germany, England, Portugal, Croatia, Italy, Sweden, France, Ireland, Russia, Turkey, Norway
SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay
CONCACAF: Mexico, USA, Jamaica
AFRICA: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa
ASIA: Japan, South Korea, Australia, Iran
PLAYOFFS: Colombia, China
ROON BA (05/07/11)
HOSTS: Brazil
EUROPE: Spain, Netherlands, Germany, England, Portugal, France, Sweden, Italy, Croatia, Norway, Ireland, Turkey, Denmark
SOUTH AMERICA: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay
CONCACAF: Mexico, USA, Costa Rica
AFRICA: Ivory Coast, Senegal, Ghana, Egypt, South Africa
ASIA: Japan, Australia, South Korea, Iran
PLAYOFFS: Colombia, China
ZIAIAN RANKINGS (04/07/11)
HOSTS: Brazil
EUROPE: Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Sweden, France, England, Croatia, Ireland, Denmark, Switzerland, Norway
SOUTH AMERICA: Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela
CONCACAF: Mexico, USA, Panama
AFRICA: Ivory Coast, Ghana, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria
ASIA: Japan, Australia, South Korea, Iran
PLAYOFFS: Paraguay, Honduras
ESPN SOCCER POWER INDEX (04/07/11)
HOSTS: Brazil
EUROPE: Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, England, Croatia, Sweden, France, Serbia, Russia, Turkey, Italy, Ukraine
SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay
CONCACAF: Mexico, USA, Costa Rica
AFRICA: Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ghana, Senegal, Morocco
ASIA: South Korea, Japan, Australia, Iran
PLAYOFFS: Ecuador, Honduras