The 2010 World Cup runs for a month and will feature footballing nations from all over the globe competing for the mantle of World Champions. A total of 64 matches will be played at 9 venues throughout the country. The following teams have officially qualified for the most prestigious tournament in the football world, which kicks off on June 11th 2010:

European Qualifiers
Italy (2006 World Champions), Germany, Spain, Denmark, England, Serbia, Switzerland, Slovakia.

African Qualifiers
South Africa (Host Nation), Ivory Coast, Ghana.

South America Qualifiers
Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Chile

Central America/North America Qualifiers
USA, Mexico, Honduras

Asia/Oceania Qualifiers
Japan, Australia, North Korea, South Korea

There are 9 more places in the tournament up for grabs, and to this end there will be a number of play off matches in the European zone on the 14th and 18th November so as to ascertain the final four European qualifiers. The matches were decided by a draw at FIFA headquarters on the 19th October and are as follows:

France v Republic of Ireland
Russia v Slovenia
Portugal v Bosnia Herzegovina
Ukraine v Greece

Matches to be played on a home and away basis, with aggregate scores to determine the winners.

Three more teams from the African zone have still to qualify, and the final round of qualifying matches will be played in November 2009.

The final place for the Asia/Oceania region will be decided by the play off match between Bahrain and New Zealand.

The final qualifying place at South Africa 2010 will be decided by the match between the 5th place team in the South America zone and the 4th place team in the Central/North American zone. Uruguay will face Costa Rica in a play off match on a home and away basis.

December 4th 2009 sees the World Cup Qualifying draw taking place at the Cape Town Confederation Centre.

Hope you enjoyed our update on the qualifying nations for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Obviously if you are travelling to South Africa to support your country, you may as well see some of the sights of this wonderful country. You will need a car to get around, so for the very best deals in car hire, check out our Car Rentals Cape Town page.

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Well the draw has been made for the 09 -10 UEFA Champions League group stages and Glasgow Rangers the Scottish Champions find themselves in Group G along with Sevilla of Spain, VfB Stuttgart of Germany and Unirea Urziceni of Romania. Now that their opponents are known what can be expected in the matches that are looming on the horizon for the Scottish Champions?

Last season saw Sevilla finish third in La Liga and play in the same UEFA cup group as Stuttgart enjoying a victory over the German team however they were still unable to qualify from the initial group. The transfer deadline day capture of striker Alvaro Negredo from Real Madrid was an astute piece of business for the Andalusian club leaving them with an array of striking talent including Luis Fabiano and Freddie Kanoute. An opening day league defeat at Valencia saw Sevilla get off to an uninspiring start however they will no doubt be a force to be reckoned with.

VfB Stuttgart finished third in the Bundesliga last season and made it to the last 32 of the UEFA Cup before losing out to Zenit St Petersburg. This will be the third time that the Bundesliga side will have faced Rangers in the Champions League group stages. In season 2003-04 and 2007-2008 each club enjoyed a home victory so will this season revert to previous form? With the summer captures of Pavel Pogrebnyak from Zenit St Petersburg and Alexander Hleb from Barcelona added to established stars like Yildiray Basturk and Thomas Hitzlsperger the team from the Mercedes-Benz Arena will present a formidable obstacle to overcome.

The final group members are Unirea Urziceni who won their first Romanian league title last season and were also runners up in the Romanian Super Cup. Managed by former Romanian international Dan Petrescu, Unirea are looking to push on from last season and have enjoyed relative success since gaining promotion to the top division in Romania three years ago. The current squad is made up mainly from ex Romanian internationals alongside players from Lithuania, Serbia, Portugal, South America and Guinea-Bissau. As the Tineretului stadium has a capacity of 7000 and does not meet UEFA requirements all Unirea home matches shall be played at the 27500 home of Steaua Bucharest. Whilst not wishing t underestimate Unirea it is difficult to imagine that they will finish anywhere other than bottom of the group.

So can Rangers finish in the top two of the group and qualify for the knock out stages of the Champions League? It is not beyond them to get perhaps seven points form the three home matches whilst on their travels they may not gather much from Germany or Spain but a win in Romanian is a distinct possibility. With a bit of luck they could then find that a second place finish is within their grasp and from there who knows, what is certain however is that with the first games coming up in the next 10 days we shall not have long to wait for an answer.

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Bulgaria is one of the important countries of European Union. Republic of Bulgaria is surrounded by Romania to the North, Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and The Black Sea defining the extent of the country to the east.

The country is blessed with natural diversity increasing its attraction and charm from tourism point of view. Snow-capped peaks and landscapes of Alpine range of mountains, mild and sunny Black Sea coast along with typical continental Danubian Plains are the notable features of geographical diversity. As added attractions, Bulgaria has several rivers flowing all around the country as well as several small, medium and large lakes providing excellent aquatic beauty.

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Bulgaria is attracting tourists from European and American middle class segment. Therefore, investment in middle class travel and tourism amenities is gaining momentum. Real Estate firms and investors are investing large sum of money in building several regular resorts, golf resorts, beach resorts, mountain resorts and multi specialty resorts to attract maximum possible visitors and to flaunt their investment. Not only investment and real estate companies are coming towards Bulgaria for investment, but also individuals are taking a leap forward to invest their savings in Bulgarian property market. Investing in Luxurious apartments and other residential and commercial properties are new rave among people.

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Bulgaria is a beautiful country located in the Eastern Europe on the western side of the black sea. The country is located in such a way that it is surrounded by Romania to the north, Greece to the south, Serbia to the North West, the Republic of Macedonia to the South west and Turkey to the south east. Since Bulgaria is close to Turkish straits means the key land routes from Middle East to Europe and Asia pass through Bulgaria.

Bulgaria is a very lovely country you are locked in magnetism once you see the sheer beauty of this country. If you study the Bulgaria map then reaching there can be easy by flight.The national carrier of Bulgaria, Bulgaria air is a very sophisticated and traditional airliner. Giving out the customs and traditions of Bulgaria, the airliner has tremendous potential to capture the market floating from Bulgarian tourists. While buses and trains are the easiest way to get to Bulgaria from Europe and Turkey with also frequent services from Greece, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Albania, Istanbul, Prague and Western Europe.

Attractions in Bulgaria

• There are many attractions in Bulgaria that are fascinating aspects like the Dead Sea an ideal destination for people in summers. People can soak up the sun and enjoy the azure blue water of the sea. As well as the mountains such as Pirin, Rila, Balkan and Rodopa are the winter destinations but can still be visited in summers as the proper hill destination.

• You can also go to the capital Sofia and enjoy while seeing all the tourists attractions by seeing there. For example St. Alexander Nevski, the central universal shop and the parliament.

• Plovdiv is a renowned city and dotted with Roman theatre serving as a background.

• Every traveler should visit Rila Monastery it is a state of the art beauty. The northern sides of Bulgaria are dominated with rich agricultural fields. That looks very picturesque.

• While in the northern side of Bulgaria you can see the old capital of Bulgaria that is Veliko Tarnovo which is a must sight to visit if you are exploring the historical aspects of Bulgaria.

• Rozhen Monastery: There is bus service from Melnik then about 800m walk to reach Rozhen village. The tourists visiting hours are 07:00 to 21:00.This top of hill monastery was constructed during the 13th century but most of the monastery was completed during the 18th century. People here seek for solace and peace that is barely found in today’s cities.

Map of Bulgaria signifies geographically Bulgaria signifies remarkable variety in terms of landscape some part is covered with snow capped peaks especially in Rila, Pirin and the Balkan Mountains to the Mediterranean and sunny black sea coast.

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