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WorldCupQualifiers_2005[i-1].body = "With less than a year year to go until the start of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the field of 32 is set.<p>Who are qualifiers? Click on each of the six World Cup qualifying regions above to learn more.";

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WorldCupQualifiers_2005[i-1].body = "<font color=cc0000><b>Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)</b></font><br>Three teams automatically qualify of the 34 teams entered from the region. A fourth team plays the fifth-place Asian team for a World Cup berth. They get to that point after two years of preliminary games. The top 12 teams advance to a semifinal round, which is then cut in half. Of those final six, the three automatic berths emerge.<p><b>Who's in?</b> Costa Rica, Mexico, Trinidad/Tobago, United States<br><b>Who's out?</b> Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Granada, Guyana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St.Vincent & Grenadines, Surinam, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands";

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WorldCupQualifiers_2005[i-1].body = "<font color=cc0000><b>Confederaci&oacute;n sudamericana de F&uacute;tbol (CONMEBOL)</b></font><br>All 10 teams in the region play each other in home/away games. The top four automatically qualify, while the fifth plays the Oceania group winner for another berth.<p><b>Who's in?</b> Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay<br><b>Who's out?</b> Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay";

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WorldCupQualifiers_2005[i-1].body = "<font color=cc0000><b>Asian Football Confederation (AFC)</b></font><br>Among 42 teams, the top four automatically qualify with the fifth-place team playing the fourth-best from CONCACAF for another berth. The top four are determined by three group phases consisting of home/away games for each. <p><b>Who's in?</b> Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea<br><b>Who's out?</b> Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Chinese Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Vietnam";

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WorldCupQualifiers_2005[i-1].body = "<font color=cc0000><b>Oceania Footballl Confederation (OFC)</b></font><br>The only region without an automatic qualifier, 12 teams compete for the chance to play the fourth-place team from South America. Australia and New Zealand play the top two teams from the remaining 10. The top two teams from those six play a home/away playoff stage. The winner has a shot at a Cup berth.<p><b>Who's in?</b> Australia<br><b>Who's out?</b>American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga, Vanatu";

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WorldCupQualifiers_2005[i-1].body = "<font color=cc0000><b>Union of European Football Association (UEFA)</b></font><br>The region with the most automatic berths (13, not including Germany as the host nation) and the second-most squads in group play (51). Teams are divided into 8 groups, with the top team from each and the two highest runner-ups receiving automatic berths. The remaining six play home/away games, with the three winners receiving the final berths.<p><b>Who's in?</b> Czech Republic, Croatia, England, France, Germany (host), Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia-Montenegro, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine<br><b>Who's out?</b> Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herz., Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Islands, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Northern Ireland, Norway, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Wales";

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