DURBAN - The European qualifying competition for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will see 53 countries competing for 13 places.
The 53 countries will be split into eight groups of six teams and one group of five.
The nine group winners will qualify automatically and the best eight runners-up will play home and away play-off matches for the remaining four places.
UEFA have already announced that seeding for the European qualifying competition for the 2010 World Cup will be based on FIFA's latest world rankings.
FIFA are expected to confirm these seeding pots on Saturday.
Pot one:
Italy
Spain
Germany
Czech Republic
France
Portugal
Holland
Croatia
Greece
Pot two:
England
Romania
Scotland
Turkey
Bulgaria
Russia
Poland
Sweden
Israel
Pot three:
Norway
Ukraine
Serbia
Denmark
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Finland
Switzerland
Belgium
Pot four:
Slovakia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Hungary
Moldova
Wales
Macedonia
Belarus
Lithuania
Cyprus
Pot five:
Georgia
Albania
Slovenia
Latvia
Iceland
Armenia
Austria
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Pot six:
Liechtenstein
Estonia
Malta
Luxembourg
Montenegro
Andorra
Faroe Islands
San Marino
